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Sep 18, 2015 · McDonald focuses on unnerving ambience over plot, and crafts an effective horror movie that’s also basically a home invasion thriller where the home invaders in question are creepy, murderous trick-or-treaters and the home-owner is a pregnant 17-year-old.
Sep 18, 2015 · A creepy kid donning a burlap sack mask (a wannabe Sam from Trick ‘r Treat) shows up at her door. Dora gives him some candy and heads back inside without incident, but a little while later...
- Perri Nemiroff
- Senior Producer
That setup and other early moments are creepy. Bruce McDonald, the director, is adept at building dread through spooky noises — a creaking floorboard, a sinister whisper — and claustrophobic sets.
Sep 22, 2015 · “Hellions” keeps its hooks firmly embedded with atypical visuals hypnotizing in parallel to the tone. “Hellions” may be the only horror movie choosing to filter its hue through a chromatic pink color instead of the usual giallo green, red, or deep blue most films use.
Bruce McDonald's art-house take on Halloween horror is terrific until the frustrating non-ending. I was loving the eccentric direction, off-kilter cinematography, sympathetic performances, mysterious killer kids, end the whole dream-or-reality puzzle.
Hellions: Directed by Bruce McDonald. With Chloe Rose, Rachel Wilson, Rossif Sutherland, Peter DaCunha. A teenager must survive a Halloween night from Hell when malevolent trick-or-treaters come knocking at her door.
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Sep 23, 2015 · One would think this is just another home invasion thriller, but it becomes more surreal and dreamlike as it progresses, making it feel a bit more artsy than your average horror pic. Aside from the evil kids, the movie primarily only follows the Dora character while she tries to survive the night.
