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Hellbender

Growing Up is Hell.

5.5(122)20221h 23m3

A teen and her mother live simply in a home in the woods, spending their time making rock music. A chance encounter with a fellow teen causes her to uncover a connection between her family and witchcraft, which causes a rift with her mother.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$67.5K
Language
English
  • mountain
  • black magic
  • forest
  • anti-social
  • witchcraft
  • missing person
  • folk horror
  • mother daughter relationship
  • music
  • secret

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereFantastic Fest, Austin28 Sept 2021
    • Digital / OTTNRShudder24 Feb 2022
  • United KingdomGB

    • Digital / OTTShudder24 Feb 2022
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereFantasia International Film Festival14 Aug 2021
  • GermanyDE

    • Physical1629 Apr 2022
  • RussiaRU

    • Theatrical18+5 May 2022
  • South KoreaKR

    • PremiereBucheon International Fantastic Film Festival9 Jul 2022

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Hellbender was released on 5 May 2022.

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    FolknHell

    8/23/2026

    4/10

    *Hellbender* has all the furniture of folk horror: witches, woods, sigils, inherited powers, strange rituals and a mother keeping her daughter far away from ordinary society. The problem is that the furniture never quite becomes the house. Izzy has been raised in isolation, supposedly because she is unwell. Her mother knows the less reassuring truth: Izzy is a hellbender, a witch whose power grows through consumin…

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