Movie Review: 'Violent Night'
2 years ago

Movie Review: 'Violent Night'

NPR  

Movie Review: 'Violent Night' The evergreen topic of holiday horror movies gets refreshed after the success of "Violent Night." DOUGHERTY: One of the most iconic Christmas stories is a spooky, eerie ghost story, and that's "A Christmas Carol." ULABY: "Black Christmas" was directed by Bob Clark, who was also responsible for one of the most beloved Christmas movies of all time. ULABY: Director Michael Dougherty says his film "Krampus" was partly inspired by another 1980s movie that mixed Christmas with horror - "Gremlins."

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Violent Night successfully mixes mayhem and mythology
1 year, 11 months ago

Violent Night successfully mixes mayhem and mythology

Firstpost  

Violent Night is not a great film. Of all the Christmas releases this year — and there are at least 23 of them, I counted—Norwegian blood-spilling gore specialist director Tommy Wirkola’s Violent Night is the most delectably subversive. It’s a terror invasion film set in the mansion of a crotchety heiress who swears nonstop on the phone while barking orders …

How David Harbour went from ‘anti-Christmas’ guy to action hero Santa in ‘Violent Night’
2 years ago

How David Harbour went from ‘anti-Christmas’ guy to action hero Santa in ‘Violent Night’

LA Times  

David Harbour wasn’t always big on the holidays. “I thought that was so interesting, this idea that you could turn it around and get on the ‘nice’ list.” David Harbour in “Violent Night,” directed by Tommy Wirkola. David had all those things and more, and just as important, he knew how to expertly shift between those things as the story …

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