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‘Hellcat’ Teaser Trailer Unleashes a Mind-Bending Freakout Ahead of Fantasia Premiere [Exclusive]
Infection takes root in the mind-bending, twisty new teaser for Hellcat, promising one sick cat-and-mouse game ahead of the film’s world premiere at Fantasia International Film Festival.
Hellcat marks the feature debut of writer/editor/director Brock Bodell, who previously edited Fantasia title Ultrasound.
The film’s synopsis: “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) delivers a blistering performance in this tense, mind-bending horror where survival cuts both ways.”
Todd Terry (“Breaking Bad”), Liz Atwater (The Other People), Jordan Mullins, and James Austin Johnson (“Saturday Night Live”) also star.
Watch the intense teaser below, which makes it unclear where the true threat lies. Either way, it looks like a wild horror freakout ahead designed to keep you guessing.
Fantasia’s description of Hellcat only adds to the intrigue: “Bodell doesn’t take a wrong turn, delivering a twisty thrill ride of strong characters, shredding tension, and real surprises that takes viewers deep into unexpected places.”
Bodell also produces alongside Andrew Duensing and Nate Eggert. Blue Finch has boarded world sales for Bodell’s feature debut.
Blue Finch Films’ director of distribution, Fatima Hayward, described the film as “a suspense-driven horror laced with bold stylistic choices that will keep audiences guessing until the very end.”
Hellcat screens Friday, July 25, at 6:45 pm ET in the DeSeve, with a repeat screening at 2 pm ET on Sunday, July 27.
Stay tuned for more on Hellcat and our coverage of Fantasia when the festival kicks off later this month.
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Katharine Isabelle Battles Cosmic Horror in Exclusive ‘Junction Row’ Teaser Trailer [Fantasia 2026]
Among Fantasia 2026‘s massive final wave of programming this morning is Raven Banner’s Lovecraftian creature feature Junction Row, starring Canadian horror icon Katharine Isabelle, and we’re exclusively unveiling the teaser trailer.
Junction Row will celebrate its World Premiere at Fantasia on July 28.
Watch a housing compound fall under siege from Lovecraftian creatures more dangerous than drug dealers in the trailer below.
Junction Row follows “Juno, a recovering addict who leaves a fringe housing compound for a better life, leaving her beloved Ruby behind. When she learns that Ruby has gone missing, Juno returns, only to find Junction Row has become a hotbed of criminal activity, but she encounters much more than menacing drug dealers on her mission to find Ruby.”
Isabelle stars as Juno, with Natalie Brown (FX’s The Strain) as Ruby.
The creature feature marks the feature debut by director Ashlea Wessel, who has directed festival-favorite shorts like 2018’s “Tick” and 2020’s “Weirdo”.
Wessel co-writes Junction Row with Clown in a Cornfield author Adam Cesare and Matt Serafini.
Katharine Isabelle is coming off a brief appearance in Kane Parsons’ Backrooms, and more recently appeared in holiday horror It’s a Wonderful Knife. The horror icon is arguably best known for her turn as the eponymous werewolf in Ginger Snaps and for her roles in American Mary and Freddy vs Jason.
Fantasia teases that Junction Row tells “a story where the fear of the unknown isn’t confined to what lies above, but what waits beneath.”
Stay tuned for more from Fantasia as the festival gets underway later this month.