Behind The Scenes Of 'Go To Hell'

By Rachel
January 17, 2008 - 8:36 PM

See Also: 'Go to Hell' Episode Guide

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is re-airing "Go to Hell" tonight at 9:00pm ET/PT. Now go behind the crime scene tape to find out ten things you didn't know about the episode:

Parts of the text for Harold Perrineau's exorcism rites performed in the motel room are taken from actual, recorded exorcism rituals from the 1930s.
The footage from the exorcism itself was filmed with a hand-cranked, early twentieth century style camera--technology which existed even before the sound was invented for movies!
The image of the Preacher, filmed upside-down and dripping blood upward, was originally conceived as the opening shot of the episode. Writers worked on a version of the story where CSI investigators found a dead body on the ceiling. The story evolved, but the original image remained in the show.
An alternate ending was proposed but never shot: having the "possessed" girl kill the Preacher. Similarities to a 1973 film The Exorcist led the producers to choose the ending currently seen.
The bee in the opening teaser sequence is entirely computer-generated, as are the swarming hive of bees Grissom discovers in the attic, and the bees seen in Grissom's portable hive.
Colony Collapse Disorder, a real condition investigated by scientists, is a running concern for Grissom throughout the current CSI season.
Grissom may state it but there is no verifiable proof that Einstein ever said the world would end four years after all the bees died. The dubious quotation, however, is widely reported in articles and stories regarding colony collapse disorder.
The "possessed" girl's fall to her death was filmed, not on location, but against a green screen with the actress (not a stunt woman) suspended by a series of cables.
The actors playing police officers are actually stunt drivers, and they performed the crash themselves.
The crash was filmed with five cameras, one inside the stunt car, and shot all in one take outside the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles.