Hellmington (2018)

A detective investigates her father's dying words; the name of a girl who has been missing for 9 years.

Directors:

Justin Hewitt-Drakulic (as Jay Drakulic), Alex Lee Williams

Writers:

Alex Lee Williams, Justin Hewitt-Drakulic (as Jay Drakulic)

Stars:

Nicola Correia-Damude, Michael Ironside, Yannick Bisson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nicola Correia-Damude	...	Samantha Woodhouse
Michael Ironside	...	Rupert Woodhouse
Yannick Bisson	...	Professor Freeborn
Monica Parker	...	Claudette Gaudin
Gabe Grey	...	Detective Abdi Khan
Allegra Fulton	...	Maggie Owens
Kyra Harper	...	Dr. Gretchen Hirsh
Angelica Stirpe	...	Katie Owens
Shannon McDonough	...	Pat
Adam MacDonald	...	Lance Mansbridge
James Eddy	...	Anton Buck
Munro Chambers	...	Brad Kovacs
Robin Archer	...	Doug Peart
John Clifford Talbot	...	Lester Jackson (as John Talbot)
Amanda Smith	...	Aunt Judy

Storyline

Upon the news from her police sergeant paternal uncle Rupert Woodhouse of her father Joe Woodhouse, a former prison guard, being on his deathbed, Samantha Woodhouse, a police detective herself, returns to her small hometown of Hellmington to be by her father's side, despite they having been estranged for years. Gasping for his last breaths, Joe blurts out the name Katie Owens just before he dies. Katie was the daughter of Vic Owens, a prison guard colleague of Joe's, and a classmate of Sam's who went missing shortly after their high school prom almost twenty years ago. Vic, too, disappeared mysteriously before Katie. Katie's disappearance was never solved, although her boyfriend at the time, Brad Kovacs, was always suspected of having something to do with it. Brad has always asserted that Katie went missing after receiving an invitation to go to an occultist meeting, the occult which she was researching at the time and in which she had always believed. Because of Joe's dying words, ...

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Plot Keywords:

missing persons case | police investigation | female protagonist | police protagonist | female cop | 

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Taglines:

Torment binds us.

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Trivia

All of the brands in the film were created by directors Alex Lee Williams and Justin Hewitt-Drakulic. The cigarettes that everyone smokes, Catarina Lights, were named after the director of photography, Michael Caterina. When the labels were made, the designer misspelled Caterina as "Catarina", a common mistake with his name. The filmmakers asked the designer not to change the mistake to further annoy their friend. Lights was purposely misspelled from lites because of his profession.

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Soundtracks

Wild Man
Written by Alexandra Staseson and Chin Injeti
Performed by Alexandra Staseson
Produced by Chin Injeti
[The last song played over the end credits]

User Reviews

Wait, did they just forget to do an ending??

This film had the makings of something really interesting. The lead develops from stone cold bitch to something more interesting (although a longer run time may have made that process a little more organic), Michael Ironside is solid as ever and a whole host of weird and wonderful characters get introduced but never fully explained.

The plot, though rather conventional, has enough to sustain momentum beyond the 80 odd minutes of the film so why the crunch on runtime?

Without giving too much away, it's worth a watch and would easily be a 7+/10 if the filmmakers had just given it time to breath!!

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Canada

Language:

English German Latin

Release Date:

10 September 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hellmington

Filming Locations:

North Bay, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

CAD1,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Blind Luck Pictures, The Coup Company, Vortex Words Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39:1