Movies by the Adams Family of filmmakers have appeared twice before in this countdown, with Hellbender and The Deeper You Dig, both of which I liked, so I was happy to have a new one of theirs to feature this year.
Hell Hole is a departure of sorts in that it leans a bit more towards comedy, does not feature either of their daughters, and is set outside of the U.S., this time in Serbia. John Adams and Toby Poser are both back as two Americans leading a team of frackers in the Serbian wilderness when they accidentally unleash a parasitic monster that begins to take over the crew.
The movie owes a lot (like, a lot) to The Thing, and to Alien, so not going to give it any props for originality. But what the Adams Family is able to do with limited budgets is always fun to see. The CGI creature is pretty gross, and the tendency for its victims to just explode is amusing. I also liked the heavy metal score that fuels much of the movie. In short, not my favorite of theirs, but it helped solidify Adams Family films as ones I will always happily check out.
Hell Hole is available to stream on Shudder.
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