Even though writer-director Woody Bess’ debut feature “Portal to Hell” turns the underworld into a fully tangible place, he’s less interested in major crimes than “low-grade evil.”
“Every day we kind of deal with low-grade evil, be it wealth inequality or sexism, racism … we all just tolerate it,” Bess says. “It’s just around us and the world goes on. Every day I pass a homeless person. I don’t have much money as an independent filmmaker, but I could probably change that person’s life, or at least make it better. That’s where hell comes from in this; there’s this objective evil, and the one guy who says, ‘Oh, I’m
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