Hollow Earth Chronicles: Episode I - the Dark Chambers (2017) Poster

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10/10
Amazing documentary!
art_boudilov4 February 2023
For all the truth seekers, a must watch film. Just discovered this truly gem of documentaries. Much better then those you watch at History Chanel. Great work guys! Waiting for next episodes. Met new faces in this film, which is very good. Very good explanation about Tibet, which is the most important topic for me, because I was attacked by a paranormal entity, which actually almost totally destroyed my life. It was attached in Bali in Brahma Vihara Arama temple. Actually my wife saved my life after severe bike crash, which was led by total madness left by entities. So the life of unseen forces and underground world is fully disclosed here. 10/10 100 %!!
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5/10
Flat-earthers, move over
take2docs6 October 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Back in high school we were taught that the Earth was made up of a crust, mantle, and 'solid' core. This 'teaching' was passed down to us from educators who'd received their own instruction from similar scholastic textbooks; the same literature in which (the theory of) evolution is also treated as a given. Yet what if believing in an earth that's internally solid is nothing more than a case of 'monkey teach, parrot too'?

As for independent-minded, critical thinkers who don't accept everything taught from 'official' sources unquestioningly, there are those among us whose favorite subject is the hollow earth. I'm only marginally interested in this subject, myself, although I would consider it of utmost importance if such a theory were ever proven true. Yet even then, I doubt that academia and the education system in general would ever take to recanting their long-established view on the inner earth; no, not even if God himself declared it from the heavens to be hollow, such are the deeply ingrained dogmas of scientism in our society.

Leave it to a few thinkers outside of this secular religion to at least consider in all seriousness the possibility that what we were taught in school about the interior of the earth might just in fact be utterly false. Thomas Horn, Steve Quayle, Derek Gilbert, Josh Peck, L. A. Marzulli, among others, lend their respected voices to this discussion, in director Justen Faull's HOLLOW EARTH CHRONICLES, which takes to examining this alternate, if not controversial, theory in detail.

Here you will hear and maybe even learn for the first time all about the Nazis and their interest in Antarctica, of the Thule and Vril societies, of tunnel systems and even underground cities that've been discovered, and of relevant sites such as Sedona (Arizona), Mount Shasta and, of course, Shamballa.

Now, if flat-earther Christians have their own pet verses they like to point to which they say scripturally supports their worldview, wouldn't you know it, so do their hollow-earth brethren. Here we are directed to one particular verse in the New Testament: Philippians 2:10. I suspect this Bible verse isn't referring simply to things like worms and other subterranean creepy-crawlies, as such beings lack the sentience required of one in acknowledging a Creator.

Incidentally, the flat-earth theory was brought to my mind while listening to the comments an Indian chief makes early on in this. This fellow tells of a time in history when the land area of the planet consisted of one giant land mass as opposed to several continents. Contrary to what flat-earthers believe, this seems to be where we get the phrase 'the four corners' from -- this, in reference not to the shape of the planet but to the earth (land area) as it was thought to exist at one time in the past (what's called Pangaea).

Of course, no discussion of the hollow earth is complete without it eventually segueing into weighty and apocalyptic territory (a la talk of the abyss mentioned in the Book of Revelation). Which brings me to the one major criticism I have with HOLLOW EARTH CHRONICLES: namely, its subject matter is quite gloomy. Despite this, the interviewees (strangely, most of them goateed) seem to enjoy discussing this dreary and dingy region and its speculated shady inhabitants with remarkable enthusiasm. Which leads me to ask: When Christ spoke of the need for Christians to be the 'light of the world,' did he mean for them to intellectually harrow Hades and Tartarus so as to shine a light on their presumed existence? Question aside, watching this was a rather depressing experience, to the point that it made me feel like seeking out some uplifting music or a lighthearted movie just to wash my mind clean of its negative effect. Curiously, there's a kind of morbid fascination that some Christians seem to have with esoteric and supernatural topics -- not in the sense as practitioners, but nonetheless as ones whose avid interest in the dark side of metaphysics would rival that of any devoted occultist. Go figure.

Aside from this criticism, a quibble: The dang thing is needlessly overlong and rambling and could have easily been pared down to a merciful 90 or even 100 minutes. It doesn't help either that there's numerous scenes of director Faull shown sitting and reading from an off-camera source (teleprompter?) pre-scripted commentary, which to me is not the most entertaining and effective way to deliver this kind of otherwise intriguing information.

In sum, the one bright spot in this was the reading from Admiral Byrd's secret diary, which records the explorer's alleged travels to an inner-earth Shangri-La of sorts. This passage made me feel all sorts of wonderful feelings, like love, joy, peace, and reminded me of a delightful film classic ("Lost Horizon," 1937). Indeed, these excerpts provide a refreshing break in tone from the otherwise downbeat content contained throughout. Yet even this brief glimmer of sunshine, as pleasant as it is, has to be interpreted here through a benighted lens which sees devils masquerading as light beings.

Suffice to say, if there's a follow-up to this downer of a film, count me out. I'm more than happy to stay right here atop the Earth's surface, thank you very much.
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