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New Take on First Person Horror in ‘Haunted Poland’
Director Pau Masó hit up Bloody Disgusting with first word on his Polish horror, Haunted Poland (Nawiedzona Polska), which is currently in post-production.
“A hand held recorded tape of a couple who visit Poland to meet the girl’s family, find themselves disturbed by strange phenomena when the girl returns to her home town where she had once played the Ouija board.”
We score an exclusive first teaser trailer and still, all of which can be enjoyed inside.
“This movie is a no-budget and will be approximately 90 minutes,” says Masó. “All the video an audio comes from a hand held camera. We have professional cams and mics but we wanted to keep the realism of this film.” He continues, “Part of what happens in this film is real. We think it is very original. We know that there are many movies shot that way but this is a different situation in terms of story, so we hope the public will receive it well.” Masó stars in the film alongside Ewelina Lukaszewska and Irene González.
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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