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Something organic wreaks havoc on a fracking crew in Hell Hole, the latest cinematic nightmare conjured up by the endlessly innovative and always imaginative Adams Family.

With the unique creature feature now slithering on Shudder, Daily Dead had the great pleasure of catching up with co-directors and co-writers John Adams and Toby Poser (who also star in the film) in a new video interview to dive into the ambitious making of Hell Hole, including writing the script with their daughter Lulu Adams, working with legendary special effects artist Todd Masters and his team at MastersFX, the adventures of filming in Serbia, and they also tease their upcoming horror movies!

You can watch our full video interview with John Adams and Toby Poser below, and in case you missed it, be sure to read Emily von Seele's 5-star review of Hell Hole!

Synopsis: "In the Adams Family's celebration of the classic creature-feature,...

Hell Hole offers the craziest body horror since John Carpenter's The Thing with uniquely themed storytelling. The practical effects in the horror film are gleefully disgusting, while CGI effects range from subtle to low-budget. The directorial style also proves to be both visually stunning yet tonally jumbled, creating a mix of tension and energy.

The body horror subgenre is one of the more fascinating and wide-ranging of the larger genre's history, with everything from alien doppelgngers in Invasion of the Body Snatchers to the slow transformation into an insect-human hybrid in The Fly. With Hell Hole (2024) , the creative team known as The Adams Family comprised of directors/writers/stars John Adams, Terry Poser and writer Lulu Adams look to recapture the same chills and thrills of John Carpenter's The Thing. Though this results in some gleefully shocking visuals and a fast-paced story, there are a few missteps along the way.

With Hell Hole, the Catskills-based filmmaking collective known as the Adams family takes its first wobbly baby steps outside its homegrown horror comfort zone. Trading the group’s signature brand of lyrical, self-reflective terror for rambling, environmentalist sci-fi story set among a fracking crew living and working among industrial decay at the edge of a Balkan wilderness, the film is more interesting as an exercise in stretching genre tentacles than a satisfying narrative or artistic one-off. Still, it features enough of the cockeyed familial ruminations and loose improvisational aura for which the filmmakers have become known that their devotees will be more than pleased.

Heading up a fracking crew in the remote reaches of Serbia, Americans Emily (Toby Poser) and John (John Adams) find themselves at odds with the local workers and researchers who make sure their recently legalized extraction operation is above board to minimize environmental impact. As they bore into the earth,...

Something organic is wreaking havoc on a fracking crew in the official trailer for Hell Hole, the new parasitic creature feature from the Adams Family that will slither onto Shudder beginning August 23rd.

Synopsis: "In the Adams Family's celebration of the classic creature-feature, an American-led fracking crew working deep in the Serbian wilderness find themselves at odds with government assigned environmental advisors. When they get approval to drill, the workers uncover the unimaginable: a dormant parasitic monster entombed deep in the frozen rock. Now awakened, it tears through the mining facility in search of the perfect host."

Director: John Adams and Toby Poser

Writers: Lulu Adams, John Adams, Toby Poser

Cast: Toby Poser, John Adams, Max Portman, Anders Hove, Olivera Perunicic, Aleksandar Trmcic, Petar Arsic, Bruno Veljanovski

Executive Producers: Emily Gotto, Nicholas Lazo, Samuel Zimmerman

Producers: Justin Martell, Matt Manjourides, Miloš Ðukelić

Director of Photography: Sean Dahlberg

Editor: John Adams...

The latest feature from The Adams Family, Hell Hole, unearths a classic creature feature filled with gross-out body horror and glorious practical effects. We’ve got an exclusive look at the official Hell Hole trailer ahead of the film’s premiere tonight at Fantasia International Film Festival, giving a squirm-inducing, gory first look at some of the monster madness ahead.

Shudder will debut Hell Hole on August 23.

In Hell Hole, “an American-led fracking crew working deep in the Serbian wilderness find themselves at odds with government assigned environmental advisors. When they get approval to drill, the workers uncover the unimaginable: a dormant parasitic monster entombed deep in the frozen rock. Now awakened, it tears through the mining facility in search of the perfect host.”

John Adams, Toby Poser, and Lulu Adams penned the script. John Adams and Toby Poser direct.

The film stars Toby Poser, John Adams, Max Portham (Where the Devil Roams...

If you are a horror fan then there is a big chance that you might have heard about the horror streaming service Shudder, and if you have its subscription you might be wondering what’s in store for you in August 2024. Don’t worry there is a host of new and old horror movies coming to the service in the upcoming month and we have listed the 7 best movies coming to Shudder in August 2024.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (August 1)

A Nightmare on Elm Street is a supernatural horror slasher film written and directed by Wes Craven. The 1984 film sees a maniacal serial killer, Freddy Krueger killing teenagers in their dreams and it follows the story of Nancy and her friends as they try to solve the mystery behind Freddy Krueger before he kills them too. A Nightmare on Elm Street stars Heather Langenkamp, Robert Englund, Johnny Depp, John Saxon,...

Ahead of the film’s world premiere at Fantasia this summer, the next film from The Adams Family (Hellbender, Where the Devil Roams) has received an official poster this week.

Shudder will premiere Hell Hole on August 23.

Check out the brand new official artwork below.

Fantasia previews, “A road trip through Canadian oil fields conjured up fantasies of secrets deep in the dirt for the Adams family, and inspired them to create Hell Hole, an indie rock-n-roll monster movie set at a far-away fracking site.

“Known for their DIY ethos, John and Lulu Adams and Toby Poser, partnering with Shudder, have joined the team behind The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs and FX legend Todd Masters to shoot their latest in Serbia with a local cast and crew.

“Absurd, mutinous, and transgressively comical, Hell Hole is old-school sci-fi horror, yet in typical family fashion, they subvert the genre with...

Last year, we learned that the home video distribution company Vinegar Syndrome is getting into making original productions, teaming up with the production company Not the Funeral Home, which brings the world the Shudder streaming series The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, on the first of their Vinegar Syndrome Originals. That film is called Eight Eyes – and given the working relationship Not the Funeral Home has with Shudder, it’s no surprise to hear (via Screen Daily) that Shudder has picked up the North American streaming rights. A release date has not yet been announced, as the deal just happened.

Directed by The Last Drive-In director Austin Jennings, who also wrote the screenplay with Matthew Frink, Eight Eyes has the following synopsis: A mysterious local crashes a couple’s vacation through the former Yugoslavia, pulling them deeper into his web of psychic rituals.

Emily Sweet (V/H/S/99), Bradford Thomas...

Vinegar Syndrome makes its first foray into original productions with Eight Eyes, a retro nightmare co-produced with Not the Funeral Home, the team behind Shudder’s “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs.” First reported by Screen Daily, Shudder has picked up the film.

No word yet on a Shudder premiere date. Stay tuned for more.

Watch the previously released official trailer below, which nails that retro 1970s vibe.

In Eight Eyes, “A mysterious local crashes a couple’s vacation through the former Yugoslavia, pulling them deeper into his web of psychic rituals. A mysterious local crashes a couple’s vacation through the former Yugoslavia, pulling them deeper into his web of psychic rituals.”

Co-writer and director Austin Jennings (“The Last Drive-In with Job Bob Briggs”), working from an originating idea by Justin Martell, gets ambitious for his feature film debut.

“Photographed entirely on location in Serbia and Macedonia and on 16mm Kodak film,...

Ahead of the film’s world premiere at Fantasia this summer, the next film from The Adams Family has received a release date this week.

Shudder will premiere Hell Hole on August 23, Rue Morgue first reported.

Fantasia previews, “A road trip through Canadian oil fields conjured up fantasies of secrets deep in the dirt for the Adams family, and inspired them to create Hell Hole, an indie rock-n-roll monster movie set at a far-away fracking site.

“Known for their DIY ethos, John and Lulu Adams and Toby Poser, partnering with Shudder, have joined the team behind The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs and FX legend Todd Masters to shoot their latest in Serbia with a local cast and crew.

“Absurd, mutinous, and transgressively comical, Hell Hole is old-school sci-fi horror, yet in typical family fashion, they subvert the genre with textures of biological and environmental horror in tandem with...

The home video distribution company Vinegar Syndrome is getting into making original productions, and they’re teaming up with the production company Not the Funeral Home, which brings the world the Shudder streaming series The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, on the first of their Vinegar Syndrome Originals. The film is called Eight Eyes – and while a release date hasn’t been announced yet, a trailer for the film has arrived online. You can check it out in the embed above.

Directed by The Last Drive-In director Austin Jennings, who also wrote the screenplay with Matthew Frink, Eight Eyes has the following synopsis: A mysterious local crashes a couple’s vacation through the former Yugoslavia, pulling them deeper into his web of psychic rituals.

Emily Sweet (V/H/S/99), Bradford Thomas (the upcoming Cannibal Mukbang), and Bruno Veljanovski (Subspecies V: Bloodrise) star.

The Last Drive-In producers Justin A. Martell...

Vinegar Syndrome, the boutique label dedicated to unearthing and preserving genre films, makes its first foray into original productions with Eight Eyes, a retro horror nightmare co-produced with Not the Funeral Home, the team behind Shudder’s “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs.” A new trailer unveiled today teases the madness ahead.

In Eight Eyes, “A mysterious local crashes a couple’s vacation through the former Yugoslavia, pulling them deeper into his web of psychic rituals. A mysterious local crashes a couple’s vacation through the former Yugoslavia, pulling them deeper into his web of psychic rituals.”

Check out the trailer below that highlights the 16mm-shot horror, which promises to spill plenty of the red stuff.

Eight Eyes premiered earlier this year at Fantasia. The fest described the feature’s plot, “At the breaking point of their dysfunctional marriage, Cass (Emily Sweet) and Gav (Brad Thomas) take a trip...

Exclusive: Screamfest Horror Film Festival has unveiled the first-wave lineup for its 23rd edition, taking place at the Tcl Chinese Theatre from October 10-19, announcing that it will kick off with a screening of Eddie Alcazar’s much-discussed Sundance 2023 mind-bender Divinity.

Tickets to the fest go on sale soon.

Set in an otherworldly human existence, Divinity follows scientist Sterling Pierce (Scott Bakula), who has dedicated his life to the quest for immortality, as he slowly creates the building blocks of a groundbreaking serum named Divinity. Jaxxon Pierce (Stephen Dorff), his son, then comes to control and manufacture his father’s once-benevolent dream. When two mysterious brothers (Moises Arias and Jason Genao) arrive with a plan to abduct the mogul, with the help of a seductive woman named Nikita (Karrueche Tran), they will be set on a path hurtling toward true immortality. Also starring Bella Thorne, Michael O’Hearn and Emily Willis,...

Serbian women wear their wedding rings on their right hands, he tells her. If she does that, no man will bother her. Wearing it on her left hand makes her look like a widow.

Is it just a friendly piece of advice? Gav is being way too personal towards his wife Cass (Emily Sweet) for somebody whom they only just met at a wedding. Not even the wedding of somebody they knew, though that part is Cass’ fault. She wanted to gatecrash one in order to get the full cultural...

Austin Jennings has made his name directing The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs on Shudder. For five years he has guided Joe Bob Briggs, Darcy the Mail Girl as well as a list of horror stars from the past 60 years. But now he has made his feature-film debut with Eight Eyes, a story that is bound to be shown on The Last Drive-In in 30 years’ time… because it has cult classic written all over it.

Cass (Emily Sweet) and Gav (Bradford Thomas) are on a trip through the Slavic region of Europe when they gate-crash a wedding, with Gav filming aspects of the festivities on his Super 8 camera. The following day the pair bump into another guest, Saint Peter (Bruno Veljanovski), who was at the wedding, although the pair don’t remember seeing him there. He is friendly and hospitable and slowly works his way into their vacation. He becomes their unofficial tour guide,...