Terrifier director Damien Leone’s favorite vacation film is Black Christmas.
The filmmaker prefers to quiet down in entrance of a horror over the festive season and his go-to film in December is Bob Clark’s 1974 slasher movie which stars Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder and John Saxon and follows a bunch of sorority sisters who obtain threatening cellphone calls and are ultimately stalked and murdered by a killer in the course of the vacation season.
Revealing his must-watch Christmas film on X, he posted: “What’s your favourite vacation horror movie? Mine is Black Christmas and the Tales From the Crypt episode “And All By means of The Home”.”
When quizzed by one among his followers if the Tales From the Crypt episode was the one with the “hobo Santa”, Leone revealed that 1960 Twilight Zone episode The Night time of the Meek is one other vacation horror pleasure for him.
He posted: “That is Twilight Zone. One other favourite.”
In 2006, Glen Morgan wrote and directed Black X-Mas, a unfastened remake of the 1974 movie, starring Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
The 1989 Tales From the Crypt episode And All By means of The Home starred Mary Ellen Trainor as grasping, philandering housewife Elizabeth who, after after murdering and disposing of the physique of her second husband, is attacked by an escaped psychological affected person dressed as Santa Claus performed by Larry Drake who then units his sights on her younger daughter.
Leone was additionally despatched numerous messages from his X followers telling him that their favorite Christmas horror film is his sequel Terrifier 3, which is about over the vacations and options Artwork the Clown committing his despicable acts dressed as Santa Claus, together with a memorable mall homicide second.
After having fun with a break over the vacations, Leone will likely be laborious at work making Terrifier 4, which he has billed because the concluding chapter of his slasher saga.
Terrifier 4 will see the return of Lauren LaVera’s “ultimate lady” Sienna Shaw and Elliott Fullam’s Jonathan Shaw as they face off in opposition to evil demon Artwork the Clown (David Howard Thornton) for the ultimate time.
Leone has teased that Terrifier 4 will likely be “actually intense and experimental”.
Showing on the Discuss is Jericho podcast, the 43-year-old director stated: “It’s going to be a extremely powerful one to shoot, particularly what I need to do within the final half hour of the film … it’s going to be actually intense and experimental and actually on the market.
“Like crazier than something I’ve performed earlier than. It’s going to have some actually wild stuff in it. I’m taking some daring swings.”
Leone famous each unfastened finish left dangling within the sequence will likely be tied up in Terrifier 4.
He added: “Lots of these films … once I go into writing it’s like ‘All proper, how are we going to prime the earlier film when it comes to the massive gory set piece?’ Terrifier 4, that’s definitely it, however now it’s extra every part comes collectively partly 4.
“Each unfastened finish you would possibly suppose that was a unfastened finish or one thing you’re questioning, ‘However what’s that character’s function?’, or this or that – all of it comes collectively on this one.
“So from a storyteller standpoint, it’s an important facet of Terrifier 4, which is so thrilling.
“You’re going to get lots of solutions in Terrifier 4.”
