A trip to the ultimate horror theme park turns deadly in the red band trailer for Hell Fest. The CBS Films slasher-thriller will get a head-start on the Halloween movie season, when it hits theaters near the end of September.
Directed by Gregory Plotkin (Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension), Hell Fest follows college student Natalie (Amy Forsyth), her childhood bestie Brooke (Reign Edwards) and Brooke's roommate Taylor (Bex Taylor-Klaus) as they take a trip to Hell Fest: "a sprawling labyrinth of rides, games, and mazes" that just-so-happens to be in town. However, their trip to this creepy carnival goes off the rails when the trio and their friends find themselves being stalked by a real-life serial killer. For more on that, check out the Hell Fest red band trailer (which is definitely NSFW) in the space below.
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Unlike the Hell Fest teaser trailer, this red band preview offers a proper taste of the gory violence to come in the film proper (see that final and somewhat literal eye-gouging shot in the trailer). That ought to come as welcome news for those gore-hounds who prefer their horrors films R-Rated and free from the "shackles" of the PG-13 Rating (unlike such recent supernatural thriller releases as Truth or Dare and Slender Man). In addition to the red band trailer, CBS Films has also released a brand-new poster for Hell Fest, as you can see below:
While Hell Fest is only his second feature film as a director, Plotkin has an overall impressive resume as a movie editor. In addition to Paranormal Activity 2-4 and spinoff The Marked Ones, Plotkin edited last year's Blumhouse horror hits Get Out and Happy Death Day, as well as this year's acclaimed action-comedy Game Night. Plotkin actually pulled double-duty on Hell Fest by serving as both its editor and director, unlike Ghost Dimension (which he directed only).
Between Plotkin playing a larger creative role and the movie's fresh mythology, Hell Fest certainly ought to turn out better than Ghost Dimension. If horror film buffs take a liking to it, then Hell Fest may yet become successful enough to launch a franchise like CBS Films is (reportedly) hoping for. The studio has a mixed track record when it comes to its spooky offerings so far, with hits like The Woman in Black but also misses like Winchester. Here's to hoping that Hell Fest ultimately lands in the former of those categories.
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Source: CBS Films
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