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Hell Fest is introduced as a horror theme park which travels across the country during the Halloween season. The Other corners Gavin, and crushes his skull with a mallet. Cinematography A masked serial killer turns a horror-themed amusement park into his own personal playground, terrorizing a group of friends while the rest of the patrons believe that it is all part of the show. "[19] Michael Nordine of IndieWire also gave the film a D+ and, while applauding its "vaguely feminist subtext," found that "for the most part Hell Fest simply adheres to long-established genre tropes.
The group arrive at a haunted maze where the guys separate from the girls. Gregory PlotkinDavid Egan The following January, Gary Dauberman was hired to polish a previous draft written by William Penick & Chris Sey.
A camp counselor suffering from blackouts finds himself surrounded by murder victims.
On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 25 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
In December 2011, CBS Films entered negotiations with Neil Marshall to direct the film, with the hopes of spawning a yearly franchise akin to Paranormal Activity and Saw.
Taylor is able to undo her restraints and escape after the lever on the guillotine gets jammed. In the United States and Canada, Hell Fest was released alongside Smallfoot, Night School and Little Women, and was projected to gross $5–7 million from 2,293 theaters in its opening weekend. As such Brooke and Taylor arranged a visit to Hell Fest with Gavin, a friend that Natalie has a mutual crush on, and their respective boyfriends Quinn and Asher. Hellfest Open Air is a huge rock, metal and punk festival in the Pays de la Loire region of western France. She runs away, but the Other catches up to her, kills her, and then kills Quinn when he tries to intervene.
There Natalie texts Gavin only to hear his phone in a nearby stall. Budget Gale Anne HurdBen RobertsAlex GinnoMark Ross Natalie cleans up in the bathroom with Brooke's assistance.
"[18] Ignatiy Vishnevetsky of The A.V. On Halloween night, Natalie goes to Hell Fest with her best friend Brooke, Brooke's roommate Taylor, their boyfriends Quinn and Asher, and their friend Gavin, who is interested in Natalie. Fans flock to a festival celebrating the most iconic horror movies, only to discover that the charismatic showman behind the event has a diabolical agenda. Produced By The Other tries to kill Taylor, still restrained in the guillotine, when he is left alone with her after the show. Gross Produced By I felt like this film should have came out in October but close enough I guess. The group believes that the man has left them alone and decide to enter The Dead Lands area of the park, which is described as more intense than the public area of Hell Fest. Country
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 40% based on 43 reviews, with an average rating of 4.6/10. A young woman from Orange County is shown to be separated from her group during one of the mazes. (theme park) 7 of 7 found this interesting. On Halloween, a group of friends encounter an "extreme" haunted house that promises to feed on their darkest fears. [6] The film made $2 million on its first day, including $435,000 from Thursday night previews.
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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, https://horror.fandom.com/wiki/Hell_Fest?oldid=147015, Lacerated in the back of the neck in a prop guillotine, Slashed in the face and stabbed to death, Stabbed in the stomach and in the chest with knife. She greets her old friend but is disappointed to learn that a former classmate, Taylor (Bex Taylor-Klaus), whom Natalie does not get along with is living with her. The show needed a landscape to double for Wyoming, which it found by filming on location in Calgary and other locations around Alberta, Canada.
It shows off the horror themed park very well and has enough action to keep it afloat for an hour an a half.The film is about a group of friends who get VIP tickets to a traveling amusement park named Hell Fest. The Other drags Britney from her hiding place and holds her down in view of the girls.
There she is confronted by a masked serial killer, figure known as "The Other". 89 mins Tucker Tooley EntertainmentValhalla Motion Pictures The girls are separated, and the Other corners Brooke.
"[16] Keith Uhlich, writing for The Hollywood Reporter ultimately said "You've seen it all before, and better.
Hell Fest is a 2018 American slasher film directed by Gregory Plotkin.
Natalie realizes that the murder seems very real and leaves. Release Date(s) Starring Amy Forsyth, Reign Edwards, Bex Taylor-Klaus and Tony Todd. The friends regroup, but they do not have much time to think about Asher's disappearance before an employee sprays Natalie with ooze. Meanwhile Asher and Quinn are separated in their maze.
The girls assume it is part of the park experience as The Other arrives in search of Britney. With the Other incapacitated, Natalie and Brooke make it to the exit where police are waiting.
Written By [6] In April 2017, editor-director Gregory Plotkin boarded the project as director after Lynch exited.
A mother gives her 13-year-old son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature. Brooke and Natalie mistake the final most intense maze of the park titled "Hell" as the exit and become trapped after the Other follows them and locks them inside.
[12] It fell 60% to $2.1 million in its second weekend, finishing eighth.
She recognizes The Other as a man who had been following her and her group of friends the entire night.
Images of Hellfest.
Filming was then expected to begin in winter 2016. Hellfest The group is distracted from Asher's disappearance by an employee who sprays Natalie with an ooze.
Trivia As promotional material for the film, the production team designed a walk thru haunted house experience to be visited by patrons of Six Flags amusement parks located in LA, St. Louis, and Chicago. The girls are separated and as The Other corners Brooke, Natalie locates them and stabs the Other.
Thinking that Taylor and the Other are employees, a park-goer stops Taylor during her escape and shoves her into the Other's grasp where he slashes her cheek with a knife before stabbing her in the gut.
Interesting? While the rest of the group enters another area of the park, Gavin tries to steal a prize for Natalie when he fails to win one in a carnival game. Natalie escapes and with Brooke's help warns security.
Hell Fest is a 2018 American Horror/Slasher film.
The Other finds and attacks Asher and, after a short struggle, stabs Asher in the eye with a syringe. September 28th, 2018 Brooke leaves Natalie alone to finish cleaning up.
A masked serial killer turns a horror-themed amusement park into his own personal playground, terrorizing a group of friends while the rest of the patrons believe that it is all part of the show. Its hard for the group to decipher what is real and what isn't as everything in the park is filled with scares and attacks.I thought the visuals of the park were nice.
LionsgateCBS Films When the Davison family comes under attack during their wedding anniversary getaway, the gang of mysterious killers soon learns that one of the victims harbors a secret talent for fighting back.
She texts again only to hear the same notification. IMDb rating of 5.5
It went on to debut to $5.1 million, finishing sixth at the box office. Natalie escapes and tries to warn park security about the Other, but a security guard dismisses the attack as part of the park experience. She attempts to warn Taylor but is stopped by security. View production, box office, & company info, Rated R for horror violence, and language including some sexual references, ‘Hell Fest’ Director and FaZe Clan Conjure Up Evil Clown Horrors in Feature Film ‘Crimson’ [Trailer], Jessica M. Thompson to Direct Horror-Thriller ‘The Bride’ (Exclusive), 2018 ReFrame Stamp – Narrative & Animated Feature Recipients, Best of the Best I Watched in Sept 2020 - MovieJuice. You root for the killer in all honesty. There are bright lights, creative monsters, and rides, its all very atmospheric. Three best friends embark on a road trip to a heavy-metal show, where they bond with three aspiring musicians and head off to one of the girls' country home for an after-party. The night turns deadly as they come to the horrifying realization that some nightmares are real. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Gavin is cornered by the Other, who proceeds to smash his head in with a mallet, killing him. Michael Nordine of IndieWire also gave the film a D+ and, while applauding its "vaguely feminist subtext," found that "for the most part Hell Fest simply adheres to long-established genre tropes.". Hell Fest started filming in Atlanta, Georgia in late February 2018, and wrapped on April 13, 2018.
The Other then walks into the living room of the house where a young girl is sleeping. Natalie jumps out of a hidden door and stabs the Other in the gut before he can kill Brooke.
The Other notices a young woman named Britney insult a worker at the amusement park.
In the maze Natalie is nearly cornered by the Other but is able to escape. It doesn't take long to discover that those who have their picture taken with it, soon die. Natalie recognizes the worn steel boots from the bathroom attack being worn by The Executioner.
Natalie, thinking this is part of the park experience, points out her hiding place.
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A car is shown pulling into a suburban house while news confirm the fatalities and their connections to the opening scene. On Halloween 1968, Stella and her two friends meet a mysterious drifter, Ramón, and uncover a sinister notebook of stories.