There’s a secret lurking at the heart of Hellcat, a horror film soon to hit Shudder.
On the festival circuit, critics cheered writer/director Brock Bodell’s feature film debut for its intensity and its surprising twist. To tantalize would-be viewers, Shudder has shared with Mashable an exclusive clip from Hellcat. And as someone who knows its secrets, I can assure you that this clip has some telling clues about the movie’s secret subgenre.
But I’m getting ahead of myself.
Hellcat stars Dakota Gorman as Lena, a young woman who awakes to find herself in a mobile home that she’s never seen before. The windows are covered, but she can tell she’s speeding along down some road. But who put her here? And why is she locked inside? Soon, she’ll learn her captor is a man named Clive (Todd Terry), who communicates with her from the cab of his tow truck through a PA system.
In the clip above, Lena’s searching the trailer when she finds a mini-fridge, which, alongside some condiments, holds a rack of needles that she notes are filled with lorazepam (an anti-anxiety medication), along with a plate of bloody, raw meat.
Clive bellows, “Do not touch my medication!” but he won’t explain more. But before Lena can demand answers, she’s attracted to the bloody meat. And then, she hears a strange sound — a woman’s whimper — coming from the back of the camper.
What’s going on?! You’ll have to watch Hellcat to find out.
Hellcat premieres on Shudder on Aug. 14.
