The arrival of a newborn girl causes the gradual disintegration of the Cairn family; particularly for 9-year-old Joshua (Jacob Kogan) an eccentric boy whose proper upbringing and refined tastes both take a sinister turn.
Based on the novel by Larry Beinhart, 'Salvation Boulevard' stars Greg Kinnear as Carl, a former Deadhead who has traded in Jerry Garcia for God. He accidentally witnesses Pastor Dan (Pierce Brosnan), the leader of his new megachurch, commit a crime, and spends the rest of the film trying to make peace with his family, an atheist professor and a fellow Deadhead-turned security guard. Ratliff's fascination with religion stems back to his childhood in Amarillo, Texas, where he was raised as an evangelical Christian. He's since broken from the church and in his 2001 documentary 'Hell House,' even explored a megachurch's annual attempt to scare kids into Christianity through a haunted house.
Just outside of Dallas Texas a violent haunted house is serving as the pulpit for a modern day fire and brimstone sermon. Hell House examines this truly American phenomenon. These houses of horror recreate scenes that graphically depict such modern-day evils as botched abortions AIDS-related deaths fatal drunk-driving crashes date rapes and drug-induced suicides. Taking us behind the scenes the documentary examines why this small town church has resorted to such
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