Is it too early to start thinking about Halloween? Just yesterday we brought you a neat proof-of-concept short that featured a killer pumpkin, and today we’ve got the first trailer for Bruce McDonald’s HELLIONS, which takes place on our favorite night of the year. So, naturally, the answer to that question is a resounding, NO!
HELLIONS, a Halloween-set thriller about a gaggle of malicious trick-or-treaters who harass a pregnant teenager, had its debut earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival and was promptly picked up by IFC. The distributor hasn’t given it a release date yet, but let’s just assume it’ll be knocking on our doors this fall.
Strange trick-or-treaters plague conflicted teenager Dora Vogel (Chloe Rose) at her isolated home on Halloween. Under siege by forces she can’t understand, Dora must defend both body and soul from relentless Hellions, dead-set on possessing something Dora will not give them. Set in a visually haunting landscape, Hellions redefines the boundaries of horror with its potent brew of Halloween iconography, teenage angst and desperate survival.
HELLIONS stars Chloe Rose, Rossif Sutherland, Rachel Wilson, Peter DaCunha, Luke Bilyk and Robert Patrick. The trailer below is a promo trailer; expect IFC to put out its own version closer to the film’s release date.
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