‘Hell of a Summer’ Red Band Trailer – Finn Wolfhard Directed Neon’s Summer Camp Slasher

“Stranger Things” star Finn Wolfhard is the co-writer, co-director and star of the upcoming horror-comedy slasher Hell of a Summer, and the official trailer has been unleashed.

NEON will release Hell of a Summer in theaters on April 18, 2025.

Slash into the bloody official RED BAND trailer for Hell of a Summer below, which looks like a modern day tribute to the classic summer camp slasher movies from the 1980s.

Finn Wolfhard wrote and directed the upcoming movie alongside Billy Bryk (Ghostbusters: Afterlife), with both actors also starring in the film. The cast also includes Fred Hechinger (Fear Street 1994), as well as D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai (“Reservation Dogs”), Abby Quinn (“Mad About You”), and Pardis Saremi (“Career Opportunities in Murder and Mayhem”).

Hell of a Summer follows 24-year-old camp counselor Jason Hochberg (Hechinger), who arrives at Camp Pineway thinking his biggest problem is that he feels out of touch with his teenage co-workers. What he doesn’t know is that a masked killer is lurking on the campgrounds, brutally picking counselors off one by one.

Meagan Navarro wrote in her festival review for Bloody Disgusting, “Finn Wolfhard and Billy Bryk frame their slasher riff as a buddy comedy from the perspective of teens, aimed solely at teens. The directors’ acting backgrounds translate to an ensemble of entertaining and lively performances, though their debut is less effective in form and slasher thrills.”

“Wolfhard and Bryk evoke multiple movie references and lean into slasher conventions, but the focus is all about giving a voice to a specific demographic,” Meagan’s review continues. “On that front, it succeeds; Hell of a Summer isn’t really a slasher comedy so much as it is a representation of actual teens telling a story about transitioning into adulthood. That alone will win over its target audience and then some, but it’s clear that Wolfhard and Bryk are still at the earliest stages of honing their craft in form and technique. With a strong voice and a clear sense of ambition, though, the first-time filmmakers are ones to watch.”