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[Kill of the Week] Axe Completely Destroys Face in ‘Silent Night’
Every week, we spotlight a kill that we just can’t get enough of. This is Kill of the Week.
Thanksgiving has passed, the Rockefeller Center tree has been lit, and it’s officially December. You know what that means: time to start watching Christmas horror movies!
Released in 2012, director Steven C. Miller’s Silent Night was a remake of 1984’s Silent Night, Deadly Night, making the original classic only the second Christmas horror movie to find itself on the remake chopping block. If nothing more, Silent Night is a gory good time, as the film’s killer Santa punishes the naughty in exceedingly vicious ways.
The standout kill in Silent Night is likely the one wherein a topless woman is fed into a wood chipper, Fargo style, but that’s merely one of many scenes in the film that exploit the incredible practical effects work of Vincent Guastini and his team. Another standout highlight? Poor Dennis, whose head is split in two by Santa’s double-headed axe.
After impaling his girlfriend on a set of antlers (an homage to the original), “Santa” slams the axe into Dennis’ back and then drives it right between his eyes for the kill.
And this is why we love old school practical effects.
The killer tomatoes are back in Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, and the offiical poster for the brand new movie has been unleashed tonight.
Additionally, we’ve learned that the film’s theatrical release is set for this August, with a panel set for San Diego Comic-Con this month featuring the world premiere of the trailer.
While you wait, check out the official poster down below.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence will be released in select cities across the US beginning August 7th in major cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, San Diego, and others, and expanding to further locations throughout the month.
The fifth installment in the horror-comedy franchise pits the eternal power of nature against AI’s best and brightest.
In Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence, a young biotech prodigy develops a revolutionary genetically engineered vegetable designed to solve humanity’s problems. But when the experiment spirals out of control, it unleashes a new generation of killer tomatoes, setting the stage for another outrageous chapter in the long-running cult franchise.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes co-creators Costa Dillon and J. Stephen Peace return to write and executive produce. David Ferino directs.
The film features an ensemble cast led by franchise icon John Astin (The Addams Family), reprising his role as Professor Gangreen, comedy legend David Koechner (Anchorman), Academy Award nominee Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight), horror favorite Catherine Corcoran (Terrifier), comedy veteran Dan Bakkedahl (Veep), Myrna Velasco (Star Wars Resistance), Vernée Watson (Shrinking, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air), and Paul Bates (Coming to America).
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes launched in 1979, followed by 1988’s Return of the Killer Tomatoes, 1991’s Killer Tomatoes Strike Back, and 1992’s Killer Tomatoes Eat France.
The franchise also spawned an animated series in 1990.
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