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- 2018
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 29 m
- 2018
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 29 m
Summary College student Natalie (Amy Forsyth) is visiting her childhood best friend Brooke (Reign Edwards) and her roommate Taylor (Bex Taylor-Klaus). If it was any other time of year these three and their boyfriends might be heading to a concert or bar, but it is Halloween which means that like everyone else they will be bound for Hell Fest – ...
Directed By: Gregory Plotkin
- 2018
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 29 m
- 2018
- R
- Lionsgate Films
- 1 h 29 m
Hell Fest
26
7.6
Where to Watch
Summary College student Natalie (Amy Forsyth) is visiting her childhood best friend Brooke (Reign Edwards) and her roommate Taylor (Bex Taylor-Klaus). If it was any other time of year these three and their boyfriends might be heading to a concert or bar, but it is Halloween which means that like everyone else they will be bound for Hell Fest – ...
Directed By: Gregory Plotkin
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
26
9% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
9% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
82% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
26
9% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
9% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
82% Negative
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
A balance is struck between fun and fear, make-believe terror and actual trauma. It borders on an examination of real pain, still lets you whoop at the madness, then has that cheer catch in your throat.
It’s the closest you can subject people to a horror potluck without being "The Cabin in the Woods." So why can’t the six writers of this story have more fun with this premise?
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 92 User Ratings
7.6
68% Positive
63 Ratings
63 Ratings
22% Mixed
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
10% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 92 User Ratings
7.6
68% Positive
63 Ratings
63 Ratings
22% Mixed
20 Ratings
20 Ratings
10% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
Really took me back to the old slasher movies that I loved! Such a fun and exciting ride!
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A generous reading suggests that its vaguely feminist subtext is intentional rather than a happy accident, and to some extent it may well be, but for the most part Hell Fest simply adheres to long-established genre tropes.
Eye candy without much to offer the brain or emotions, Hell Fest is a competently crafted slasher film rendered instantly forgettable by its disinterest in character, plot, and motivation, let alone original ideas.
The killings aren’t particularly gripping, there’s little suspense in the earliest ones and the menace is pretty watered down for much of the movie.
It’s in love with its location and couldn’t care less about the characters. Even the kills are rote disappointments, at least by slasher-enthusiast standards.
But really, it seems like a movie hatched because someone had access to an amusement park and knew a lot of people in the makeup and lighting department.
Hell Fest is a breakthrough slasher! The comedic elements work but boy do the horror elements work even more!
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É legalzinho, não é nada incrível mas é eficiente como entretenimento descartável, as mortes são ok, os personagens são meio qualquer coisa (Tipo slasher mesmo), o assassino não tem nada de muito marcante e eu queria mais do Tony Todd. Mas eu adorei a ambientação do parque, a ideia é boa mas poderia ser ainda melhor. Mesmo assim eu me diverti.
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Hell Fest is not a movie that delivers on a complex mind workout plot (nor should you expect it **** is, however, reminiscent of the old school 80s horror movie that delivers par to subpar acting, a semi-believable plot, and adds in practical effects death scenes. That's why you go to watch this movie and that's what they gave you. Though they definitely could have pushed more in the gruesome gore department, this movie is what it is and stays in its lane. The horror/scary movie genre is a tough one, especially in today's desensitized world, and most movies that come out in this genre rely almost exclusively on cheap jump scares. So if this type of movie is in your wheelhouse, this movie is worth a watch...just temper expectations.
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I have a soft spot for slasher films, and I can’t say this is anything great, but it has some fun kills and there were plenty of people covering their eyes in scared glee. Take all that how you will.
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Production Company
CBS Films,
Tucker Tooley Entertainment,
Valhalla Motion Pictures
Release Date Sep 28, 2018
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating R
Tagline Fun Getting In. Hell Getting Out.
Awards
ReFrame
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
