While the synopsis may make the movie sound trite and cliched, Hellinger was a fun and well-done flick. Cerchi's use of light-dark contrast is badass, and Hellinger himself is a very visually creepy character with his alabaster skin and black eyes. True, Wayne Petrocelli's vocal stylings make Hellinger sound like he's getting perpetually kicked in the kiwis, but the overall effect is slick. Cerchi also uses his video camera like a true film camera, which helps its style immensely. The direction style, a mishmash of countless directors (mostly Fulci with a splash of Clive Barker...dig those chains!) thrown into one big stew pot, works very well. Also helping the feature is the assistance of executive producers Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz. Having these b-movie noblemen helping out certainly helped elevate this movie to something more than it should normally have been. Combine that with some nice gore effects, the aforementioned kickass lighting, and one of the most disturbing rape-murder scenes committed to film, and you've got a religious horror slam-dunk.

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