Hellions

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Hellions is a Canadian horror movie directed by Bruce McDonald (Pontypool). It had its world premiere at Sundance this year and screened in the Vanguard programme at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film stars Chloe Rose, Robert Patrick, Rossif Sutherland.

Strange trick-or-treaters plague conflicted teenager Dora Vogel (Chloe Rose) at her isolated home on Halloween. Under siege by forces she can’t understand, Dora must defend both body and soul from relentless Hellions, dead-set on possessing something Dora will not give them. Set in a visually haunting landscape, Hellions redefines the boundaries of horror with its potent brew of Halloween iconography, teenage angst and desperate survival.

McDonald made an unusual choice to shoot Hellions with an infrared camera. In an interview with Fangoria.com, McDonald talked about the interesting look the camera creates. “For a low budget film to have this very specific and powerful look for a fairly low cost is great. It gives (Hellions) a powerful original look so it was a big decision for the producers because once you decide, there is no going back. It took a few weeks for us to convince ourselves but it really looks beautiful. It makes the skin tones really lovely and milky and luminescent and makes the interiors very dark and moody. It makes the exteriors just a little hyper real like the trees turn white and the sky turns black.”

Hellions is rated 14A.