The film stars Katherine Heigl, Patrick Wilson, Jordana Brewster, Kevin McKidd, A. J. Buckley, Chi McBride, and Jim Belushi.

One day an attractive young woman named Dusty applies for a sales job at Don's store.

She is the abused girlfriend of Murphy, the leader of a gang of low-life criminals running violent and even murderous extortion schemes.

Discovering Dusty is missing and suspecting that something is wrong, Murphy and his accomplices Freeman and Benji attack Les.

Mona mortally wounds Freeman, stabs and kills his girlfriend, and shortly calls the police to report a disturbance at the house.

The next day, Don finds the neighbor's dog dead in his freezer at a house party, and Mona displays very antisocial behavior with their guests.

On March 26, 2013, it was reported that Katherine Heigl and Patrick Wilson had signed on for Darko Entertainment's dark comedy North of Hell.

[5] On May 3, 2013, Deadline announced that Jordana Brewster had been cast as a sexy hire at Wilson's character's work who seduces and blackmails him, threatening to go to his wife with their affair.

The website's critics consensus reads: "Home Sweet Hell mistakes misogyny for subversive wit, aiming for black comedy but ending up with a grueling test of viewer endurance that wastes game efforts from its likable leads.

"[10] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 22 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".

[11] The film received one Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Heigl in the Worst Actress category.