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Group Therapy for Monsters in ’13 Steps’!
We learned that Phil Hester’s graphic novel 13 Steps is being adapted for the big screen. The horror-comedy published by Desperado is in the vein of Shaun of the Dead and centers on a regular, angst-ridden twenty-something who still lives at home with his mom, has a crappy job at a skating rink and has to lock himself up once a month to avoid killing people. What’s a kid to do when he’s inherited his dad’s inconvenient werewolf genes? Justin discovers he’s not alone when he joins a twelve-step-esque group therapy for other monsters. But instead of finding answers he finds himself swept up in the identity politics of the monster set. Thirteen Steps….because when it’s supernatural you need that extra step.
A gnarly infection threatens to claw its way out of a moving camper in the first trailer for Shudder’s claustrophobic Hellcat.
The feature debut of writer/editor/director Brock Bodell, who previously edited the Fantasia title Ultrasound, makes its debut on Shudder on August 14.
In Hellcat, “Lena wakes up in a moving camper trailer with a horrifying wound. She’s warned by the driver that they have one hour to get to a doctor, or she’ll succumb to an unimaginably awful fate. As the pain sets in and reality begins to fray, who should really be afraid?”
Dakota Gorman (Natural Disasters) leads the cast that also includes Todd Terry (“Breaking Bad”), Liz Atwater (The Other People), Jordan Mullins (The Bikeriders), and James Austin Johnson (“Saturday Night Live”) in a voice role. Bodell also produces alongside Andrew Duensing and Nate Eggert.
Hellcat made its world premiere last summer at Fantasia. I wrote in my review, “Hellcat is a bit of a Trojan horror that defies easy classification, by design. Bodell’s sneaky debut feature is occasionally too sparse in its worldbuilding in its bid to preserve the mystery, but not enough to detract from the thrilling road thriller that transforms into a completely left-field type of horror we don’t get nearly enough of. The stripped-down tribute to a classic horror staple catches you off guard in more ways than one, marking Bodell as one to watch.”
In other words, there’s a lot more than meets the eye to Hellcat‘s simple infection setup, delivering plenty of surprises along its bumpy road of horrors.
Check out the trailer and poster below and add Hellcat to your watchlists asap.
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