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- 2002
- Not Rated
- Seventh Art Releasing
- 1 h 25 m
- 2002
- Not Rated
- Seventh Art Releasing
- 1 h 25 m
Summary 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.
Directed By: George Ratliff
- 2002
- Not Rated
- Seventh Art Releasing
- 1 h 25 m
- 2002
- Not Rated
- Seventh Art Releasing
- 1 h 25 m
Hell House
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Summary 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.
Directed By: George Ratliff
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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57% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
64
57% Positive
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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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.
Scary, all right, but not for the reasons the Dallas church had in mind.
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!
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.
For anyone unfamiliar with pentacostal practices in general and theatrical phenomenon of Hell Houses in particular, it's an eye-opener.
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.
Lookin' for sin, American-style? Try Hell House, which documents the cautionary Christian spook-a-rama of the same name.
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Production Company
GreenHouse Pictures,
Cantina Pictures,
Mixed Greens Media
Release Date Nov 15, 2002
Duration 1 h 25 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline This church wants to scare the Hell out of you.
Website
http://hellhousemovie.com/
Awards
San Francisco International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
