Because of the long gap between Stranger Things‘ fourth and long-awaited upcoming fifth seasonno wonder its cast members keep busy with other projects. Created by David Harbor said Marvel Thunderstorms*; Millie Bobby Brown has the Russo Brothers’ State of Electricity next to his ever-growing Netflix docket. But from what we can tell, it’s just a Hawkins, Indiana hero co-directed, co-written, and co-starred in a movie during the hiatus: Finn Wolfhard, whose slasher comedy dropped a trailer today.
Hell of a Summer actually has its premiere at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival, which means between Stranger Things with the fourth season coming in 2022, Wolfhard is also busy though more projects (including starring in Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire). But we’re still impressed by the level of overachievement here. Watch the red-band trailer for his journey into the wacky terrors of summer camp.
The official synopsis reads: “Hell of a Summer 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 is stalking the campers, cruelly picking off the counselors one by one. “
It’s no coincidence that the main character’s name is Jason, of course. The movie clearly rips off many tongue-in-cheek pages Friday the 13th-AND Friday the 13th Part 2both films are about counselors taken before camp actually opens for business—but have fun with other genre tropes as well. Ouija, who?
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 . Hell of a Summer hits theaters April 18, just in time for you to start rethinking all your camping plans.
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