Today, Shudder released the trailer for an all-new holiday special, The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors, executive produced by modern horror icons The Boulet Brothers and actor, writer and producer David Dastmalchian. The four-part anthology special premieres Tuesday, December 16 on Shudder and AMC+.
Featuring four original shorts directed and written respectively by The Boulet Brothers, Dastmalchian (Late Night with the Devil), Akela Cooper (writer of M3gan, Malignant) and Kate Siegel (star of The Haunting of Hill House, Gerald’s Game), the special will bring horror, macabre and dread to the cheerful holiday season.
Watch a brand new special for the trailer in the player below:
The Emmy-nominated Boulet Brothers shared, “This project has been such a joy to build alongside our dear friend David and the remarkable team of filmmakers involved. The anthology showcases four distinct visions of holiday horror, and creating our own short within it gave us the chance to finally reveal the kind of scripted genre storytelling that’s closest to our hearts—moody, vicious, and hauntingly beautiful. We’re thrilled for audiences to experience the entire collection, and especially the dark little nightmare we’ve contributed to it.”
David Dastmalchian added,“There is something inherently haunting and haunted about the holiday season. Dickens knew it. And now I get to team up with my favorite fiends, The Boulet Brothers, and a host of talented creative creatures as we twist and terrorize the holiday season into something fun and fearsome. Move aside, “It’s a Wonderful Life”, there’s a new holiday tradition coming to town!”
The anthology takes viewers on four very singular special adventures:
· GAUDETE: After inheriting their grandmother’s old house, a family attempts to settle in on Christmas Eve. But as strange sounds echo through the halls and tensions rise, an unseen presence forces them to face a chilling secret buried within the home.
Directors/Writers: Dracmorda and Swanthula Boulet
Cast: Bonnie Aarons as “Grandmother”, Aaron Abrams as “Stepfather”, Briana Venskus as “Mother” and Eloisa Huggins as “Judy”
· YETI OR NOT:Three close friends embark on a wilderness search to find their missing sister and friend. What they discover in the snow covered wild is something more terrifying and inhuman than they could have ever imagined.
Director: David Dastmalchian
Writers: David Dastmalchian, Leah Kilpatrick and Jennifer Polania
Cast: David Dastmalchian as “Yeti”, Lauren LaVera as “Beck”, Jennifer Polania as “Zoe”, Leah Kilpatrick as “Raven”, Natasha Preston as “Dead Beck”
· OLD ACQUAINTANCE: It’s New Years Eve and a woman returns home after her father’s sudden death only to find the demon that was haunting him is now after her.
Director/Writer: Akela Cooper
Cast: Tracie Thoms as “Maya”, Tiffany Smith as “Stephanie”, Charles Murray as “Booker”, and Abhora as “The Demon”
· DOWN THE CHIMNEY: The worst case scenario for good little boys and girls….
Director/Writer: Kate Siegel
Voice Cast: Dominic Hure as “Santa”, Theodora Flanagan as “Kid 1” and Cody Flanagan as “Kid 2”
Holiday of Horrors is a Boulet Brothers Production in association with Good Fiend Films. Executive Producers include The Boulet Brothers and David Dastmalchian.
