Saturday, 10 September 2011

Hell House - George Ratliff - 2001


Every Halloween the Trinity Church in Dallas puts on a show that depicts people sinning (Columbine style school shootings, drug taking etc) with Satan goading them on, their bloody deaths and their torment in hell as a warning to the audience. They get over 10,000 visitors every year. It's worth watching for over-the-top scenes of amateur actors playing homosexual AIDS patients or undergoing overly-bloody abortions. It doesn't justify a feature length running time (we see the auditions, the scripting, the rehearsals, the set painting). Jesus Camp is a far more enjoyable movie about a similar group of people.

3/5

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