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Hell House
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7.5

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MPAA 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.

GENRE(S):	Documentary
DIRECTED BY:	George Ratliff
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: May 27, 2003 Theatrical: November 15, 2002
RUNNING TIME:	85 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

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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.

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!

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

Scary, all right, but not for the reasons the Dallas church had in mind.

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.

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.

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.

Village Voice J. Hoberman

Lookin' for sin, American-style? Try Hell House, which documents the cautionary Christian spook-a-rama of the same name.

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Hell House Seventh Art Releasing

Hell House
Seventh Art Releasing