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Go Behind-The-Scenes With Two ‘Krampus’ Featurettes
Two featurettes have been released for Michael Dougherty’s latest holiday horror film Krampus, which came out December 4th (review). The first featurette goes deep into the practical FX and creatures that were created by WETA. It’s fascinating to see just how much was actually created and how thrilled the crew and cast were with the final products. Plus, we get to see Dougherty looking basically like a kid in a toy store with all the critters to play with.
The second featurette is a parody video as it pretends that there were actually wranglers for the Gingerbread Men seen in the film. It’s actually quite cute as they created original sequences just for this video, including the Gingerbread Men learning how to shoot a nail gun.
I know that the universe is freaking out over Star Wars this weekend. However, if you haven’t seen Krampus yet, I highly recommend it! It’s what 80’s horror movies strived for, which is a damn good time!
Hollywood is serious about landing the next Backrooms. Hot on the heels of a Siren Head feature announcement, Deadline reports that a new movie based on viral YouTube series The Mandela Catalogue is in development.
It also has some Hollywood heavy hitters behind it.
Amblin Entertainment’s Steven Spielberg, United Artists’ Scott Stuber (Frankenstein), and Amazon MGM Studios are set to produce, emerging victorious after a highly competitive 11-studio bidding war.
Launched in 2021, the YouTube series is set in the fictional Mandela County, Wisconsin which is “invaded by shape-shifting, nearly immortal creatures called Alternates. The Alternates are led by a false depiction of the Archangel Gabriel and their aim is to wipe out the human race by psychologically torturing them to the point of suicide. The Alternates are known for manipulating AV media, TVs, computers and GPS systems.”
The movie will be directed by the series’ creator, Alex Kister, based on a screenplay he adapted with Tyler Clifton.
The Mandela Catalogue has racked up an impressive 100 million views across its official episodes alone, solidifying it as one of the largest original analog horror franchises on YouTube.
Spielberg and Holly Bario are producing for Amblin Entertainment alongside Aaron B. Koontz for Paper Street Pictures and Stuber and Nick Nesbitt for United Artists. Kister and Clifton are also producing. Annie McCreery will oversee the project for United Artists. Maria Fortese will oversee for Amblin.
Get acquainted with The Mangela Catalogue below while we wait to learn more.