Fresh, raw and bewitching indie folk horror Hellbender will grip fans with a story that has real bite, promising one hell of a ride. As unnerving and gruesome as it is beautiful and enticing, this captivating, unsettling and hellish feature will push audiences to the brink. Written and directed by genre trailblazers, the Adams Family, the film is certified fresh with a 97 score on Rotten Tomatoes. The sixth feature from the family collective who write, direct, produce, score, edit and act in all of their films, Hellbender had its world premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival 2021, where it garnered two wins and a nomination for Best Actress, Best Motion Picture Score and Best Film, respectively.
16-year-old Izzy (Zelda Adams) lives in isolation with her mother in the quietly eerie mountains of New York State. Cut off from the outside world, Izzy is home-schooled and prohibited from leaving the house because...
16-year-old Izzy (Zelda Adams) lives in isolation with her mother in the quietly eerie mountains of New York State. Cut off from the outside world, Izzy is home-schooled and prohibited from leaving the house because...
- 9/6/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
This article contains spoilers for Hellbender.
The new Shudder horror movie Hellbender introduces a new type of movie monster in the form of a witch/demon/apex predator hybrid. But the creation also comes from a surprising place of truth for The Adams, the family of filmmakers who make up Wonder Wheel Productions.
In the film, 16-year-old Izzy (played by Zelda Adams) lives in isolation with Mother because she has a rare immune disorder. Or so she is told. After befriending Amber (sister Lulu Adams), Izzy questions the reality of her disease. And when she eats a live worm as part of a teenage game, she develops a hunger for living things and learns she and Mother are the latest in a line of “hellbenders,” and have inherited ancient abilities.
The film is written, directed, produced, scored, and edited by Poser, Zelda Adams, and father John Adams. At its core,...
The new Shudder horror movie Hellbender introduces a new type of movie monster in the form of a witch/demon/apex predator hybrid. But the creation also comes from a surprising place of truth for The Adams, the family of filmmakers who make up Wonder Wheel Productions.
In the film, 16-year-old Izzy (played by Zelda Adams) lives in isolation with Mother because she has a rare immune disorder. Or so she is told. After befriending Amber (sister Lulu Adams), Izzy questions the reality of her disease. And when she eats a live worm as part of a teenage game, she develops a hunger for living things and learns she and Mother are the latest in a line of “hellbenders,” and have inherited ancient abilities.
The film is written, directed, produced, scored, and edited by Poser, Zelda Adams, and father John Adams. At its core,...
- 3/1/2022
- by Aaron Sagers
- Den of Geek
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