Hell, in many religions, is a place of suffering during the afterlife, where wicked or unrighteous souls are punished.

Hell may also refer to:

Religion and mythology

  • Hell in Christianity
  • Christian views on Hades
  • Hel (location), Germanic underworld from which the word "hell" derives
  • Gehenna or Gehinnom
  • Jahannam, Gehenna in Islam
  • Tartarus
  • Underworld, the world of the dead in various religious traditions, located below the world of the living
  • Any place or situation of great suffering

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

  • Jigoku (1960 film) (地獄, Hell), also titled The Sinners of Hell a Japanese horror film directed by Nobuo Nakagawa
  • Hell (1964 film) or Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno (L'enfer), an unfinished French film by Henri-Georges Clouzot
  • Hell (1994 film) (L'enfer), a French film directed by Claude Chabrol, adapted from Clouzot's 1964 film
  • Hell (2005 film) (L'enfer), a French film directed by Danis Tanović
  • Hell (2010 film) (El Infierno), a Mexican crime comedy
  • Hell (2011 film), a German science fiction film directed by Tim Fehlbaum
  • Hell, the directly translated title of Hellbound (TV Series), a South Korean dark fantasy show from 2021
  • "Hell" (Father Ted), a 1996 TV episode
  • "Hell" (Squid Game), a 2021 TV episode
  • Dr. Hell, a character in the anime series Mazinger Z

Literature

  • Hell (DC Comics), a fictional location in the DC Comics universe
  • Hell (Barbusse novel) (L'Enfer), a 1908 novel by Henri Barbusse
  • Hell (Davis novel), 1998 novel by Kathryn Davis
  • Hell or Hell: A Verse Drama and Photoplay, a 1924 play by Upton Sinclair
  • Hell, also known as Inferno, the first volume of the Divine Comedy
  • Hell, a locale in the Tomorrow series novels by John Marsden

Music

Artists

  • Hell (British band), an English heavy metal band
  • Hell (American band), a doom metal band from Salem, Oregon
  • Hell I, 2009
  • Hell II, 2010
  • Hell III, 2012
  • Hell, 2015 EP
  • Hell (Hell album), 2017
  • DJ Hell, a German house/techno DJ

Albums

  • Hell (James Brown album), 1974
  • Hell (Venom album), 2008
  • Hell (Die Ärzte album), 2020
  • Hell: The Sequel, an EP by Bad Meets Evil

Songs

  • "Hell", a song by Blind Melon from Nico
  • "Hell" (Disturbed song), a song by Disturbed, a B-side from the single "Stricken"
  • "Hell", a song by Foo Fighters from In Your Honor
  • "Hell", a song by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from Infest the Rats' Nest
  • "Hell", a song by Pet Shop Boys.
  • "Hell", a song by Squirrel Nut Zippers from Hot
  • "Hell", a song by Tegan and Sara from Sainthood
  • "The Hell Song", a song by Sum 41
  • "Hell", a song by Waxahatchee from Saint Cloud

Other uses in arts and entertainment

  • Hell (Bosch), a painting by Hieronymous Bosch
  • Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller, a 1990s video game
  • Hell and Fucking Hell (Chapman), art installations by Jake and Dinos Chapman

Places

  • Hell, California, a demolished ghost town in the U.S.
  • Hell, Michigan, a community in the U.S.
  • Hell, Grand Cayman, the Cayman Islands
  • Hell, Norway, a village in Stjørdal
  • Hell Cave, a cave in Slovenia
  • Hell Creek, near Jordan, Montana, U.S.

Other uses

  • Hell (crater), a lunar crater named after Maximilian Hell
  • Hell (surname)
  • Hell.com, a website for web designers and artists
  • Hell Pizza, a New Zealand-based pizza chain
  • Helles, sometimes called Hell, a light style of beer
  • The transmission mode of the Hellschreiber teleprinter
  • Hell Energy Drink, a Hungarian energy drink
  • Helvetinjärvi ("Hell's Lake"), a national park in Ruovesi, Pirkanmaa, Finland

See also

  • L'Enfer (disambiguation) ( in French)
  • Halle (disambiguation)
  • Heaven and Hell (disambiguation)
  • Hel (disambiguation)
  • Hell on Earth (disambiguation)
  • Hellas (disambiguation)
  • Helle (disambiguation)
  • Jigoku (disambiguation) ( in Japanese)