People started lining up at 7 p.m., and the crowd, mostly church members, grew to about 200. The church is expecting about 500 people a night to walk through the displays. In 1997, community members were angry when Potter's House staged a scene of a young boy being molested by his father, and the boy later raping a girl before chopping off her head. Charlie Oviedo, the church's organizer for the event, has said he was one of the first in the nation to promote the alternative hell houses. The concept of the hell house has spread to most of the United States and several foreign countries.
Admission is free.