Hell and Back

Three childhood friends—Remy, Augie and Curt—fool around with a mysterious book that has come straight from hell and seal a blood oath they promptly break. Hell takes the broken promise seriously, and Curt is pulled down into the underworld to be sacrificed. Remy and Augie set off after him, determined to bring their friend home.

Hell and Back is an American animated adventure comedy from 2015, directed by Tom Gianas and Ross Shuman from a screenplay by Hugh Sterbakov, Zeb Wells and Gianas. The voice cast includes Nick Swardson as Remy, T.J. Miller as Augie, Mila Kunis as the demon Deema, Bob Odenkirk as the Devil, Susan Sarandon as the angel Barb and Danny McBride as Orpheus. The pair of friends must deal with a population of maladjusted demons, figures drawn from Greek legend and the Devil himself.

The film runs 86 minutes and was produced by ShadowMachine with Freestyle Releasing. On TMDB it holds a rating of 5.3 out of 10 from 218 votes, a modest showing for a wide-release animated comedy. Around 25 cast members and 139 crew members are credited. Mila Kunis voices a character who is half demon, half human, at home in both worlds and hardened by that divided existence, the daughter of Orpheus from his time on the river Styx.