History Main / PhysicalHell

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': Gensokyo used to have at least one of the many hells, the Hell of Blazing Fires, located beneath the ground. All you had to do was enter the cave known as the Dark Blowhole, pass over the forgotten bridge, and through the Palace of Earth Spirits. At some point though it was relocated and it's not exactly clear where.

** ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' fleshes out hell's true nature and history: it's located in AnotherDimension, but it was originally no different from any other of the myriad dimensions created by [[{{God}} The Father]]. In fact, it was originally called Jekkad and was a paradise. It was only after it fell to corruption and was cut off from everywhere else for eons [[spoiler:due to the ''original'' Father's betrayal by the Makyrs and his subsequent rage which resulted in him becoming the [[{{Satan}} Dark Lord]]]] that it became what it is now.

** ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' fleshes out hell's true nature and history: it's located in AnotherDimension, but it was originally no different from any other of the myriad dimensions created by [[{{God}} The Father]]. In fact, it was originally called "Jekkad" and was a paradise. It was only after it fell to corruption and was cut off from everywhere else for eons that it became what it is now.

* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'':

* ''VideoGame/DwarfFortress'': [[spoiler:Yes, you can now [[DugTooDeep dig to hell]]. Just don't expect to win when you arrive; hell has a population that is [[EpilepticTrees either in the billions or infinite]], and some of the demons don't have organs, so you literally cannot kill them.]] [[spoiler:As players have found out, using the dwarven way of acting completely insane, it's definitely possible to win the fight. And then colonize the place.]]

** ''VideoGame/DoomEternal'' fleshes out hell's true nature and history: it's located in AnotherDimension, but it was originally no different from any other of the myriad dimensions created by [[{{God}} The Father]]. It was only after it fell to corruption and was cut off from everywhere else for eons that it became what it is now.

* ''VideoGame/{{Doom}}'''s entire plot revolves around the idea that teleportation experiments on Mars resulted in portals to hell itself, cue [[PlayerCharacter The Marine]]. [[spoiler: Also, the Martians already did the same thing by accident long ago, sacrificed most of their civilisation to fix it and fled to Earth]].

-->'''Leela:''' Who would've thought hell would really exist... and that it would be in New Jersey?\\

* To show the struggle against sin and evil in a cohesive narrative, ''Literature/TheDivineComedy'' features the protagonist entering hell through a series of caves.

* In ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'', Hell is called Damnation and characters refer to it the same way we do. But hints in the text and WordOfGod indicate that Damnation is actually a planet called Braize, ruled by [[GodOfEvil Odium]]. It is presumably the source of the Voidspren, as well as the location where the [[FallenHero Heralds]] were [[FateWorseThanDeath tortured]] [[EternalRecurrence between]] [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Desolations]].
* In the short story ''Literature/ShadowsForSilenceInTheForestsOfHell'', also set in Literature/TheCosmere, a continent on a minor shardworld is entirely occupied by what appear to be shades of the dead. Exactly what relation they have to the original person is unclear, but they are malevolent and don't seem very happy. Notably people came here from somewhere else fleeing something known only as "the Evil", which was apparently so bad that the murderous shades of the dead were an improvement.

* ''{{Series/Lexx}}'': Hell is a literal planet called Fire, which all damned from the Light and Dark Universe are sent to upon their deaths.

* Gensokyo, the setting of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', used to have at least one of the many hells, the Hell of Blazing Fires, located beneath the ground. All you had to do was enter the cave known as the Dark Blowhole, pass over the forgotten bridge, and through the Palace of Earth Spirits. At some point though it was relocated and it's not exactly clear where.

* One iteration of the ''VideoGame/NexusClash'' universe allowed demonic player characters to pour energy into the land of the mortal plane and transform buildings and terrain into their FireAndBrimstoneHell equivalents. Angels could do the same to try to turn it into PhysicalHeaven instead.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' has a physical hell for robots, complete with a robot devil. It's built from an abandoned theme park in New Jersey.
-->'''Leela:''' Who would've thought hell would really exist... and that it would be in New Jersey?!\\

* In ''Literature/TheDescent'' by JeffLong, it turns out that there's an underground world under ours, inhabited by cruel demon-like humanoids. There's also a {{Satan}}... of sorts.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'', you can actually enter Hell (called the Underworld ingame) simply by [[DugTooDeep
digging down deep enough]]. In there you'll find demons, a wall of flesh, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking bats]]. There's [[FireAndBrimstoneHell lava, fire]], imps, lava slimes, hellbats, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment lava, fire, and lava.]] It's dangerous down there. Yet ironically much safer than the overworld once Hard Mode kicks in as [[NiceJobBreakingItHero unspeakable horrors once sealed in the form of the Wall of Flesh are released]].

Hell on Earth, literally. In most cases, Hell is something you don't have to worry about unless you're on the negative side of the KarmaMeter, and even then, only if you're careless enough to die. Even if it's more tangible, it's usually on the other side of a HellGate which can be handily sealed up if necessary at a maximum of a few thousand human sacrifices to the dark ones. Then there are the unlucky worlds which have the ultimate in {{Crapsack World}}s in their backyards.

* In ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'', you can actually enter Hell (called the Underworld ingame) simply by digging down deep enough. In there you'll find demons, a wall of flesh, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking bats]]. There's [[FireAndBrimstoneHell lava, fire]], imps, lava slimes, hellbats, [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment lava, fire, and lava.]] It's dangerous down there. Yet ironically much safer than the overworld once Hard Mode kicks in as [[NiceJobBreakingItHero unspeakable horrors once sealed in the form of the Wall of Flesh are released]].

* In the short story ''Literature/ShadowsForSilenceInTheForestsOfHell'', also set in TheCosmere, a continent on a minor shardworld is entirely occupied by what appear to be shades of the dead. Exactly what relation they have to the original person is unclear, but they are malevolent and don't seem very happy. Notably people came here from somewhere else fleeing something known only as "the Evil", which was apparently so bad that the murderous shades of the dead were an improvement.