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Hell House

Hell House. 2001. By George Ratliff. 85 min. Video and DVD format, color. (Cantina Pictures Inc./Mixed Greens Media.)

Halloween has long been a favorite holiday for many folklorists, offering ample fieldwork opportunities for those interested in trick-or-treating, pranks, festive events, costuming, and haunted houses. The traditional haunted house now has competition in the form of new evangelical Christian "Hell Houses" that have emerged at churches throughout the United States. Hell houses parody, mock, and seek to rise far above (think heaven) the usual scary fare offered at conventional haunted houses.

Director George Ratliff (whose 1995 documentary Plutonium Circus explores the ...

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