Hellions (film)

Hellions
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Bruce McDonald
Produced by	Paul Lenart Frank Siracusa
Written by	Pascal Trottier
Starring	Chloe Rose Robert Patrick Rossif Sutherland Rachel Wilson Luke Bilyk Peter DaCunha
Music by	Todor Kobakov Ian LeFeuvre
Cinematography	Norayr Kasper
Edited by	Duff Smith
Production companies	Storyteller Pictures Whizbang Films
Distributed by	IFC Midnight
Release date	25 January 2015 (Sundance Film Festival) 18 September 2015 (United States) 25 September 2015 (Canada)
Running time	81 minutes
Language	English

Hellions is a 2015 Canadian horror film directed by Bruce McDonald, written by Pascal Trottier and starring Chloe Rose. The film was an official selection of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival lineup and also screened at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.

Dora (Chloe Rose) is an average teenager who just wants to have fun and get high with her boyfriend, Jace (Luke Bilyk), the day of Halloween. She is stunned when her doctor, Henry (Rossif Sutherland), tells her that she is four weeks pregnant, something she says should not be possible. Distraught, Dora goes home to wait for Jace to pick her up for a Halloween party while her mother (Rachel Wilson) takes her younger brother, Remi (Peter DaCunha), trick or treating. But before her boyfriend can pick her up, Dora is visited by several children in strange costumes.

Their presence is increasingly threatening, culminating with one carrying the severed head of Jace in a bag. Dora must fight the monstrous children, who want her unborn child, a feat made more difficult by the fact that her pregnancy is progressing at a very fast and unnatural pace.

The Hollywood Reporter and Indiewire criticized both the film and its direction. The reviewers felt that although Hellions showed promise, it ultimately did not live up to its potential.The A.V. Club named it #3 on its list of 20 worst movies of 2015. At the same time, horror websites such as Shock Till You Drop and Bloody Disgusting reviewed it favorably and both outlets praised the film for its imagery and cinematic inventiveness.RogerEbert.com also commended the film, calling it a "perfect, light midnight movie" that despite its shortcomings "gets the job done".