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	The 2004 "Hollywood Hell House," above, was a California version of the original Hell House by Pastor Keenan Roberts of Thornton. (Post file)

If he thought Thornton was sinful, wait till Pastor Keenan Roberts gets a load of New York City.

Roberts’ "Hell House," an evangelical Halloween haunted house that depicts cheerleaders having abortions and fetuses made of hamburger meat, will be presented as a legitimate off- Broadway stage offering starting Oct. 1.

Roberts is the senior pastor of New Destiny Christian Center in Thornton. His "Hell House" has been seen by more than 50,000 people in Colorado since 1995 and has spawned 3,000 copycats nationwide.

The play replaces Halloween ghouls with gay men dying of AIDS and shows children who read "Harry Potter" being damned to hell.

"Hell houses communicate the biblical truth that sin always has consequences," Roberts, who recently signed a "Hell House" film deal, said in a statement. "We believe that abortion, adultery, homosexuality, among other things, are sinful behaviors, and that if a person does not repent of their sin and come to Jesus Christ, then hell will be their destiny rather than heaven."

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