Hell House

Name: Hell House
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 15, 2002
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 64

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Seventh Art Releasing | Release Date: November 15, 2002 | Not Rated

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.

Director: George Ratliff

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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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

Jami Bernard

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

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

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 Magazine 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

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

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

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