We may only be a few days into October, but it sounds like our Christmas plans are already sorted: according to a new report over at Deadline, RLJE Films and Shudder have one helluva gift for us to unwrap this December: Joe Begos’ Christmas Bloody Christmas, which will arrive both day and date on Shudder and in theaters on December 9th.
What’s Christmas Bloody Christmas about? I’m glad you asked. Thus spake Deadline:
Begos’ latest is set on Christmas Eve and centers on Tori Tooms (Riley Dandy), a fiery record store owner who just wants to get drunk and party for the holiday — until a robotic Santa Claus at a nearby toy store goes haywire and begins a rampant killing spree that forces her into a blood-spattered battle for survival.
That’s right: a bloodthirsty robot Santa Claus, out on a rampage. Not a serial killer. Not an escaped convict who happened to find a Santa suit stuffed in a dumpster. Not an insane mall Santa out for revenge against the supervisor who fired him for drinking on the job. No, no – we’ve seen plenty of variations on all those tropes. This time around, it’s a goddamn killer Robo-Santa. If that doesn’t hook you, well, I don’t know how to help you.
Says Begos about the film:
“Since I was a young kid I’ve dreamed of making both a crazy holiday horror movie unlike any other and a no-holds-barred killer robot flick, but never imagined I could make them the same movie. The maniacs at RLJE Films and Shudder have allowed this fantasy to play out and greenlit this neon-soaked robot fever dream, championing the choice to shoot on film and build a real-deal robot in 2022. This truly is the place to be making cool and original filmmaker driven genre films that, frankly, nobody else has the balls to finance.”
This news comes to us on the eve of Christmas Bloody Christmas‘ premiere at this year’s Beyond Fest. Given how quickly it’ll be here, we wouldn’t be surprised to see a trailer for this one sooner rather than later. Stay tuned for that, and do make sure you’ve got plenty of robo-milk and robo-cookies on-hand when Christmas Bloody Christmas hits theaters and Shudder on December 9th.
