In All the Creatures Were Stirring, an awkward date on Christmas Eve leads a couple into a strange theater, where they’re treated to a bizarre and frightening collection of Christmas stories, featuring a wide ensemble of characters doing their best to avoid the horrors of the holidays. From boring office parties and last-minute shopping, to vengeful stalkers and immortal demons, there’s plenty out there to fear this holiday season.

Written and directed by David Ian McKendry (The Dump) and Rebekah McKendry (The Barista), the film stars Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians, “Fresh Off the Boat”), Amanda Fuller (“Orange is the New Black”), Jonathan Kite (“2 Broke Girls”), Jocelin Donahue (Insidious: Chapter 2), Graham Skipper (The Mind’s Eye) and Morgan Peter Brown.

All the Creatures Were Stirring was produced by Morgan Peter Brown and Joe Wicker of FallBack Plan Productions (Absentia) and was executive produced by Kevin Kale.

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In All the Creatures Were Stirring, an awkward date on Christmas Eve leads a couple into a strange theater, where they’re treated to a bizarre and frightening collection of Christmas stories, featuring a wide ensemble of characters doing their best to avoid the horrors of the holidays. From boring office parties and last-minute shopping, to vengeful stalkers and immortal demons, there’s plenty out there to fear this holiday season.

Written and directed by David Ian McKendry (The Dump) and Rebekah McKendry (The Barista), the film stars Constance Wu (Crazy Rich Asians, “Fresh Off the Boat”), Amanda Fuller (“Orange is the New Black”), Jonathan Kite (“2 Broke Girls”), Jocelin Donahue (Insidious: Chapter 2), Graham Skipper (The Mind’s Eye) and Morgan Peter Brown.

All the Creatures Were Stirring was produced by Morgan Peter Brown and Joe Wicker of FallBack Plan Productions (Absentia) and was executive produced by Kevin Kale.

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The sales company has released the first sales trailer – link removed at the request of producers – for Rebekah and David Ian McKendry‘s Christmas horror-comedy, All the Creatures Were Stirring. The duo make their directorial debut from their own script, which is set on a Christmas Eve marked by encounters with monsters and misfortunes.

“When an awkward date on Christmas Eve leads a couple into a strange theater, they’re treated to a bizarre and frightening collection of Christmas stories, featuring a wide ensemble of characters doing their best to avoid the horrors of the holidays. From boring office parties and last-minute shopping to vengeful stalkers and immortal demons, there’s plenty out there to fear this holiday season.”

The holiday horror stars Amanda Fuller (Starry Eyes), Brea Grant (Halloween, Beyond the Gates), Graham Skipper (The Mind’s Eye), Jocelin Donahue (House of the Devil, Insidious: Chapter 2), and Stephanie Drake, with Morgan Peter Brown (Contracted 2), Matt Mercer (Contracted, Beyond the Gates, Mind’s Eye), Constance Wu (“Fresh Off the Boat”), and Jonathan Kite (“2 Broke Girls”).

Producers are Joe Wicker and Morgan Peter Brown for FallBack Plan, which produced Mike Flanagan’s Absentia.

Here’s a look at the sales art that promises a not-so-merry Christmas.

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While the full announced director list included Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, Jennifer’s Body), Jennifer Lynch (Hiss, Surveillance), and Jovanka Vuckovic, with Mary Harron (American Psycho) recently being replaced by musician and songwriter Annie Clark (St. Vincent).

No other details have been released, although our international stringer Jonny Bunning learned recently that Vuckovic adapted the Jack Ketchum story “The Box.”

Natalie Brown, Mike Doyle, Christina Kirk, Kyle Allen, Peyton Kennedy, Peter DaCunha, Ron Lea, Jonathan Watton, Lisa Renee Pitts, and Morgan Peter Brown star.

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Picking up immediately after the events of the first film, Contracted: Phase 2 follows Riley (Matt Mercer of Contracted), now infected and running out of time, as he attempts to find out more about the virus and its mysterious host.

The sequel stars Matt Mercer, Peter Cilella, Marianna Palka, Morgan Peter Brown, Laurel Vail, Alice Macdonald, Anna Lore and Suzanne Voss.

“As he digs deeper into its origins, Riley attracts the attention of a Detective (Marianna Palka) who doubts his innocence, and BJ (Morgan Peter Brown) himself, who holds the key to the virus-and perhaps the destruction of mankind as we know it, leading to a blood-soaked finale you have to see to believe.“

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“Phase II follows the story of Samantha as she suffers from a mysterious and degenerative disease. Picking up directly where the previous film left off, Phase II follows Riley, one of the last people to come in contact with Samantha, as he scrambles to track down those responsible for the outbreak before the highly contagious disease not only consumes his body, but the world as we know it.”

This one is to be directed by Josh Forbes with a screenplay by Craig Walendziak. It will star Matt Mercer, Peter Cilella, Marianna Palka, Morgan Peter Brown, Laurel Vail, Alice Macdonald, Anna Lore and Suzanne Voss.

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The Contracted II poster scratches in the text “I am the end,” while boasting “There’s no vaccine for fear.”

“Phase II follows the story of Samantha as she suffers from a mysterious and degenerative disease. Picking up directly where the previous film left off, Phase II follows Riley, one of the last people to come in contact with Samantha, as he scrambles to track down those responsible for the outbreak before the highly contagious disease not only consumes his body, but the world as we know it.”

This one is to be directed by Josh Forbes with a screenplay by Craig Walendziak. It will star Matt Mercer, Peter Cilella, Marianna Palka, Morgan Peter Brown, Laurel Vail, Alice Macdonald, Anna Lore and Suzanne Voss.

“We are thrilled to announce that we’ve wrapped principle photography on Contracted 2, an all out, bigger, crazier, virus-ier sequel in every way possible,” say producers J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules. “We can’t wait to unleash it on fans.”

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“Phase II follows the story of Samantha as she suffers from a mysterious and degenerative disease. Picking up directly where the previous film left off, Phase II follows Riley, one of the last people to come in contact with Samantha, as he scrambles to track down those responsible for the outbreak before the highly contagious disease not only consumes his body, but the world as we know it.”

This one is to be directed by Josh Forbes with a screenplay by Craig Walendziak. It will star Matt Mercer, Peter Cilella, Marianna Palka, Morgan Peter Brown, Laurel Vail, Alice Macdonald, Anna Lore and Suzanne Voss.

“We are thrilled to announce that we’ve wrapped principle photography on Contracted 2, an all out, bigger, crazier, virus-ier sequel in every way possible,” say producers J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules. “We can’t wait to unleash it on fans.”

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IFC Midnight has already picked up North American rights to BoulderLight Pictures’ Contracted: Phase II, a press release tell us.

“Phase II follows the story of Samantha as she suffers from a mysterious and degenerative disease. Picking up directly where the previous film left off, Phase II follows Riley, one of the last people to come in contact with Samantha, as he scrambles to track down those responsible for the outbreak before the highly contagious disease not only consumes his body, but the world as we know it.”

This one is to be directed by Josh Forbes with a screenplay by Craig Walendziak. It will star Matt Mercer, Peter Cilella, Marianna Palka, Morgan Peter Brown, Laurel Vail, Alice Macdonald, Anna Lore and Suzanne Voss.

For a movie called Contracted, and about an STD, the film was surprisingly lacking in the sex department. Will the sequel fix this?

The film is being produced by J.D. Lifshitz and Raphael Margules.

The film is currently in production.

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