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First Look at the New Horror Movie Hell Fest Plus a Poster

It might be hot as hell right now but the fall is right around the corner and with the fall comes horror movies. One of the horror movies looking to make a mark this fall season is Hell Fest which is being distributed by Lionsgate. Attendees at CinemaCon got a first look at the movie back in April but Entertainment Weekly has provided some images of the upcoming production. It takes place at a theme park during their Halloween attraction, think Horror Nights at Universal Studios, and uses the setting to start killing teenagers. It's being produced by Gale Anne Hurd who is best known for her work on The Walking Dead.

"One of the executives at my company came to me with a pitch: Wouldn't it be cool if there was a film about someone who is actually evil, who's using that environment to kill people?" says Hurd. "What if one of those people in a mask, or one of those people who had a prop chainsaw, was actually a killer themselves? And that is where the idea came from."

Director Gregory Plotkin is no stranger to the horror genre. He previous directed Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension and helped edit Get Out and Happy Death Day. He saw the setting as something that could provide different kind of thrills when it comes to horror.

"The film basically takes place over one night at a Halloween haunt," says the filmmaker. "And not just any Halloween haunt, essentially the best of the best, which is called 'Hell Fest.' It follows our main protagonist Natalie (Forsyth), and her best friend Brooke (Edwards), and their friend Taylor (Taylor-Kraus). It's their one night at the park. The idea is, these parks are a place where people go to get scared, but there's this masked killer who takes advantage of the anonymity of many masked characters and terrorizes our group throughout the night, all against the backdrop of these seemingly real haunts and mazes."

Plotkin explained that he visited theme parks all over the country to get ready for the movie but it was technical difficulties that caused his first panic attack ever.

"I was with my kids, and I got stuck on a ride, and for the very first time in my entire life, I had a panic attack," says the director. "My kids could care less, they thought it was the funniest thing in the world, but I literally had to pull out my phone and just read emails to take my mind off of it. It really occurred to me how scary it is and how little control you have in some of these places. It was a real big influence on the development of certain parts of the park [in the film]."

The first trailer for Hell Fest should be dropping sooner rather than later with its late September release date.

Summary: 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.

Hell Fest, directed by Gregory Plotkin, stars Amy Forsyth, Reign Edwards, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Christian James, Roby Attal, and Matt Mercurio. It will be released on September 28th.

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