It looks like Kevin Smith is trying his hand at a bit of holiday horror as his new film ANTI-CLAUS has just been announced.
Smith will be joining forces with his TUSK cast, Justin Long, Haley Joel Osment and Micheal Parks to create this super dark horror based on European fairy-tale figure the Krampus, a naughty child eating monster. Kevin Smith reveals more here:
“When I was a kid, if they wanted to make a Christmas horror movie, they’d stick an axe in Santa’s hands. In ‘Anti-Claus’, we leave Santa alone and creep with the Krampus through twisted tales of holly-jolly murder, desire, desperation and despair. Just in time for the holiday season…
In America we’re taught that nice kids get presents from Santa and naughty kids get coal, but in countries like Germany, Austria, Bavaria, Romania and Hungary, Christmas is more metal than merry: Saint Nicholas brings a sack full of toys for good kids and the Krampus carries an empty bag for taking away the bad kids. I wanna see THAT Christmas movie. So rather than wait for it, we’ll make it instead”.
Special effects maestro Robert Kurtzman will be called upon to create the monster, with fan favourite Jason Mewes acting as executive producer. Principal photography is due to start this September.
Source: TheWrap
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