Her Private Hell is an upcoming thriller film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, co-written by Refn and Esti Giordani. It stars Sophie Thatcher, Charles Melton, Havana Rose Liu, Kristine Froseth, Dougray Scott, Diego Calva, Shioli Kutsuna, Aoi Yamada and Hidetoshi Nishijima.
After creating a pair of limited series, Too Old to Die Young for Amazon Prime Video and Copenhagen Cowboy for Netflix, Refn began work on his next feature film, his first since 2016's The Neon Demon. In an interview with Variety in August 2024, he said that he was getting ready to shoot the film in Tokyo, with English and Japanese being the primary spoken languages of the project.
On 23 April 2025, Neon and Refn officially announced the project, describing it as âÂÂsomething groovyâÂÂ, with the title Her Private Hell being revealed, along with a teaser poster.
On 23 April 2025, the main cast of the film was announced, with Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton in lead roles, alongside Kristine Froseth and Havana Rose Liu. On 12 June 2025, Dougray Scott, Shioli Kutsuna, Diego Calva, Aoi Yamada and Hidetoshi Nishijima joined the cast.
Principal photography began in Tokyo on 8 May 2025, and concluded in late July.
Pino Donaggio was hired to compose the score.
The film is expected to be released in 2026. In March 2026, Mubi acquired distribution rights from Neon International for the United Kingdom and Ireland, Italy, Spain, and Latin America.