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What's better than getting to sit down and have a chat with one of your favorite horror icons? Finding out that horror icon also shares your love of cats. That's your advance warning that this conversation with Tony Todd went off the rails a little bit, but we also got into Hell Fest and how much went into developing his character, someone who may not be in the spotlight throughout the film but has a very important role in this scenario.

Todd's character is the creator of the traveling haunted park at the center of the film. It's an incredible place where you can live out some of your favorite Halloween-time nightmares, but those nightmares become a bit too real when an actual slasher walks in and poses as one of the park's "Scareactors," picking off guests one by one.

Check out the video at the top of this article to hear all about that, Todd's cats (of course), and also the advice he'd give to Jordan Peele and the team working on that new Candyman movie. Hell Fest hits theaters on September 28th. It's directed by Gregory Plotkin (who actually edited Peele's Get Out), and also stars Amy Forsyth, Reign Edwards, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Christian James, Roby Attal and Matt Mercurio. Check out the new Hell Fest throwback trailer below:

Here’s the official synopsis for Hell Fest:

A masked serial killer turns a horror themed amusement park into his own personal playground, terrorizing a group of friends while the rest of the patrons believe that it is all part of the show.

 

College student NATALIE (Forsyth) is visiting her childhood best friend BROOKE (Edwards) and her roommate TAYLOR (Taylor-Klaus).  If it was any other time of year these three and their boyfriends might be heading to a concert or bar, but it is Halloween which means that like everyone else they will be bound for HELL FEST – a sprawling labyrinth of rides, games, and mazes that travels the country and happens to be in town. Every year thousands follow Hell Fest to experience fear at the ghoulish carnival of nightmares.

 

But for one visitor, Hell Fest is not the attraction – it is a hunting ground. An opportunity to slay in plain view of a gawking audience, too caught up in the terrifyingly fun atmosphere to recognize the horrific reality playing out before their eyes. As the body count and frenzied excitement of the crowds continues to rise, he turns his masked face to NATALIE, BROOKE, TAYLOR and their boyfriends who will fight to survive the night.