The Grinch is out for Christmas blood in The Imply One trailer

We’ve seen quite a lot of childhood characters get the horror remedy currently for one motive or one other. The subsequent on the chopping block is The Imply One, a “violent slasher parody” impressed by Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. It was simply final week after we advised you that The Imply One could be headed to theaters in December, and the primary trailer has formally been launched to your viewing please.

Directed by Steven LaMorte with a script by Flip and Finn Kobler, The Imply One stars David Howard Thornton (Terrifier 2) as “a furry, green-skinned grump in a Santa swimsuit, residing on a mountain excessive above the city of Newville, despising the vacation season. Younger Cindy You-Know-Who (Krystle Martin), whose mother and father have been butchered by The Imply One twenty Christmases earlier, is returning to city to hunt closure… however when the Imply One launches a brand new reign of terror that threatens to destroy Christmas, Cindy finds a daring new function – trapping and killing the monster.” Because the movie isn’t precisely official, The Imply One trailer does lower round saying Mr. Grinch out loud, however there are many references to the basic story available. The Imply One additionally stars Chase Mullins, John Bigham, Erik Baker, Flip Kobler, and Amy Schumacher.

As I discussed above, there are a couple of horror films based mostly on basic kids’s characters within the works. Director Rhy Frake-Waterfield has a number of within the works, together with Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey. The film will comply with Pooh and Piglet as they go on a rampage after being deserted. “Christopher Robin is pulled away from them, and he’s not [given] them meals, it’s made Pooh and Piglet’s life fairly troublesome,” Frake-Waterfield stated. “As a result of they’ve needed to fend for themselves a lot, they’ve basically grow to be feral. In order that they’ve gone again to their animal roots. They’re not tame: they’re like a vicious bear and pig who wish to go round and attempt to discover prey.” Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey can be launched in theaters subsequent yr, and the director can also be engaged on Blood and Honey, a “twisted horror take” on Peter Pan, and a darkish retelling of Bambi that may begin taking pictures subsequent yr.

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