Review of Hell House (2001) by Bruno L — 05 Jul 2010

This was a film that I needed to see in order to believe. The film overall was very well done, but the subject matter was deeply disturbing. I seriously can't believe that an entire group of people find joy in putting this event on.

The Hell House is a haunted house consisting of multiply rooms that depict ways in which people could end up hell. This includes domestic violence, drunk driving, raves (...?), suicide, the occult, abortion, and AIDS (this scene depicted a homosexual man dying in a hospital bed refusing to accept Jesus and admit that being gay is a choice...don't even get me started on that bullshit.).

The one scene that actually made me laugh out loud was when they were building the sets for the hell house. For the occult room scene someone had spray painted a pentagram on the ground. Or at least they tried too. I swear the thing looked more like the Star of David. Someone seriously needed to do a little more research.

Overall, the message that I was left with (which I don't think is the message they were trying to convey), is that a life spent worrying over ending up in some imaginary place is not a life that is being lived.