You think you got problems? They’re nothing compared to those of the fracking crew in The Adams’ Family’s newest eco-horror/monster movie mashup, HELL HOLE.

With a blend of historical intrigue and a hellishly invasive monstrosity, the film takes you deep into the Serbian wilderness, where an American-led fracking crew is feeling spent. Overworked, under-developing, and mostly bored, the crew get a stark surprise when a drill hits on the horrors beneath the earth’s surface and unearths a strange substance – and now it’s not just a fight against nature, but one of survival.

Emily (Toby Poser), is the deep down hippie but currently business-minded head of the fracking team, along with a team of scientists (Aleksandar Trmčićin, Olivera Perunicic), her partner, American bro, John (John Adams), her wanna-be-dad nephew, Teddy (Maximum Portman) and rag-tag local crew are on their toes because they’ve unwittingly unleashed a dormant parasitic monster, entombed in a rock for centuries…but wait…there’s more! A still living French soldier from the Napoleanic era has been serving as the monster’s host, and it can’t wait to find a new cozy body to hide in (it’s favorite kind seems to be men), wreaking havoc on the crew and civilization as we know it.

Very reminiscent of The Thing and Alien, with socio-political commentary on women’s reproductive rights and men’s view of them, environmental pillaging, erasure and erosion of the natural balance and the never-ending convulsion of morality.

Hell Hole is brave, bold and unafraid to put forth such commentary, drawing viewers into a world where the horrors of the past collide with the consequences of not only modern-day exploitation but that the world itself is a complicated monster. With a soundtrack by John Adams, and a special effects by Todd Masters (Demon Knight, Slither, It Lives Inside), this heavy-metal humic tale has enough bite and burst to keep you clapping.

HELL HOLE hits Shudder August 23rd!