'Crazy' first look at slasher directed by Stranger Things star has fans declaring 'horror is back'

The movie comes from the workplace down past year's fearfulness deed Longlegs

An upcoming slasher movie that marks the directorial debut of Stranger Things prima Finn Wolfhard has near fans of the genre declaring 'horror is back'.

The archetypal trailer for fearfulness drama Hell of a Summer released yesterday (January 22), with Wolfhard connected committee arsenic co-director alongside Billy Bryk. The brace besides prima successful the movie alongside their behind-the-camera roles. The movie comes from NEON, the aforesaid workplace down 2024's deed fearfulness movie Longlegs.

According to the synopsis: "Hell of a Summer follows 24-year-old campy counsellor Jason Hochberg (Fred Hechinger), who arrives astatine Camp Pineway reasoning his biggest occupation is that helium feels retired of interaction with his teenage co-workers. What helium doesn’t cognize is that a masked slayer is lurking connected the campgrounds, brutally picking counselors disconnected 1 by one."

The movie premiered astatine the Toronto International Film Festival successful 2023 with aboriginal professional reviews mixed. It presently sits astatine 50 per cent connected reappraisal tract Rotten Tomatoes, generated from conscionable 14 reviews.

However, from the archetypal comments connected the film's trailer, it appears audiences whitethorn beryllium overmuch much impressed than critics were erstwhile the movie is released aboriginal this year. Within hours of the trailer going live, hundreds of anxious viewers flocked to the comments conception to connection up their archetypal thoughts connected the footage.

One quick-witted fan, referencing Wolfhard's long-running relation successful Netflix's Stranger Things, joked: "Finn Wolfhard not beating the '80s throwback guy' allegations," arsenic different penned: "This looks truthful overmuch amended than I thought. The dialog is connected par with the Gen Z-esque benignant of vibe. It’s similar a travel up benignant of to Bodies, Bodies, Bodies but successful a camp. Actually looks fun."

"This is evidently a Gen Z instrumentality of Friday The 13th," said a 3rd commenter. "Neon has been releasing immoderate beauteous bully fearfulness I’m looking guardant to this year. So galore I can’t hold to watch," said another.

"Horror is sooooo back. Looking similar different large year," a 5th added, announcing their excitement for the slasher. A sixth shared: "Why bash I already emotion this movie emotion the vibes of it and everything it gives disconnected teen thriller fearfulness street/80s thriller vibes I'm decidedly finna ticker it."

"The much this trailer goes the much absorbing and brainsick it gets lmao," different said, with 1 instrumentality of Wolfhard's sharing: "I'm gladsome to spot the kid from Stranger Things spreading his wings and getting into writing."

Hell of a Summer is slated for merchandise aboriginal this twelvemonth