Given the long gap between stranger things‘ fourth and long-awaited fifth season, it is no surprise that its cast members have been kept busy with other projects. David Harbor made Marvel Good heavens*; Millie Bobby Brown has the Russo brothers electrical status Next on your ever-growing Netflix list. But as far as we know, only one Indiana hero Hawkins co-directed, co-wrote, and co-starred in one movie during the hiatus: Finn Wolfhard, whose slasher comedy released a trailer today.
summer hell In fact, it had its premiere at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival, which means that between stranger things With the fourth season arriving in 2022, Wolfhard has also been busy even further projects (including starring Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire). But we’re still impressed by the level of improvement here. Check out the red band trailer for their trip to the wacky terrors of summer camp.
The official synopsis says: “summer hell It follows 24-year-old camp counselor Jason Hochberg (Fred Hechinger), who arrives at Camp Pineway thinking his biggest problem is that he feels out of touch with his teenage coworkers. What he doesn’t know is that a masked killer stalks the camps and brutally eliminates the counselors one by one.”
It’s no coincidence that the main character’s name is Jason, of course. The film clearly tears several ironic pages from friday the 13th-and Friday the 13th Part 2both movies about counselors who get eliminated before the camp opens its doors, but it also has fun with other genre tropes. Ouija, anyone?
Wolfhard (who co-wrote and co-directed with Billy Bryk) co-stars in a cast that also includes Bryk, Abby Quinn, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Pardis Saremi, Rosebud Bakeri and Adam Pally. summer hell hits theaters April 18, just in time for you to start rethinking all your camping plans.
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