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Ahellscape is a harsh environment, an unpleasant place, or a scene thought to resemblehell.^[1] A depiction of hell in a work of art is called a hellscape.^[2]

The earliest known use of the term in print was in 1894.^[2]

Writers have sometimes describedwartime environments as hellscapes,^[3] and after theatomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the cities were defined as such by its survivors.^[4] Writers have also usedhellscape to describe the scene of anatural disaster such as adrought,plague,flood, orwildfire.^[5][6][7][8] Projections of the consequences ofglobal warming have been described by journalists as hellscapes.^[9][10][11]

The usage of recreational drugs such asheroin has been described by its users as creating hellscapes.^[12][13]

In the tech press, journalists have definedInternetdisinformation as a hellscape.^[14] Some have speculated the replacing of human labor withintelligent robots could lead to a future hellscape,^[15] as well aschild sex dolls.^[16]

Vox wrote thatpostmodern philosophers have predicted apost-truth hellscape.^[17]

In October 2022, after purchasingTwitter,Elon Musk stated that it couldn't become "a free-for-all hellscape".^[18]

TheUnited States Department of Defense has a significant drone program called “Replicator” to counter China’s military mass and capabilities. This program aims to create many thousands of low-cost, highly autonomous drones for deployment by theUnited States Indo-Pacific Command in the Indo-Pacific theater by 2025. “Hellscape” refers not to the program itself but to the complex and intensely contested battlespace environment that these drones are intended to navigate and dominate. The strategic intent is to enable U.S. forces to quickly identify and engage up to 1,000 targets within 24 hours using a network of land, air, and sea drones. These drones are designed to enhance the U.S.‘s operational flexibility and deter potential Chinese military actions, particularly regarding Taiwan’s security against a Chinese invasion force.^[19]

Inmovies, depictions of hellscapes are common.^[20]

Apocalypse Now depicts earthly hellscapes, during war.^[21] Other notable examples in cinema includeBlade Runner 2049,^[22]Alien,^[23]Mad Max: Fury Road,^[24] as well as all of theMad Max series.

Hieronymus Bosch'sThe Last Judgement depicts a religious hellscape.^[25] Other examples areJan van Eyck'sCrucifixion and Last Judgement diptych, andPieter Bruegel the Elder'sDull Gret.^[26]

Dante Alighieri'sInferno is one of the best-known examples of a hellscape.The Great Gatsby depicts the "Valley of the Ashes" as a hellscape.^[27]

A number ofvideo games depict hellscapes,^[28][29] includingHellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.^[30]

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