
To Hell and Back: The Kane Hodder Story
2017 · Movie · 108 min · ★ 7.9 · 95% critics
This documentary follows a stunt performer who endures a painful, bullying-filled childhood and later survives a life-threatening burn accident. Through perseverance and hard work, he builds a career in Hollywood and becomes a famous masked horror icon, with fellow genre figures reflecting on his journey and the person behind the persona.
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Details
- Years
- 2017
- Release date
- 2017-08-26
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.9/10 (23 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you like inspiring, hard-earned Hollywood life stories with a darker edge, similar to Inmate #1: The Rise of Danny Trejo; Not for you if you want a light, purely celebratory profile.
Pros: inspiring real-life perseverance; candid personal backstory; fun horror connections | Cons: heavy bullying themes; intense injury discussion; niche for horror fans
Themes
- interview
- bullying
- biography
- stuntman
- filmmaking
- burn victim
- horror filmmaking
Cast & crew

Kane Hodder
as Self

John Carl Buechler
as Self

Bruce Campbell
as Self

Jack Coleman
as Self

Sean S. Cunningham
as Self

Robert Englund
as Self

Zach Galligan
as Self

Adam Green
as Self

Sid Haig
as Self

Danielle Harris
as Self
Directed by Derek Dennis Herbert