Hell of a Summer

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Hell of a Summer follows 24-year-old camp counselor Jason Hochberg (Fred 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.

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Hell of a Summer shows some promising ingenuity from its young directorial duo, but its lack of tonal cohesion also indicates some room for improvement.

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

"Hell of a Summer" is a clever tribute to summer camp movies.

Rated: B-

Apr 7, 2025

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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

Bryk and Wolfhard may like these kids too much to let them die or be imperiled in memorable ways, but they don’t like them enough to develop their personalities beyond tic-y, schticky gags.

Rated: 2.5/4

Apr 4, 2025

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Jarrod Jones

AV Club

There are no establishing shots, no gradual build of suspense. But then, there are also no jokes, and the methods used to kill these characters pack no ironic punch.

Rated: C-

Apr 4, 2025

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Lane Mills

InSession Film

The comedic highlight of the film is Fred Hechinger’s Jason, the aforementioned unaware camper who shines because he sticks out as so far removed from the rest of the film.

Rated: B

Apr 14, 2025

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Chuck Bowen

Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

“Hell of a Summer” is suitable midnight-with-popcorn-in-July-viewing, which is how many of us first encountered Jason to begin with.

Apr 14, 2025

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Jordy Sirkin

Jordy Reviews It

Filled with classic slasher camp shenanigans and serves an impressive debut for the young filmmakers, despite a few under-baked ideas.

Apr 12, 2025

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Darius

Definitely falsely advertised… a summer camp slasher that delivers none of what makes summer camp slashers so good in the first place.. also there was a light amount of gore, and I remember the trailer saying it was a gore fest

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/16/25

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lissy

ryan gosling mention !!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/15/25

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Chanin

Fun, modern twist on the classic camp counselor VS. slasher trope! Had some good kills along with quirky humor. Definitely will be appreciated the most by a younger crowd.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/15/25

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Team of 8

Funny, thriller, and scary all in one. We loved it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/13/25

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Michael

Thought it was funny all around from beginning to end

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/13/25

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Color

It was a silly good time! Classic campy 80’s slasher with a modern make. Funny, spooky, knew exactly what it was, and what it was doing! I’ll happily pick this one up physically!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/12/25

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Synopsis

Hell of a Summer follows 24-year-old camp counselor Jason Hochberg (Fred 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.

Director: Billy Bryk, Finn Wolfhard
Producer: Billy Bryk, Michael Costigan, Fred Hechinger, Jay Van Hoy, Finn Wolfhard
Screenwriter: Billy Bryk, Finn Wolfhard
Distributor: NEON
Production Co: 30WEST
Rating: R (Horror Violence|Some Sexual References|Language Throughout)
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 4, 2025, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.8M
Runtime: 1h 28m

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