6 Degrees of Hell

USA 2012
produced by
Joe Raffa, Harrison Smith for Class of 85 Productions, Brothers in Arms
directed by Joe Raffa
starring Corey Feldman, Brian Anthony Wilson, Nicole Cinaglia, David J. Bonner, Joe Raffa, Kyle Patrick Brennan, Faust Checho, Brian Gallagher, Ashley Sumner, Jill Whelan, Nikki Bell, Joe Gariffo, Tereza Hakobyan, Susan Moses, Christopher Weite, Tom McCarthy, Brent Lewis, Ashley Caspermeyer, Damon Bonetti, Brian Bruno, Michael J.Bittner, Elizabeth Lewis, Carolyn Seibert, Gene Connelly, Alexander Mandell, David Raphaely, Jaime Vazquez jr
written by Harrison Smith, music by John Avarese, special effects makeup by Juan Garcia, Xavier Garcia, Nanette Getz, Ryan Padden

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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June (Nicole Cinaglia) has the gift to "see" things - with the awful effect that during a party she foretells the death of her friend Kelly (Ashley Sumner) only minutes before it happens ...

Chris (David J.Bonner) and Kellen (Joe Raffa) are vying for the attention of June, who presently leans over more to Chris's side, while the three of them help Kellen's uncle Jack (Brian Gallagher) set up his "Haunted Hotel", basically a tourist attraction that makes good use of its location, a presumably haunted former asylum. But that's not enough for Uncle Jack, he also wants actual haunted props and collects them with the help of June, Chris and Kellen. While for Chris and Kellen, this is just a crazy idea, June gets increasingly freaked out by the things she sees when touching the items.

At the same time, paranormal investigator Eric (Kyle Patrick Brennan) is in town, to both give the hotel a bit of publicity via an investigation and to investigate creepy murderer Jeff Wilde (Alexander Mandell), who seems to have paranormal powers. When he and June meet, they immediately bond - much to the dismay of both Chris and Kellen, who get themselves in such a frenzy that they dig up dead Kelly's body ... only to find it not in the grave but walking around. They both pay with their lives for this discovery ... but they'll be back.

It's the Haunted Hotel's opening night, but the problem is that beings from the beyond as well (as revived Chris and Kellen) have infiltrated the monster performers, and they are all after June - because you see, the hotel/former haunted asylum was built on a gate to hell, but it needs six persons - predetermined by the six degrees of seperation - to open it. And June (and the child she carries) is the final, the sixth degree, of hell ...

Corey Feldman plays a paranormal investigator in the film's framing story, and pretty much serves as a sort of Greek Chorus.

Truth to be told, the beginning of 6 Degrees of Hell is less than promising, it seems to be awfully muddled and seems to try to set up way too much in way too short a time without ever finding its center. Once the story is properly set up though, the whole thing gets really interesting and spooky and starts to develop a fascinating mythology all of its own, which finally comes to a head in the finale, where a rather hokey sideshow turns into very real horror. Add to this a competent cast and a subtle enough direction that doesn't shy away from the bizarre though, and you've got yourself a pretty good movie - provided you can make it through the first half hour or so.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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