Best Depictions of Hell

[photog212]

I think the best depiction is Dante's Inferno. The torture, the violence, the punishment, and the innermost circle is freezing. Plus I think its one of the most widely known versions and several people are even convinced its based on scripture and not just some pissed off Italian guy getting back at people he hated.

 

[Yureina]

This hell was pretty convincing.

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Where's that from?

The movie 'Constantine'.

Keanu Reeves, right? Another movie of recent times that i've never seen.

 

[Samcanuck]

I had my tonsils out, and my ear tubes put in once. I was put under for the first time at around 10. I had a nightmare that I was surrounded by a dark red taffy-like bubble, with faces screaming in it. The bubble kept contracting and retracting, and grabbing me. It would hold my feet and make it hard to move or pull away. It was horrifying and I couldn't wake up. I finally passed out from sheer terror...thank God. But that is hell for me. I can still smell that fake oxygen they give you just before you go under.

Going under the knife is my one fear because of this.

 

[Nivag the Owl]

Oh please, as if there's even a competition here. It's obviously Earthworm Jim's "What The Heck?" level.

 

[Diligent]

Though it focused more on heaven, What Dreams May Come had a neat depiction of hell/purgatory from what I can remember.

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Also if Jacob's ladder counts, its credited for some inspiration for silent hill, and it's credited for me realizing at a young age that you can be too young to watch certain movies.

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yeah, it's debatable weather or not this is actually hell, but whatever.

 

[Samcanuck]

Though it focused more on heaven, What Dreams May Come had a neat depiction of hell/purgatory from what I can remember.

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Great movie. Nice choice. Best interpretation of heaven that I can think of anyways.

 

[DragonChi]

I think the way the movie "what dreams may come" is pretty realistic and well done.

 

[Ponch]

Though it focused more on heaven, What Dreams May Come had a neat depiction of hell/purgatory from what I can remember.

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Also if Jacob's ladder counts, its credited for some inspiration for silent hill, and it's credited for me realizing at a young age that you can be too young to watch certain movies.

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yeah, it's debatable weather or not this is actually hell, but whatever.

Those are two of my favorite movies!

 

[ottenni]

Ever been to Frankston?

Other Australians will know what I'm talking about.

Oh my god! So many mullets and skinny jeans! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

 

[TraumaHound]

Though it focused more on heaven, What Dreams May Come had a neat depiction of hell/purgatory from what I can remember.

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That's where I was headed response-wise, too. It started out in Heaven but as the descent into Hell progressed and things got more hideous and bleak I thought it was just the most visually amazing depiction of what Hell could possibly be (and I enjoyed the depictions of Heaven, the oil-painting world, the library. Just beautiful.)

 

[ThePurpleStuff]

My version of hell, full of fire with mutant fish the size of dinosaurs swimming around in lava and they eat you yoshi-style. Also, you're strapped to a chair and forced to listen to the Jonas Brothers 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the rest of eternity, switching between that and Hanna Montana every once in a while. There's a lot of other things but too hard to explain everything, I'd be here all night.

 

[nightwolf667]

For me, it has and will always be the Brass City. Scary place.

 

[TheSpaceCowboy]

Somalia, Detroit MI

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

This hell was pretty convincing.

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Where's that from?

The movie 'Constantine'.

I was gonna be forced to watch that film due to my girlfriend's unhealthy obsession but, damn, now I want to see it.

 

[Marmooset]

Dante.

Or Mauthausen

 

[Vanguard_Ex]

For me, it has and will always be the Brass City. Scary place.

You stole IdealistCommie's avatar. I dislike you for this.

 

[Anarchemitis]

That time I got hit by a belt buckle attached to a rope directly to the temple.

 

[XMark]

The Darkness had sort of a "hell" level (not really hell, more like souls trapped in the mind of The Darkness). It was like a neverending World War I where the soldiers would keep fighting in the trenches against an endless army of zombie Germans, and if they died they would just come back to life again.

But my favourite depiction of hell has got to be the final level of Painkiller:
EDIT: fixed youtube link