Hell Fest is introduced as a horror theme park which travels across the country during the Halloween season. A young girl from Cincinnati is shown to be separated from her group during one of the mazes. There she is confronted by a masked figure known as “The Other” (Stephen Conroy). She recognizes The Other as a man who had been following her and her group of friends the entire night. The Other attacks the girl, stabbing her in the gut before hanging her. The young girl’s corpse appears to blend in with the other prop bodies as The Other leaves the scene.
Natalie (Amy Forsyth) is shown to be arriving at her former apartment where her best friend, Brooke (Reign Edwards), still resides. 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. Though Natalie’s visit was planned, Brooke is shown to have been uncertain that Natalie would actually arrive as she had been distant of late due to school and work. As such Brooke and Taylor arranged a visit to Hell Fest with Quinn (Christian James), Brooke’s boyfriend, Taylor’s boyfriend Asher (Matt Mercurio), and their respective friend Gavin (Roby Attal) who is attracted to Natalie.
Hell Fest is a 2018 American slasher film directed by Gregory Plotkin, and written by Seth M. Sherwood, Blair Butler, and Akela Cooper, from a story by William Penick, Christopher Sey and Stephen Susco. The film stars Amy Forsyth, Reign Edwards, Bex Taylor-Klaus, and Tony Todd, and follows a group of teens who are stalked by a serial killer while visiting a traveling Halloween carnival. It was released on September 28, 2018, by Lionsgate and CBS Films, received generally mixed-to-negative reviews from critics and grossed over $17 million.
Hell Fest has grossed $11.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $4.5 million in other territories, for a total worldwide gross of $15.6 million, against a production budget of $5.5 million.. 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. The film made $2 million on its first day, including $435,000 from Thursday night previews. It went on to debut to $5.1 million, finishing sixth at the box office. It fell 60% to $2.1 million in its second weekend, finishing eighth.
Hell Fest (2018)
Directed by: Gregory Plotkin
Starring: Cynthea Mercado, Stephen Conroy, Amy Forsyth, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Reign Edwards, Courtney Dietz, Michael Tourek, Markus Silbiger, Christian James, Michael Tourek, Aaron Gillespie
Screenplay by: Seth M. Sherwood, Blair Butler
Production Design by: Michael Perry
Cinematography by: José David Montero
Film Editing by: David Egan, Gregory Plotkin
Costume Design by: Tony Gardner, Eulyn Colette Hufkie
Set Decoration by: Nik Morgan
Art Direction by: Mark Dillon
Music by: Bear McCreary
MPAA Rating: R for horror violence, and language including some sexual references.
Distributed by: CBS Film, Lionsgate Films
Release Date: September 28, 2018
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