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Generally favorable reviews
Based on 7 critic reviews
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Documentary
Written by:
Directed by: George Ratliff
Release Date:
Theatrical: November 15, 2002
DVD: May 27, 2003
Running Time: 85 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: Not Rated
Starring Tim Ferguson, Bill Humphrey, Pastor Hennesy, Virginia McAlester, and Lee McAlester
This documentary profiles a Pentecostal church in Texas that uses a Halloween haunted house, complete with fire and brimstone, to scare teenagers about issues such as AIDS, abortion and school shootings.
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What The Critics Said
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Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The result is a lively, insightful look at multiple levels of self-delusion among people who truly believe their Halloween funhouse is making our fallen world a better place.
Read Full Review >New York Post V.A. Musetto
The scariest revelation in Ratliff's film is that the Texas Hell House has proved so popular that it's being copied all over the country. Heaven help us!
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Jami Bernard
Scary, all right, but not for the reasons the Dallas church had in mind.
Read Full Review >Variety Dennis Harvey
Hell House is a slice of contempo life many viewers will find bizarre and disturbing, not necessarily in the precautionary-moral way its subjects intend. Briskly paced docu is well handled in tech departments.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
For anyone unfamiliar with pentacostal practices in general and theatrical phenomenon of Hell Houses in particular, it's an eye-opener.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Dave Kehr
As a director, Mr. Ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects, most of whom seem to believe sincerely that they are doing the work of God.
Read Full Review >Village Voice J. Hoberman
Lookin' for sin, American-style? Try Hell House, which documents the cautionary Christian spook-a-rama of the same name.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 7.5 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
