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Jul 10, 2024 · If you want horror movies that actually take place in hell, your options include Jacob's Ladder, Hellraiser II, and Dark Angel: The Ascent. Good scary movies about hell (that don't necessarily take place in hell) include From Hell, Drag Me to Hell, and The Ninth Gate.
- No Reason (2010) First is a film by gore FX wizard Olaf Ittenbach called “No Reason”. “No Reason” is a movie that at present you can order overseas but that has yet to find proper US distribution.
- The Burning Moon (1992) Olaf Ittenbach has been long heralded as a master of extreme cinema. His library of works proves this statement over and over with all sorts of horrific practical effects-based scenarios that rest heavily on gore and violence.
- L inferno (1911) 2 An ol classic by film standards, you may have come across snippets of images over the years used in illustration or documentaries that cover the subject of Hell.
- Hellraiser II: Hellbound (1988) You would expect every Hellraiser film to depict hell in some form or the other, though it was Hellraiser II: Hellbound that really took us into the abyss to visit the lair of the cenobites and the dreaded underworld per way of the “Lament Configuration,”.
- 15 The Sentinel
- 14 Legend
- 13 Hellbound: Hellraiser II
- 12 Jacob's Ladder
- 11 Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey
- 10 Spawn
- 9 Event Horizon
- 8 What Dreams May Come
- 7 South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
- 6 Little Nicky
Unrelated to the 2006 political thriller starring Michael Douglas, 1977's The Sentinel still features a comparably all-star cast. With everyone from Hollywood royalty such as John Carradine, Ava Gardner, and Burgess Meredith to A Nightmare Before Christmas' terrific Chris Sarandon, the film's Hellish apartment is intermittently populated with some ...
Probably the most lighthearted movie on this Hellish list, Ridley Scott's beloved fantasy epic Legend took a while to stand on financially successful legs. Critics and audiences didn't care for it at the time, but thanks to a superior Director's Cut it's found its audience. The film's grim, almost serpentine rendition of Hell is one of the most gor...
Clive Barker's Hellraiser revolutionized horror cinema so well that it got a major shout-out from none other than Stephen King. Unfortunately, none of its sequels ever quite touched the original's greatness. But they mostly tried to match it in terms of creativity, and there's an argument to be made that the best sequel — Hellbound: Hellraiser II —...
Erotic thriller master Adrian Lyne — Flashdance, 9 1/2 Weeks, Fatal Attraction — dropped the erotic aspect in favor of what's seemingly a straightforward thriller. But Jacob's Ladder is anything but, instead becoming an allegory for PTSD and, ultimately, the passing from life to death. The film doesn't literally show Hell, but the paces it puts Tim...
Fans flip-flop on which is better, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure or its sequel, Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey. There's an argument to be made for both, but Bogus Journey is certainly the more bizarrely creative. Bogus Journey is also the only one of three Bill & Ted films to feature a trip down to Hell. There, they meet Death, who is perfectly port...
Without a doubt, Spawn has aged poorly. Michael Jai White's performance as the titular character is solid, and John Leguizamo gives a career-best performance as The Clown/Violator, but the narrative often drifts, and the special effects have landed in the laughable territory. Never is this more obvious than in the third act when Spawn descends to H...
Before Paul W. S. Anderson was directing the majority of the Resident Evil films he was directing Laurence Fishburne and Sam Neill in his best film to date: Event Horizon. Part sci-fi, part psychological horror, the big-budget scarer has gone on to be one of the late 1990s most beloved cult films. Anderson's whip-smart and genuinely tense film take...
Ambitious but ultimately somewhat misguided, What Dreams May Come would've needed a miracle to become a financial success on its $90 million budget (via Variety). But there are bright spots in the heartbreaking film, such as the special effects, which isn't surprising considering that $90 million budget (for a drama much less) was in the 1990s. The...
It's pretty wild to think that Trey Parker and Matt Stone's cinematic South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut came out during the series' third year, especially given the fact it's now on Season 26. The series was notoriously met with controversy right out of the gate, and the movie was no different. And, technically, South Park is still generating cont...
Little Nicky was Adam Sandler's first flop after a long string of financial mega hits. After leading Billy Madison, Happy Gilmore, The Waterboy, and Big Daddy it seemed that Sandler could do no wrong. But a high budget, a focus on production design over laughs or plot, and a truly grating lead performance by Sandler (even to his die hard fans) made...
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- Hellbound: Hellraiser II. And speaking of puddles of blood…Clive Barker’s original Hellraiser is a classic, but its sequel does exactly what it should by actually going to Hell and doubling down on all of the delicious cenobite lore.
- Event Horizon. Colloquially referred to as “Hellraiser in Space,” it’s a more than fair comparison point and it’s not hard to see how Paul W.S. Anderson was eventually given the keys to the Resident Evil cinematic franchise due to work like this.
- The Beyond. Lucio Fulci’s The Beyond is the title getting the spotlight here, but really any of the films from the directors “Gates of Hell” trilogy (City of the Living Dead and House by the Cemetery being the other two) qualify quite nicely, aptly enough.
- The Gate. Honestly, this selection just as easily could have been Polanski’s Johnny Depp vehicle, The Ninth Gate, but these films are about the same in quality, and you’re probably more familiar with Polanski’s entry.
Jun 27, 2024 · More modern interpretations of hell don’t depict it as a place but rather a state of mind where suffering comes from eternal separation from God’s love. Whether you see hell as an actual place or a state of extreme mental distress, here are some of the best movies ever made about hell.
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Aug 2, 2024 · Thankfully, creators have imagined all sorts of different Hells - ranging from animated features and buddy comedies to horror movies about demons - so there's bound to be at least one depiction that fills you with existential dread.
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Best friends Marie and Alexia decide to spend a quiet weekend at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But on the night of their arrival, the girls' idyllic getaway turns into an endless night of horror.
