Keith David. Richard Kind. A demon. A laundromat. An unpaid debt to hell. This is a real movie and it comes out next week.
Portal to Hell debuts on Digital and Video on Demand on September 8, 2026, from Cineverse. Woody Bess writes and directs the indie horror comedy in his feature debut.
Dunn (Trey Holland, The Diabolical) is a debt collector living a life of routine, until a portal to hell opens inside his local laundromat. Out steps a demon (Richard Kind, Beau Is Afraid) with a specific mission: drag his neighbor Mr. Bobshank (Keith David, The Thing, They Live) to hell for an unpaid debt. Helping people settle their debts is Dunn’s entire professional life. He refuses to let the demon collect. The demon retaliates with a sinister counter-offer: bring three souls in exchange for Bobshank’s freedom. When one of Dunn’s own debtors follows him to the laundromat, the line between right and wrong starts to blur, and Dunn must make a choice that could cost him his own soul.
Romina D’Ugo (12 Monkeys), Michael McDonald (Halloween Kills), Casey Deidrick (Teen Wolf), Trevor Newlin (Alien: Romulus), Ryan Follesé, Kevin Fonteyne (Nightmare Cinema), and Monet Weir round out the cast. The film is produced by Trey Holland, Lucas Ford, Tom Watts, and Woody Bess.
The Festival Run
Portal to Hell premiered at Slamdance 2025 and has since screened at Frightfest, Calgary Underground, and Vancouver Horror Show. Most recently it won the Dangerous Visions Award at the Chattanooga Film Festival, a strong signal for a debut feature working in the horror-comedy space.
Portal to Hell hits Digital and VOD on September 8, 2026.
