Her Private Hell: First Look And Plot Details For Nicolas Winding Refn's Mysterious Horror Film Revealed

Her Private Hell: First Look And Plot Details For Nicolas Winding Refn's Mysterious Horror Film Revealed

It's been a decade since Nicolas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon, and we finally have some details on his next project, Her Private Hell...

By MarkCassidy - Apr 09, 2026 10:04 AM EST
Filed Under: Movies

Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn's (The Neon Demon, Drive, Only God Forgives) latest project, Her Private Hell, has been shrouded in secrecy since it was first announced last year, and we finally have some details along with a first look via a promo poster featuring star Sophie Thatcher.

The official synopsis reads: "As a strange mist engulfs a futuristic metropolis and unleashes an elusive deadly presence, a troubled young woman sets out in search of her father. During this quest, her fate crosses that of an American GI engaged in a desperate journey to snatch his daughter from Hell."

It certainly sounds... like a Nicolas Winding Refn movie!

Her Private Hell will be presented out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival this May. The film also stars Charles Melton, Havana Rose Liu and Diego Calva.

You can check out the full Cannes lineup below.

COMPETITION
Minotaur, Andrey Zvyagintsev

The Beloved, Rodrigo Sorogoyen

The Man I Love, Ira Sachs

Fatherland, Paweł Pawlikowski

Moulin, László Nemes

The Birthday Party, Léa Mysius

Fjord, Cristian Mungiu

Notre Salut, Emmanuel Marre

Gentle Monster, Marie Kreutzer

Nagi Notes, Hiroshi Fukada

Hope, Na Hong-jin

Sheep in the Box, Hirokazu Kore-eda

The Unknown, Arthur Harari

All of a Sudden, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

The Dreamed Adventure, Valeska Grisebach

Another Day, Jeanne Herry

Coward, Lukas Dhont

The Black Ball, Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo

A Woman’s Life, Charline Bourgeois-Taquet

Parallel Tales, Asghar Farhadi

Bitter Christmas, Pedro Almodóvar

UN CERTAIN REGARD
All the Lovers in the Night, Yukiko Sode

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jane Schoenbrun

Everytime, Sandra Wollner

Club Kid, Jordan Firstman

I’ll Be Gone in June, Katharina Rivilis

Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep, Rakan Mayasi

The Meltdown, Manuela Martelli

Elephants in the Fog, Abinash Bikram Shah

Iron Boy, Louis Clichy

Ben’imana, Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo

Congo Boy, Rafiki Fariala

Uļa, Viesturs Kairišs

Strawberries, Laïla Marrakchi

Forever Your Maternal Animal, Valentina Maurel

Words of Love, Rudi Rosenberg

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
John Lennon: The Last Interview, Steven Soderbergh

Avedon, Ron Howard

Les Survivants du Che, Christophe Réveille

Les Matins Merveilleux, Avril Besson

Rehearsals for a Revolution, Pegah Ahangarani

L’affaire Marie-Claire, Lauriane Escaffre and Yvo Muller

Cantona, David Tryhorn and Ben Nicholas

CANNES PREMIERE
Visitation, Volker Schlöndorff

Propeller One-Way Night Coach, John Travolta

Kokurojo: The Samurai and the Prisoner, Kiyoshi Kurosawa

The Third Night, Daniel Auteuil

The Match, Juan Cabral and Santiago Franco

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
Sanguine, Marion Le Coroller

Jim Queen, Marco Nguyen and Nicolas Athane

Colony, Yeon Sang-ho

Roma Elastica, Bertrand Mandico

Full Phil, Quentin Dupieux

OUT OF COMPETITION

Her Private Hell, Nicolas Winding Refn

L’Abandon, Vincent Garenq

 L’objet du délit, Agnès Jaoui

La bataille de Gaulle: L’âge de fer, Antonin Baudry

Karma, Guillaume Canet

The Electric Kiss, Pierre Salvadori – opening film

Diamond, Andy Garcia

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