During an exorcism, a priest demanded a group of demons to explain why they fought so hard to possess a person and not retreat - to his amazement - they had to describe what was waiting for them if they lost the battle with the priest - why they fought so hard during exorcisms...Hell is where those souls - both human and demons - go to relive their regrets - standing so close to one another but so overwhelmed with their guilt they no nothing else but themselves — it was described as a cold place shrouded in darkness - a place where they would be for all time! ...so yes - the European description is way off!
OK, I can see where that would be pretty bad. But how do you expalin the "lake of fire" references?