What's Hell Like? 66 Hottest Depictions of the Pit in Art
A scene from Universal Pictures' 'Drag Me to Hell.' Perdition is always a god-awful thought when you're in the throes of death. What is hell like? What is hell shaped like? How do fire and brimstone feel like? Is hell hot or cold? Is there an exit? As human beings, it compels us to wonder where people who wrong us go after they die. It came to a point where individuals in bygone days would write world-changing religious texts about this bad place, just because they thought they had received some "revelations." This level of fascination with the afterlife crosses the minds of painters, poets, novelists, filmmakers and artists to this day. Often holier-than-thou, sometimes crazy, and always imaginative, their visions of the pit are truly unpleasant as, well, hell. Here are some of the greatest books, art works, games, TV shows, and movies that show how heaven can wait: 66. Inferno Order from Amazon In the 2013 Dan Brown book and subsequent Tom Hanks vehicle, ...