10 Best Horror Movies About Hell

10. As Above, So Below

Some places in the world simply feel tailor-made for horror, and the Catacombs of Paris is easily one of them. Plenty of people have discussed the skull infested, nightmarish underground of the city as a gateway to Hell, and this movie decided to run with that concept.

As Above, So Below takes you on a found footage journey through the Catacombs as a crew of documentary filmmakers wander around, searching for a legendary stone. However, instead of finding rich history and knowledge, they encounter cultists, demonic forces and terrifying wrongdoings from their pasts.

The film loosely reflects the nine circles of Hell, popularised by Dante's Inferno from The Divine Comedy (get used to hearing about this epic poem, as it's going to come up a lot). Combining this iconic depiction of Hell with a real-life place is a fascinating way to bring it to the modern world and give it a grounding in our own reality.

This movie's scares are great, and while the characters are hardly Shakespearian in quality, their tragic backstories and the turmoil they face makes all of the shocking images feel cathartic and appropriate to the narrative.