An incoherent, slapdash horror movie, filmmaker Joe Raffa's 6 Degrees of Hell is notable only for the fact that it features Corey Feldman, who phones in his few scenes as a self-styled paranormal investigator called in to investigate a series of gruesome deaths connected with a Halloween haunted house. Sporting a long strand of hair that hangs over his forehead and constantly puffing on an e-cigarette, Feldman smirks while delivering supposedly witty lines as the story is related to him by a concerned deputy, a tale that has something to do with 1) the possessed items a psychic has collected in her living room, 2) a misguided attempt to summon a demonic spirit, and 3) that haunted house, which turns out to be a portal to another dimension. Also involved are a couple of juvenile delinquents, a psychotic police chief, a TV ghost hunter, and the hayseed proprietor of the haunted house. The entire mess is told not just via flashbacks but flashbacks-within-flashbacks, leading to narrative vertigo. Cheaply made and crudely acted, this is only recommended for diehard Feldman fans. (F. Swietek)
6 Degrees of Hell
Breaking Glass, 92 min., not rated, DVD: $21.99, Nov. 27 Volume 28, Issue 1
6 Degrees of Hell
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