A soldier returns home from war to bury her father only to come under fire from a maniac sniper.

SYNOPSIS:

Herschel’s Hill is a slasher-with-a-gun focused on mature character dynamics and themes that heighten brutal slasher fanfare. In a blend of Jacob’s Ladder and Friday The 13th, Herschell’s Hill follows a group of soldiers under fire from an undead maniac sniper who terrorizes a local hiking trail.

Amanda McKinley is a sergeant in the U.S Army Corp returned from Afghanistan and accompanied by her squadmates Brady (her boyfriend) and Knox (his buddy). To reunite with her sister, Sarah, Amanda agrees to take a hiking trip up to her recently deceased father's cabin to spread his ashes.

Problems arise when they lose their bearings and stumble into a haunted area called Herschell’s Hill--a place that locals have avoided since the early 1900’s when a murdered boy named Herschell came back from the dead to kill all the townsfolk. Amanda takes charge to get them back on track and up to the cabin, but it feels off. Besides things being out of place, mysterious notes are discovered in her father's journal, which convinces Sarah that her dad had not killed himself, but was murdered. Amanda dismisses her overly emotional sister’s worries--that is until she gets pinned down by sniper fire.

From here, Amanda does her best to lead her troop through the forest and out to safety. However, this is Herschell’s Hill and his aim is true. Amanda’s strength is tested as Herschell picks off her troop one by one and captures her, where she realizes that Herschell’s objective isn’t just to kill but to take the child growing in her womb.