In 1974, President Ford ordered the evacuation of Boston, OH. Theories as to why included the cover up of a mutation-causing chemical spill; extreme paranormal activity; and Boston being taken over by a satanic cult. But what really happened in Helltown?
Direction
Blurs fake docs and real history seamlessly
Writing
Lore builds until you half-believe it yourself
Director
Jay Cheel
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Boston, Ohio is a real abandoned town in Cuyahoga Valley National Park—though the evacuation was for a national park, not Satanists. The filmmakers weaponized real history to make the fiction hit harder.
The Wendigo here draws from Algonquin legend but filters it through white Appalachian horror tradition—a creature that represents hunger, greed, and colonial violence consuming itself.
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