{"id":3483,"date":"2026-07-11T06:08:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T01:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=3483"},"modified":"2026-07-11T06:08:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T01:08:26","slug":"cineverse-buys-horror-comedy-portal-to-hell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=3483","title":{"rendered":"Cineverse Buys Horror-Comedy &#8216;Portal to Hell&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/cineverse\/\" id=\"auto-tag_cineverse\" data-tag=\"cineverse\">Cineverse<\/a> and its horror division Bloody Disgusting have acquired U.S. VOD and streaming rights to \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/t\/portal-to-hell\/\" id=\"auto-tag_portal-to-hell\" data-tag=\"portal-to-hell\">Portal to Hell<\/a>,\u201d the Slamdance and Frightfest debut feature from Woody Bess. A limited theatrical rollout is expected ahead of Cineverse\u2019s digital release this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tTrey Holland (\u201cThe Diabolical\u201d), Romina D\u2019Ugo (\u201c12 Monkeys\u201d), Keith David (\u201cThe Thing\u201d), and Richard Kind (\u201cSpin City,\u201d) star in the indie horror-comedy. \u201cPortal to Hell\u201d follows \u201cDunn (Holland), a debt collector who lives a life of routine until a portal opens in his local laundromat, followed by a demon (Kind) sent to drag his neighbor, Mr. Bobshank (David), to hell for an unpaid debt. Helping people settle their debts is Dunn\u2019s specialty, but when the demon offers a sinister deal \u2014 three souls in exchange for Bobshank\u2019s freedom \u2014 he refuses. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe film is written and directed by Bess (who also wrote the 2024 Blacklist script \u201cTotal Landscaping.\u201d Producing the film is Holland, Lucas Ford and Tom Watts. Little Shadows serves as the production company in association with Hello Moon, Ford Films, This is Swington, Dalmatian Cow, and Baked Studios. Executive Producers include David, Dionne Lea Williams, Matthew Dean Russell and George A Loucas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tMichael McDonald, Casey Deidrick, Trevor Newlin, Ryan Folles\u00e9, Kevin Fonteyne, and Monet Weir round out the cast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cWe\u2019re excited to bring \u2018Portal to Hell\u2019 to Cineverse and work with the passionate group of genre folks over there to release the film. Their reach and partnership felt like a good home to bring our film to a larger audience\u201d the filmmakers said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tThe deal was negotiated by Raven Banner\u2019s Cecilia Brush and Michael Paszt and Dan Fisher, vice president of acquisitions at Cineverse. Raven Banner reps worldwide rights and will continue to sell available territories at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. Other deals for the title include Lighthouse (Germany) and 9th Planet (Poland).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\t\u201cPortal to Hell is exactly the kind of sharp, wildly entertaining genre film that Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting audiences respond to \u2014 inventive, funny, and genuinely horror-forward, with a terrific cast led by Keith David and Richard Kind,\u201d said Fisher.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tHere\u2019s a look at the theaters that will be showing \u201cPortal to Hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-margin-lr-auto  lrv-a-font-body-m   \">\n\tParadise \u2013 Toronto, ON \u2013 July 9th, 2026<br \/>Laurelhurst Theater \u2013 Portland, OR \u2013 July 24th + July 25th, 2026<br \/>Screenland Amour \u2013 Kansas City \u2013 July 31st, 2026<br \/>The Palace Eastwood \u2013 Syracuse, NY \u2013 July TBD<br \/>Rio Theater \u2013 Vancouver, BC \u2013 August TBD<br \/>Cinema Art Theater \u2013 Rehoboth Beach, DE \u2013 August 8th, 2026<br \/>The Independent \u2013 Huntsville, AL \u2013 August 21st, 2026<br \/>Chase Park Plaza Cinema \u2013 St. Louis, MO \u2013 August TBD<br \/>Bama Theatre \u2013 Tuscaloosa, AL \u2013 August TBD<br \/>Shoals Theatre \u2013 Florence, AL \u2013 September 5th, 2026<br \/>Darkside Cinema, Corvallis, OR \u2013 September TBD<br \/>Rodeo Cinema \u2013 Oklahoma City, OK \u2013 October TBD<br \/>Lumiere Cinema \u2013 Beverly Hills, CA \u2013 September TBD<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cineverse and its horror division Bloody Disgusting have acquired U.S. VOD and streaming rights to \u201cPortal to Hell,\u201d the Slamdance and Frightfest debut feature from Woody Bess. A limited theatrical rollout is expected ahead of Cineverse\u2019s digital release this summer. Trey Holland (\u201cThe Diabolical\u201d), Romina D\u2019Ugo (\u201c12 Monkeys\u201d), Keith David (\u201cThe Thing\u201d), and Richard Kind&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/variety.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Screen-Shot-2026-07-10-at-8.10.19-PM.png?w=1000&h=563&crop=1","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pics-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3483","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}