Rained Out!
The Holler is flooded! The power is out. The gators have escaped the swamp! We are in nightlight mode only. We are still parting in the cabin though. Not much to see but plenty of that FRESH MEAT to eat!
Open every night! Weather peritting.
Hours are
7:00pm to 11:00pm Friday & Saturday
7:00pm to 9:30pm Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Afterhours to Sunrise haunt will be in "Nightlight" mode
No lines, no walk through, no actors, no touching
Feel free to take as many pics as you like
You may want to bring a fold out chair and hang out by the fire pit.
FREE but donations are appreciated
What you need to know
Haunters, Hikers, Hellbillies, Hellbetties and Hedonists alike! We are having a Day of the Dead party in the Holler on Saturday November 2nd with possibly two bands (that we promise not to eat) and plenty of Fresh Meat. There will also be veggie dishes. Feel free to bring an offering otherwise the Wendigo may get you!
The road will be closed off to everything but residents to ensure the safety of partiers in the cul-de-sac. We ask that you either park on Acoma Ave or at the school next door.
Mayhem will ensue. You may get possessed by the Swamp Witch, eaten by the Wendigo, or taken into a death roll by a gator in the swamp.
Hellbilly Holler as well as the bands will have merch for sale and donations are appreciated!
Day of the Dead Party
AZ Haunters 2023 WINNER:
Hellbilly Holler won Best Display haunt from the AZ Haunters for a second time (2020 & 2023! Thanks so much to Elena & Jim Thornton of The Arizona Consortium for the Arts for their fantastic filming.
Coming Soon:
"The Transformation of SueBob" is now in post-production and is on track for a 2025 release.
Our previous film (The Possession of SueBob) was a quarterfinalist in both The Lonely Wolf Film Fest and the Upstate NY Horror Film Festival. Also we placed 2nd in our division for the MOONRISE Film Festival in Sonora Mexico! Additional filming for "The Transformation of SueBob" was completed in May.
We were interviewed by the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism in 2023 for a podcast and we filmed it as well. Excerpts of it have been released on TikTok and will soon be on our YouTube page. But first it will be released to our subscribers. In it I spill all the details of how Hellbilly Holler came to be.
Keep your eye on our TikTok page where we will be announcing contests and upcoming news that I am not allowed to mention yet.
News
Hellbilly Holler
For the past 15 years Hellbilly Holler has been setting up in North Phoenix. We are a moderately scary display haunt that is always FREE. In 2020 and now 2023 we won the AZhaunters prize for best display haunt.
Each year we strive to expand the haunt introducing new props, lighting, and projection. We have added quite a bit of solar lighting so the haunt can be in "Nightlight"mode after closing. Hellbilly Holler is about 1/2 custom built and 1/2 store bought.
For 2024 we have reached YEAR 15 in Hellbilly Holler! For the followers of SueBob they know that this marks the "Transformation" year. In this "must see" saga you will witness what becomes of SueBob after the Swamp Witch "done got her" in the previous movie!
Also, with the onset of AI animation we will be changing up the look of the Holler to feature more projection...or are they just props come to life? You'll have to come see. In addition to custom animations we are adding a truly horrific feature to our swamp. What could be more horrific than gators and corpses you say? You'll just have to see it to believe it!
Back in 2021 we introduced our Wendigos in a laser vortex tunnel.
And in 2022 we introduced "The Twins" Merle & Earl, our bile puking water feature, as well as a scarecrow named "Beakistair Crowley".
In 2023 we introduced "The Bone Collector" who digs up graves and grinds the bones of the ancestral inhabitants of Hellbilly Holler for their magical properties
There is a new creeper, named Merrick, in the rocking chair that was once occupied by Bocephus who mysteriously disappeared on his last moonshine run out of the Holler. Who is this little baby that Merrick is holding? See our next movie to find out!
The crowning glory of the new props is "Frank SinRata" our life sized singing rat in the side yard known as the 'Rat Patch". His appearance is a mysterious one. The Swamp Witch in her younger days used to date Frank Sinatra and it ended badly. She stole his soul and his singing voice and put it into her favorite rat and he now sings for all eternity in the Rat Patch of Hellbilly Holler.
What happens when a bunch of hillbillies are too lazy to leave the holler to do some food shopping? All hell breaks loose! The recently dead can't taste that bad can they? Graveyards were raided until there was nothing left. Now what?
Three hillbillies, Jethro, Bocephus, and Vincent venture down to the wetlands to seek out Lucia the Swamp Witch. They conspire to lure tourists into their lair.
The Hellbillies get the meat, the Witch gets the souls, and the rest goes to the Gators. This arrangement costs them dearly. Souls wear thin when canniBa'alism is practiced.
Madam Athena, Gypsy fortune teller, wanders the countryside warning travelers to steer clear of Hellbilly Holler. Her foreboding often goes unheeded as travelers seeking potions of love, youth, and revenge venture to the holler for Lucia's dark assistance.
Many become dinner, few escape.
What will your fate be?
The Story Goes
TikTok
Photos
The Transformation of SueBob
Photo © Michaela Nastasia
The Transformation of SueBob
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Videos
Cannibals Discovered
The Possession of SueBob
Banned from YouTube multiple times, This film can only be seen here!
We are proud to announce that our short film "Hellbilly Holler: The Possession of SueBob" placed second in it's division in the Moonrise Film Festival in Hermosillo, Sonora Mexico, is a quarterfinalist in the Lonely Wolf Film Festival as well as the Upstate NY Horror Film Festival! We're honored to have been noticed on our first soiree into film festivals! WE hope to attend these film festival in person in the future with out next film "The Transformation of SueBob" which is in post production now!
Our limited edition silk screened UV reactive Wendigo t-shirts and tank tops will be available for sale at the haunt ONLY for $25.
They sold extremely well at the haunt in 2023 and at both ScardeyCon and Sanctum of Horror and we thank those two venues for allowing us to vend at their awesome events!
Also available for $25 are limited edition signed prints from the short film "The Possession of SueBob" signed by SueBob herself, Athena Nastasia.
Hellbilly Swag
Michaela Nastasia
Certifiably insane lover of Halloween, Michaela has been creating haunts since she was a teenager. A traditional and digital painter of fantasy/sci-fi/horror, Michaela lends her talents to custom built props as well as digital audio and video projections for Hellbilly Holler. A former fetishist cosplayer, Michaela has been creating crowns, tiaras, and headpieces from sterling silver, antlers, bone, pearl, crystal and semi-precious stones since 2002.
Haunt Roles include:
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Visionary designer and builder
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Light, Sound, & Projection
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Graphic & Web Design
Athena Nastasia
Haunt Roles include:
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Character: Madam Athena Gypsy Fortune Teller
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Character: Sue Bob
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Character: Newscaster
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Chief Prop Builder & Set Up
A seemingly well adjusted 15 year old, Athena has been studying drums, acting, singing, and creative writing for most of her childhood. A nationally award winning poet, Athena was the drummer for the house band at a Phoenix brewery, a soloist in school concerts, actress in commercials, and does voiceover work for an online educational company. Recently she has been experimenting with existentialist filmmaking as well as becoming a regular at The School of Rock.
Y'all can help Sue Bob, a little hillbilly girl, git her chops fixed. Just kidding, it will probably go to Halloween props.
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Madam Athena
Gypsy Fortune Teller
