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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe result is a lively, insightful look at multiple levels of self-delusion among people who truly believe their Halloween funhouse is making our fallen world a better place.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe scariest revelation in Ratliff's film is that the Texas Hell House has proved so popular that it's being copied all over the country. Heaven help us!
- 75New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardScary, all right, but not for the reasons the Dallas church had in mind.
- 70VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyHell House is a slice of contempo life many viewers will find bizarre and disturbing, not necessarily in the precautionary-moral way its subjects intend. Briskly paced docu is well handled in tech departments.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghFor anyone unfamiliar with pentacostal practices in general and theatrical phenomenon of Hell Houses in particular, it's an eye-opener.
- 50Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanLookin' for sin, American-style? Try Hell House, which documents the cautionary Christian spook-a-rama of the same name.