DAILY CALL SHEET: MAY 17, 2024

Dark Angel: The Ascent (1994) A sullen young demoness flees Hell to escape her overbearing father, but once on Earth, she still feels the compulsion to brutally punish sinners. In between eviscerations, she spends quality time with her new dog and boyfriend. Hey, it's a low budget Full Moon feature, so it's not faultless, but it's surprisingly entertaining in its off-brand Neil Gaiman take on Heaven and Hell. Also, I never knew demons have big feet, even the lady ones.

TIL: The movie's version of Hell in which demons are basically subcontractors to Heaven with the job of torturing the damned is amusing, but not really accurate to actual Church teaching. In reality, any torture that might occur in the state of being we call Hell is self-imposed through a person's willful rejection of God's mercy. In that sense, Satan and the other demons are human's co-prisoners in Hell, not their wardens, and they all put themselves there, not God.

I HAVE SOME NOTES: Yet more random thoughts on my daily Scripture readings.