If nothing else may this film make you imagine a Full House series going on in the Amityville house. The Amityville has such a bizarre litany of sequels that this one is still worth checking out for the curiosity factor, but barely. The things you’re probably going to remember the most here are that ridiculous death courtesy of a swarm of flies, a homemade Ouija board, and the fact that a young Meg Ryan and Lori Loughlin ( Full House, Fuller House) round out the cast of precocious teens. The story sees a journalist who’s been trying to debunk the Amityville legend (loosely based on real-life Stephen Kaplan) ending up acquiring the house and moving in. In spite of the interesting take on Hell gateways that is hinted at in the film’s end, it’s a real spectacle to get to that point. I also really dig the idea of a haunted house’s activity being due to a doorway to another world rather than the typical murder leading to ghosts situation. The film is a little vague with the specifics of it, but with the monsters that come out of the hole paired with the flames that later shoot out of it, it feels like a logical conclusion. The film’s final act reveals that all of the house’s demonic activity is courtesy of a well in the basement that’s actually a gateway to Hell. One of those elements being its incorporation of its door to the underworld. While these misgivings paired with some unfortunate 3D effects give the film a campy charm, it still does manage to do a number of things right. It’s certainly one of the blander outings in the Amityville series and the body count is much lower and infrequent than it should be. Okay, full discretion, Amityville 3D isn’t winning any awards. While a flawed film, it’s still one with plenty of character and it’s ending is one that will no doubt stay with you. Dowdle is someone that’s shown he knows what he’s doing and while many people will bring up his films Quarantine or Devil as deterrents, As Above feels much more reminiscent of his underrated The Poughkeepsie Tapes. John Erick Dowdle’s picture does decide to go the found footage route, but it’s at least got some creative spins on the format, with touches like mounting cameras on the group’s helmets going far. As the crew gets deeper underground a rather familiar greeting appears, “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here,” which will either have you pleasantly smirking or rolling your eyes. This is very much the version of Hell that tests your mettle and tries to get inside your head. It’s one thing to stumble into Hell, but that’s some rather fantastical business.Īs the team treks deeper into the darkness, disturbing images like fanatical cultists, visions of demons, and their worst fears personified come out. The film goes one step further with the relic also granting eternal life and it being a constant beacon to heal people throughout the film. The film sees a team braving the Paris catacombs on a rather ridiculous mission to find this Holy Grail of alchemy, a stone that will turn lead into gold or silver. The film might ultimately fall short in comparison to other similar cavernous horror like The Descent, but this is the only one of the lot that ends up tying into Hell. In honor of Baskin reminding us all how effective a good encounter with damnation can be, here are some of the best horror movies that involve a gateway to Hell!Īs Above, So Below gets points right from the start for being loosely based on the alleged “actual” gateway to Hell rumored to be within the Paris catacombs (the film was actually shot within the catacombs too, which is pretty impressive).
Baskin explores this exploration into the unknown with a stunning, disturbing poignancy. The recent Turkish horror film, Baskin, shows fascination with similar concepts as police officers doing a routine investigation of a house end up stumbling into an opening to Hell in its basement. It’s an idea that’s so jarring there are even a number of sites in the real world that people are quick to designate as actual Hellmouths. The idea of this impossibly cursed world just rubbing up against our own and spilling out is truly terrifying. That’s why it’s so fascinating when a literal gateway to Hell opens up in some horror story. With Hell being an appropriately frightening place, most of pop culture’s association with the purgatory is in regard to avoiding the place to escaping the prison to never ending up there in the first place.
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The idea of there being some dominion where not only the evilest amongst us end up, but also a place where demons and monsters run free spreading havoc. With ‘Baskin’ re-opening the doors to damnation, we look at some of the best horror films involving gateways to Hell!Īs a people, we have an inherit fascination with Hell.
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