Folks, I've had the great pleasure of partaking of quite a few exceptional chillers compliments of the good people at Shudder.
I know, I know, I know ... not everybody gets scared by the same things, and that's true. My particular taste in Horror is most definitely not what mainstream audiences gravitate toward; and that's because as I've often opined I just don't find a great deal of what gets trafficked to be all that horrific. For me, there has to be some great, scary idea at the core of whatever story is being spun in front of me, and that's why I do find so few thrills to be truly original. They're out there, peeps, and I'm always happy to keep searching for them.
Lo and behold, I was recently offered up the press release for Hell Hole, a Shudder original, that's getting released to the masses-at-large this upcoming August 23rd. While I'll admit that the trailer is a bit heavy on predictability here, I'll also saw that the modest creature effects do promise that there might be a bit more to this one than what first meets the eye. I do like flicks that set their characters out away from civilization -- setting them off with very few resources at their fingertips to resolve the bloody central conflict -- and that certainly looks to be the case here.
I'll do the noble copy-and-paste below; and I'll going to keep my eyes peeled for more on this one in the weeks ahead. You might want to put this one on your calendars, though, as it looks to deliver some requisite flesh and bones for those of you who like that sort of thing.
-- EZ
I know, I know, I know ... not everybody gets scared by the same things, and that's true. My particular taste in Horror is most definitely not what mainstream audiences gravitate toward; and that's because as I've often opined I just don't find a great deal of what gets trafficked to be all that horrific. For me, there has to be some great, scary idea at the core of whatever story is being spun in front of me, and that's why I do find so few thrills to be truly original. They're out there, peeps, and I'm always happy to keep searching for them.
Lo and behold, I was recently offered up the press release for Hell Hole, a Shudder original, that's getting released to the masses-at-large this upcoming August 23rd. While I'll admit that the trailer is a bit heavy on predictability here, I'll also saw that the modest creature effects do promise that there might be a bit more to this one than what first meets the eye. I do like flicks that set their characters out away from civilization -- setting them off with very few resources at their fingertips to resolve the bloody central conflict -- and that certainly looks to be the case here.
I'll do the noble copy-and-paste below; and I'll going to keep my eyes peeled for more on this one in the weeks ahead. You might want to put this one on your calendars, though, as it looks to deliver some requisite flesh and bones for those of you who like that sort of thing.
-- EZ
Hell Hole
An Adams Family Film
Directed by Toby Poser & John Adams
Streaming on Shudder Friday, August 23rd
An Adams Family Film
Directed by Toby Poser & John Adams
Streaming on Shudder Friday, August 23rd
Synopsis
In the Adams Family's celebration of the classic creature-feature, an American-led fracking crew working deep in the Serbian wilderness find themselves at odds with government assigned environmental advisors. When they get approval to drill, the workers uncover the unimaginable: a dormant parasitic monster entombed deep in the frozen rock. Now awakened, it tears through the mining facility in search of the perfect host.
About the Filmmakers
John Adams, Toby Poser, and their daughters, Lulu and Zelda, are a filmmaking family under the creative marquee of Wonder Wheel Productions. They have 7 previous features: Where The Devil Roams (2023), Hellbender (2021), The Deeper You Dig (2020), which premiered at Fantasia Film Festival and is distributed by Dark Sky Films and Arrow Video; Halfway to Zen (2016); The Shoot (2014); Knuckle Jack (2013); Rumblestrips (2012) — all earning a hearty reception on the festival circuit, including Best in Show and Audience awards. For each they’ve employed the same DIY ethic: as a collective team they write, direct, produce; they shoot, edit, act, and compose. The family lives in the Catskill Mountains of New York.
Director: John Adams and Toby Poser
Writers: Lulu Adams, John Adams, Toby Poser
Cast: Toby Poser, John Adams, Max Portman, Anders Hove, Olivera Perunicic, Aleksandar Trmcic, Petar Arsic, Bruno Veljanovski
Executive Producers: Emily Gotto, Nicholas Lazo, Samuel Zimmerman
Producers: Justin Martell, Matt Manjourides, Miloš Ðukelić
Director of Photography: Sean Dahlberg
Editor: John Adams
Composer: John Adams
Creature Design: MastersFX, Inc
Visual Effects & Stop-Motion Animation: Trey Lindsay
Special Effects Makeup: Kristina Miljački, Veroljub Naumović
Special Effects Makeup Coordinator: Todd Masters
Assistant Special Effects Makeup: Dijana Molac
Production Designer: Vladimir Vićentić
Costume Designer: Ivana Mazić
Language: English, Serbian, French
Runtime: 92 min
In the Adams Family's celebration of the classic creature-feature, an American-led fracking crew working deep in the Serbian wilderness find themselves at odds with government assigned environmental advisors. When they get approval to drill, the workers uncover the unimaginable: a dormant parasitic monster entombed deep in the frozen rock. Now awakened, it tears through the mining facility in search of the perfect host.
About the Filmmakers
John Adams, Toby Poser, and their daughters, Lulu and Zelda, are a filmmaking family under the creative marquee of Wonder Wheel Productions. They have 7 previous features: Where The Devil Roams (2023), Hellbender (2021), The Deeper You Dig (2020), which premiered at Fantasia Film Festival and is distributed by Dark Sky Films and Arrow Video; Halfway to Zen (2016); The Shoot (2014); Knuckle Jack (2013); Rumblestrips (2012) — all earning a hearty reception on the festival circuit, including Best in Show and Audience awards. For each they’ve employed the same DIY ethic: as a collective team they write, direct, produce; they shoot, edit, act, and compose. The family lives in the Catskill Mountains of New York.
Director: John Adams and Toby Poser
Writers: Lulu Adams, John Adams, Toby Poser
Cast: Toby Poser, John Adams, Max Portman, Anders Hove, Olivera Perunicic, Aleksandar Trmcic, Petar Arsic, Bruno Veljanovski
Executive Producers: Emily Gotto, Nicholas Lazo, Samuel Zimmerman
Producers: Justin Martell, Matt Manjourides, Miloš Ðukelić
Director of Photography: Sean Dahlberg
Editor: John Adams
Composer: John Adams
Creature Design: MastersFX, Inc
Visual Effects & Stop-Motion Animation: Trey Lindsay
Special Effects Makeup: Kristina Miljački, Veroljub Naumović
Special Effects Makeup Coordinator: Todd Masters
Assistant Special Effects Makeup: Dijana Molac
Production Designer: Vladimir Vićentić
Costume Designer: Ivana Mazić
Language: English, Serbian, French
Runtime: 92 min
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