From Angel to Bill And Ted, here are 5 memorable visions of hell in geek film and TV…
This article contains spoilers forAngelandSupernatural.
Whos in Hell?Angel.
And, er, everyone else.
But in this specific context no, he hasnt died.
Whos in Hell?Castiel.
Are they dead?No, not at the moment.
As an angel, Castiel doesnt need to die to visit any part of the afterlife.
Verbal descriptions without images, especially Deans initial soul-crushing confession in season four, tend to be more powerful.
But that time Crowley briefly remodelled Hell to be an eternal queue struck a chord.
Whos in Hell?Homer Simpson.
The judge at Homers subsequent trial is Death, though.
Its always the person you least expect!
Whos in Hell?Chris Nielsen and his wife, Annie.
Are they dead?Yes.
Hell, on the other hand, is very interesting.
Whos in Hell?Bill S. Preston, Esq., and Theodore Ted Logan.
Are they dead?Yep.
Thrown right off Kirks Rock.
Highway to Hell:It might be objected that theres nothing spectacularly original about this depiction of Hell.
I mean, really.
Those weirdly-coloured tunnels, those sickening camera angles, those elderly, lip-sticked lips… Shudder.
Just watch out for Jane Austen, shes vicious.
Tomorrow: 5 great depictions of Heaven in geek film and TV
