The short, set to premiere in the UK on Sky 3D and Sky Arts on Halloween night, is based upon May's personal collection of Diableries, a set of stereoscopic cards published in France from the early 1860s which feature visions of the underworld. Together with historians Paula Fleming and Denis Pellerin, May published a book titled Diableries: Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell in 2013, and One Night in Hell represents the guitarist's newest attempt to bring the devils, skeletons and demons depicted in the cards to life.