Every once in a while I like to rewatch Hell House, to have a really good larf. In case you are unfamiliar with this movie, it is a documentary that goes behind the scenes of the original Chrisitian/Pentacostal Halloween house in TX. This isn’t your typical witches and zombies fare, each room depicts how evil and sin can infiltrate your life and ultimately KILL YOU if a) you choose to do fun things like drugs and party b)don’t immediately accept Jesus into your life. The whole thing is so misguided and cliched’, that it’s pretty laughable that anyone who has been outside of the church compound could take it seriously.

However, my favorite anecdote was from this dude, above. He’s an ex-raver and was regaling the group about what dangers lurk in raves and kids who dance in neon.

“It’s not uncommon to pull out 20 or so bodies, ok, I’m using creative liberty, maybe about 10-15 bodies out of a rave at any given time.”

The funny thing is, they all actually believed him. Like there are land mines at raves and he’s some sort of Rave Hero. Or, maybe there was a Jim Jones kind situation and he had to clear the kids along with their kool-aide cups.

The unfunniest thing about the documentary is the gay man dying of aids who is told that God is punishing him and is goaded to deny Jesus so he will spend eternity in hell. Which, correct me if i’m  wrong, looks an awful lot like that stretch of Texas.

I still want to go to a Hell House this year and experience it first hand. Who’s down?