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Go back to camp with trailer and poster for horror/comedy “HELL OF A SUMMER,” from “STRANGER THINGS’” Finn Wolfhard

Wednesday, January 22, 2025 | News

By MICHAEL GINGOLD

Summer comes early this year as the slasher flick hits theaters in April.

Neon will release “HELL OF A SUMMER,” written and directed by Billy Bryk and STRANGER THINGS’ Finn Wolfhard (who also co-star), to theaters April 18. The cast also includes Fred Hechinger, Abby Quinn, D’Pharaoh Woon-a-Tai, Pardis Saremi, Rosebud Bakeri and Adam Pally. The synopsis: “HELL OF A SUMMER” follows 24-year-old camp counselor Jason Hochberg [Hechinger], who arrives at Camp Pineway thinking his biggest problem is that he feels out of touch with his teenage co-workers. What he doesn’t know is that a masked killer is lurking on the campgrounds, brutally picking counselors off one by one.”

Michael Gingold
Michael Gingold (RUE MORGUE's Head Writer) has been covering the world of horror cinema for over three decades, and in addition to his work for RUE MORGUE, he has been a longtime writer and editor for FANGORIA magazine and its website. He has also written for BIRTH.MOVIES.DEATH, SCREAM, IndieWire.com, TIME OUT, DELIRIUM, MOVIEMAKER and others. He is the author of the AD NAUSEAM books (1984 Publishing) and THE FRIGHTFEST GUIDE TO MONSTER MOVIES (FAB Press), and he has contributed documentaries, featurettes and liner notes to numerous Blu-rays, including the award-winning feature-length doc TWISTED TALE: THE UNMAKING OF "SPOOKIES" (Vinegar Syndrome).