Terrifier 3 actress Krsy Fox, B movie queen legend Adrienne Barbeau, and Clown in a Cornfield’s Aaron Abrams are starring in Hannah Goes to Hell, an indie horror from SlackJaw Film.
Anne Welles, who previously wrote and directed horror comedy An Accidental Zombie Named Ted, is directing the feature that will shoot in Los Angeles later this month.
Welles and Fox are producing the feature via their SlackJaw Film, which was founded by the duo to create dark and impactful female-forward stories in the genre space.
The movie’s roll call has other horror movie players, including Elle Riot Fox (Little Bites), Daniel Roebuck (Final Destination), Kevin Keppy (Smile), Kirby Bliss Blanton (The Green Inferno), Yoson An (Heart Eyes), and Nelson Leis (The Last Of Us).
Co-written by Fox and Welles, the story follows Hannah (Fox) and her young daughter Louise (Elle Riot Fox) as they return to Hannah’s childhood home to assist her brother (Abrams) in caring for their ailing mother (Barbeau). Soon, strange encounters with the townspeople, a nightly demonic visitor, and whispers of a secret church ceremony fuel Hannah’s fear that something more nefarious is at hand. She begins to suspect it all could be related to her family-owned funeral home, and a deep, dark, not so buried secret belonging to their late grandfather (Roebuck).
“I’m so proud of this script and to be working with a cast that I find incredibly inspiring and careers I greatly admire,” said Fox in a statement. “Anne is going to bring some fantastic and terrifying visuals, and Andy Patch, with whom I’ve worked on so many projects, is the perfect cinematographer to capture this beautifully dark and brutal story. Our special effects team Kenneth Calhoun, Ryan Ward, and Salina Ward have some stunning practical effects in store. Most of all, I am personally excited and proud to be working with my real life daughter Elle Riot Fox! This story is so scary and surprising, we truly can’t wait to share it.”
Tyler Connolly and Barbeau are executive producing.
Welles is a multiple award-winning director, an Emmy-nominated producer, an award-winning actor, and a writer/director who has been producing her own projects since 2004.
Fox is a Canadian-born actress, filmmaker and musician known for her film roles starring in Terrifier 3, Little Bites, Underworld Evolution, Allegoria and the upcoming feature Big Baby, which was executive produced by Cher.
Barbeau is best known for her performances in 1980s horror and sci-fi cult classics The Fog, Escape From New York, Creepshow and Swamp Thing, as well as Back to School and Cannonball Run. Her TV appearances include stints on Carnivale, Revenge and Sons of Anarchy. She was last seen in HBO’s J.J. Abrams-produced Duster.
Abrams has done stints on series such as Hannibal and Masters of Sex, and starred in the Canadian comedy Children Ruin Everything. He has also written and produced several films, most notably Netflix comedy The Lovebirds, which starred Kumail Nanjiani and Issa Rae.
Fox is repped by Andrew Webster at Webster Talent. Barbeau is repped by Adam Lazarus at Artists & Representatives. Abrams is repped by Jason Hyman at Buchwald. Elle Riot Fox is repped by Maha Maturo at Mills Kaplan Entertainment.
