Stranger Things and Ghostbusters: Afterlife actor Finn Wolfhard has made his feature directorial debut with a horror comedy called Hell of a Summer, which he directed alongside Billy Bryk, who also appeared in Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Altitude Film Sales will be introducing the film to potential distributors at this month’s European Film Market in Berlin, and in anticipation of the market a first look image from Hell of a Summer has arrived online. You can check it out at the bottom of this article.
Plot details and information on the characters in the film are still being kept under wraps. We do know that Wolfhard and Bryk both star in their directorial effort and are joined in the cast by Fred Hechinger (the Fear Street trilogy), D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (Reservation Dogs), Abby Quinn (Mad About You), and Pardis Saremi (Career Opportunities in Murder and Mayhem).
Months before Hell of a Summer was officially announced, Wolfhard said that he was planning to make his feature directorial debut with “a horror-comedy-slasher movie that takes place at a camp”. So chances are, that’s exactly what Hell of a Summer is. Which would be great as far as I’m concerned, because I love when horror movies take place at camps.
30West financed and executive produced Hell of a Summer. Hechinger produced the film alongside Aggregate Films, Parts and Labor Production, Jason Bateman, Michael Costigan, Drew Brennan, and Jay Van Hoy. Filming took place in Ontario, Canada. 30West also co-represents the U.S. rights alongside CAA Media Finance.
Are you interested in seeing a horror comedy directed by Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk? Share your thoughts on Hell of a Summer by leaving a comment below. I’m very curious to see how this one turned out, and hope it will be a worthy successor to camp-set horror movies I have enjoyed in the past like Friday the 13th, Friday the 13th Part 2, Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI, Sleepaway Camp, The Burning, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, etc.
Here is the first image from Hell of a Summer, which shows the characters played by the film’s directors:
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