not because it's scary or whatever but because I'm coming up against literally my past. I mean, I wasn't a part of THIS hell house, but I actually helped with a couple when I was in high school.

What is it?

I had trouble getting through it too.

I was like O_O at some parts

waterfell: it was a 2001 documentary about a church in texas that puts on a "haunted house" to basically try to scare kids into becoming christians

weird

the ones I helped with were less awful than this, but the same ideology behind it was what I grew up in.

and it's not the onlyl one - it was the FIRST one, but there are a lot of churches across the country that, especially in big cities, put on pretty damn high-quality houses.

but they're... it's really disturbing. And not in the way they want it to be.

but like, the docu is showing the lead-up and planning and shit, which involves prayer and shit that I. it. god, I'm only like 10 minutes in and I'm considering turning it off.

like idk. it's not just prayer. it's the way they pray specifically?

idk.

trying to gauge if i'm. gonna get triggered by this, tbh. XD

I'd probably turn it off, tbh. Just in case

It's not like you don't know about stuff like this

yeah. at the same time, though, it's kind of. good to remind myself what actually goes down? iunno. it's not setting me off atm or anything.

...oh my god apparently reading harry potter and role playing games "like magic the gathering" lead to satanism. I gotta admit, I never actually bought THAT side of it.

haha man, I just can't stop giggling over this, they couldn't figure out how to refer to "magic: the gathering"

they sound like me in high school

everything aside though, I'm glad this docu, while presenting some of the out-there "wow wtf" aspects of congregations like this, isn't MOCKING them.

like, I have a lot of issues with this shit, but most of these people, especially the kids, they're so earnest and it just... I don't feel right mocking them.

haha omg these girls' faces in the audience. XD

O_o encapsulated

oh my god there are these teenagers and this one amazing girl is so... words, she's stating her disagreement with the message of the hell house so clearly.

i'm proud of her. she was calm and clear and awesome talking to the guy. i like her.