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Enter a Murder Room in Shudder’s ‘Hell Motel’ Clip [Exclusive]
Preview the murderous experience of “Hell Motel” in the exclusive clip from the first episode below.
From “Slasher” creators Aaron Martin and Ian Carpenter, the eight-episode limited series debuts with a two-episode premiere on June 17 on Shudder and AMC+. New episodes will follow weekly on Tuesdays.
A group of 10 true crime obsessives are invited to the opening weekend of the newly renovated Cold River Motel, the site of a 30-year-old unsolved satanic mass murder. History repeats itself when the guests get stranded and start getting knocked off one by one during a murder spree that grows exponentially more gruesome than the original with each kill.
The cast includes Eric McCormack (“Will & Grace”) as Hemmingway, a chef with a wickedly sinister flair, Paula Brancati (“Slasher)” as Paige, a former scream queen actress looking to revive a career that has seemingly left her behind; Shaun Benson (“The Boys”) as Crow, a new-age medium with an apparent connection to the massacre’s victims; and Atticus Mitchell (“The Hardy Boys”) as Blake, a true crime writer and himself a survivor of a mass killing.
They’re joined by Emmanuel Kabongo (“Outer Banks”) as Kawayan, a talented artist with a dark focus on murder; Jim Watson (“Transplant”) as Andy, a bookish academic at the forefront of contemporary true crime studies; and Genevieve DeGraves (“Chapelwaite”) as Adriana, a hybristophilic flight attendant with several notorious serial killer notches on her bedpost.
Drag queen Icesis Couture (“Canada’s Drag Race”) also makes a guest appearance as Magenta, a stylish real estate agent who sells the Coldwater Motel to its new owners Ruby and Portia, played by Brynn Godenir (“Burden of Truth”) and Michelle Nolden (“Nikita”), respectively.
Carpenter serves as showrunner, with Adam MacDonald (Backcountry, Pyewacket) directing.
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The mind-bending psychological thriller will be released in select theaters and on demand on June 12 via Vertical.
Simone Ashley (“Bridgerton”) stars as Mia, who awakens from a coma, grievously injured, her memory fractured. As she puts the pieces of her past together, she starts to question her own actions and her perception of reality.
In This Tempting Madness, “Mia awakens from a coma grievously injured, her memory fractured. As she puts the pieces of her past together, she starts to question her own actions, and her perception of reality.”
Jennifer E. Montgomery makes her feature directorial debut from a script she co-wrote with director of photography Andrew Davis, inspired by Montgomery’s first-hand experience with tragedy involving her best friend.
“Months before the incident, there were signals that her world was unraveling,” says Montgomery. “I could feel the pressure building, though I didn’t know what form it would take. I never could have known what violence would come, and I certainly never imagined making a film about it.”
Austin Stowell (“NCIS: Origins”), Suraj Sharma (Happy Death Day 2U), Mojean Aria (Reminiscence), Amol Shah (“For All Mankind”), and Zenobia Shroff (“Ms. Marvel”) round out the cast.
Smoke Jumper Films and Mango Monster Productions produce in association with Catchlight Studios (Heretic, The Blackening).
This Tempting Madness is rated R for “language, violence/bloody images, and brief sexuality.”
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