Hollywood Hell House
For those who have heard or seen the documentary film about Hell House, here is a very brief overview:
Hell House is a haunted house that takes the audience through a Location-Based play that tries to scare them and warn them against various acts that a certain sect of Christians believe to be "evil."
In Hollywood, the script for Hell House (which I assume is public so that anyone could set up their own Hell House) is followed by the book, but with more of a humurous take on the proceedings.
Either way, it's been a long time since I've been to a haunted house, and even longer since I performed "The Haunted Crack House" in Richmond, Va, which was an LBE intended to scare kids away from doing drugs.
I'm going this Saturday (9/18). Anyone who wants to join should email or call me to meet there and get spooked together!
Comments
well, it looks like they are all sold out for this weekend, and getting pretty full into October. So let's plan a trip next month, eh?
Posted by: kellee | September 17, 2004 9:33 AM
I'm free the 16th or the 23rd...
Posted by: Andrew | September 17, 2004 10:55 AM
ooh. sounds like fun. keep me posted. the website really made me want to check out the documentary as well.
Posted by: stephanie | September 17, 2004 11:13 AM
Yeah, I don't think I'll be going. I'm leery of the potential Christian-bashing theme, even if it is intended to single out a particular extreme sect.
The most unfortunate part though, is that the producers think that their farce represents a "literal interpretation of the Bible." To my knowledge, much of the "fire and brimstone" imagery is more directly from Dante's Inferno, than it is from the Bible. I sincerely wish the producers would READ what they're lampooning (i.e: the Bible), before lampooning it.
Posted by: Michael Steffen | September 17, 2004 3:12 PM
The producers of this play aren't lampooning the Bible (from what I've read), but lampooning a REAL Haunted House put on by a Christian group that uses it to scare kids into aligning themselves with the morals of that group. To my knowledge, this Hell House follows the same script as the original, it's just put on by people who maybe don't agree with everything that's being "preached" in Hell House.
Posted by: kellee | September 19, 2004 9:41 AM
Oh okay then...carry on, carry on!
Posted by: Michael Steffen | September 19, 2004 5:31 PM