We’re slowly creeping into the fall season, with the last of the big budget summer tentpoles fading from the multiplex. Soon, it will be October, and that means it’s time for somescary movies. Earlier today, we got asneak peekat theThe Witch, which looksterrifying. Now, we get the first trailer forHellions, and it seems destined to become a Halloween classic!
InHellions, a teenager’sHalloween nightturns into a terrifying fight to survive when trick-or-treaters from Hell show up at her doorstep. After getting the unwelcome news that she’s pregnant, seventeen-year-old Dora (Chloe Rose) just wants to stay in on Halloween. But then a knock at the door delivers a gaggle of pint-sized demons after one thing: Dora’s baby. Director Bruce McDonald unleashes a hallucinatory visual and auditory assault that propelsHellionsto increasingly disturbing realms of terror.Robert Patrickco-stars.
Bruce McDonald is perhaps best known for his 2009 horror cult classic Pontypool, which changed the face of the zombie genre, bringing plenty of sharp twists to classic idea of people returning from the grave. Hailing from Kingston, Ontario, the director quickly made a name for himself while still in high school with a few low budget horror offerings, even going as far as to premiere his first feature-length film, the zombie thrillerOur Glorious Deadin the school cafeteria. He’d go onto create some very popular low budget films in his home country of Canada, and he moved onto direct episodes for some of TV’s most popular series, including Lonesome Dove: The Series,Degrassi: The Next Generationand Queer as Folk.
Hellionsstars Chloe Rose and Luke Bilyk are bothDegrassi: The Next Generationalumni. And then there isRobert Patrick, who needs no introduction. He first made his presence known as the evil T-1000 inTerminator 2: Judgment Day. Ever since then, he has had a long an illustrious career in genre films. And it’s rumored that he will reprise his role in theX-Files Revival.
It’s been a while since a true Halloween-themed movie came to theaters and made waves. 2009’sTrick ‘r Treatwas the last bonafide classic to revolve around the annual Holiday.Hellionsopens on September 18 in theaters and on VOD. It will have to compete with the equally awesome-looking zombie movieCooties, which also revolves around a younger group of evildoers. Other anticipated horror movies heading our way this fall, leading into Halloween, include bothEli Roth’sThe Green InfernoandKnock, Knock, the animated sequelHotel Transylvania 2, the haunted house thrillerCrimson Peak, the family friendlyGoosebumps,Paranormal Activity: The Ghost DimensionandScout’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. That’s surely enough to keep you occupied. ButHellionsstands above the crowd, and could very well become a Halloween tradition. Take a look at the first trailer.
