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Hell House

2001 · 85 min

A quietly absorbing look behind the scenes at earnest teenagers staging fire-and-brimstone scare tactics, equal parts unsettling and oddly human.

Tagline
This church wants to scare the Hell out of you.
Overview
A look at the "Hell House" performed annually in October by the youth members of Trinity Church (Assemblies of God) in Cedar Hill, Texas (a Dallas suburb) — seen by over 10,000 visitors each year.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
  • family
  • media
Places
  • suburbs
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror4
Humour4
Realism9
Romance0
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
documentary
Directed by
George Ratliff
Starring
Aria Adloo, Ashley Adloo, Amy Allred, Gabriel Allred, Cherie Asbjornson, Brett Bedard, Tim Ferguson, Ben Hennesy
Music
Bubba Kadane, Matt Kadane
Runtime
85 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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