Not only does the role lack Jones’ signature physical embellishments/movements, but the dummy they use to stumble toward the camera during one shot looks like a grip may be wiggling the legs to jostle the body around. This scene could have been scrapped entirely the “part” seems to have been scripted so that the venerable actor could literally phone it in from the comfort of his own home.įollowing this, Doug Jones enters as “Creepy Old Man” (yes, you read that correctly), an emaciated figure that’s in the movie for all of five minutes - maybe. After about one minute of exposition, we never see or hear from Lance ever again. In a role/moment that feels as unnecessary as it is desperate, GEHENNA opens with an incredibly brief phone call between our heroine Paulina (Eva Swan) and her employer Morgan (Henriksen). Unfortunately, as seems to be the marketing tradition of late, if you’ve got a middling horror flick that needs attention, just cameo that shit and advertise it like the actors are actually in the film! The first thing that’s going to get any horror aficionado’s attention is the inclusion of both Lance Henriksen and creature-actor extraordinaire Doug Jones. Now that that’s outta the way, the film GEHENNA: WHERE DEATH LIVES (oxymoron, much?) follows the fantastical concept of Gehenna to create a derivative horror-thriller akin to AS ABOVE, SO BELOW. Of course, over time (and ensuing fear tactics) Gehenna became what we all know (and fear) as a synonym for hell that potential fiery doom that lies in the incorporeal dark. While many have come to believe that hell is a place of eternal torment on the other side of the great divide, the original purpose of Jesus’ words in this respect was a portentous metaphor made in reference to an actual locale of the times. Known as Gehenna (a Greek word which means “The Valley of the Son of Hinnom”), this location was just outside the bounds of Jerusalem and served as a place of cremation, garbage and – frighteningly enough – child sacrifice. Long ago, before it was turned into a horrifically cruel place of punishment, “hell” was actually a real place, right here on Earth. Written by Hiroshi Katagiri, Nathan Long and Brad Palmer Starring Lance Henriksen, Doug Jones and Eva Swan
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