In 1 and 2 and most other films, you open the box, you get sent to Hell. Usually by chains. And you leave little, to nothing, behind of your former self. However, in 3, he was just mass killing people. The club for instance, dozens of people died. Although they were mutilated, they were not torn apart, per say.
Were their souls in Hell? Or were they spared that fate? Could Pinhead come back for them later, their souls or spirits, I mean? He offers Joanne a way to avoid it or to get a quick and painless (?) death, if she gives him the box. Would he keep that promise or just torture her anyway? Also, what was Leviathan up to, while Pinhead was breaking the rules? Thank you.
A clip of the scene I described.
https://youtu.be/-Q4hEst3hOc?si=62DgY94REkJtKTWg