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FRESH HELL

WINNER, BEST FEATURE: HorrorHound Film Festival. WINNER, BEST OF FEST: Haunted Garage Horror Festival. WINNER, BEST FEATURE: GrindHouse Nights. In the dog days of 2020, a year in which every hour brought a new horror, a group of old friends stumble across a very different flavor of terror. Blood. Chuckles. Very cool ;)

  • Ryan Imhoff
    Director
  • Matt Neal
    Director
  • Ryan Imhoff
    Writer
  • Caitlin Conklin
    Producer
  • Ryan Imhoff
    Producer
  • Christine Vrem-Ydstie
    Producer
  • Lanise Antoine Shelley
    Key Cast
    "Grace"
    Empire, Chicago Med
  • Ryan Imhoff
    Key Cast
    "Stranger"
    Chicago PD, I Am A Channel, Wilt
  • Christine Vrem-Ydstie
    Key Cast
    "Kara"
    Come As You Are, Chicago Med, Next, Empire
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    Horror, Dark Comedy
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 19 minutes 55 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 26, 2021
  • Production Budget:
    25,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • HorrorHound Film Festival

    September 11, 2021
    World Premiere
    Winner: Best Feature, Best SFX. Nominee: Best Writing, Best Featured Performance, Best Sound, Judge’s Choice
  • Cleveland Horror Fest

    October 2, 2021
    Official Selection
  • Haunted Garage Horror Festival

    October 23, 2021
    Missouri Premiere
    Winner: Best of Fest, Best Color/Treatment, Best Sound Design. Nominee: Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Actor in a Male Role, Best Actor in a Female Role, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Practical Effects
  • The Cut Film Series

    October 30, 2021
    Official Selection
  • ShockFest Film Festival

    December 10, 2021
    Official Selection
  • GrindHouse Nights Film Festival

    Winner: Best Feature Film; Nominee: Best GrindHouse Film, Best Villain
  • International Horror Hotel

    June 11, 2022
    Winner: Best Horror/Comedy Feature
  • Indie Horror Film Festival

    July 10, 2022
    Official Selection
  • Houston Horror Film Festival

    July 22, 2022
    Nominee: Best Feature, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress
  • Motor City Nightmares International Film Festival

    July 29, 2022
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • DeskPop Entertainment
    Distributor
Director Biography - Ryan Imhoff, Matt Neal

Matt and Ryan both hail from small town Ohio. They met in sixth-grade drama club. Ryan thought Matt was strange for wearing oversized Far Side t-shirts, disliked him immediately, and cast him in the smallest role possible for his stage adaptation of the Seinfeld episode of The Junior Mint. They became best friends. Matt is a theatre artist whose most recent project was the critically acclaimed Virtual Theatre borne out of the new working conditions brought on by the pandemic. Ryan is primarily a stage actor who has worked regionally across the United States; he can also be seen as the Dude in Dude Wipes commercials.

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Director Statement

In an all time awful year in which so many friends were suffering, we sought to put these talented, stir-crazy artists to work and share their unique, individual brilliance with a wide audience. This film was built to capture the spirit of a damned era: the horror of it all, the forced smiles and over eager laughter over Zoom, the collective anxiety of a world gone mad. Fresh Hell is a brutal, absurd, and strange tale. Much like 2020.