Horror Weekly News: Gale trailer drops. The Mean One is a Christmas Present for Horror Fans.

 

We’re off to see the wizard…the wonderful wizard of oz. 

Remember the classic story written by L. Frank Baum and how captivating we found the tale of a young girl and her dog getting swept away in a cyclone and transported to a magical place? 

She makes friends there of course. The Lion, the Tin Man, and the Scarecrow.

Her name was Dorothy and her dog’s name was Toto. The new friends all want something from the Wizard who possesses the ability to change their lives. 

But all Dorothy wants is to go home.

Along the way, she must also deal with a wicked witch and flying monkeys. In the end, Dorothy manages to return home and the story ends with us wondering if she really did go to a place or suffered some head injury that caused her to have hallucinations. 

There were a couple of sequels and stories, but none tell us what happened to Dorothy years after that. Did she marry? Did she have kids? 

Well, now we are going to get all our answers with GALE—Stay Away from Oz. 

The trailer shows a young woman called Emily who is consulting a tarot card reader. She talks about how she feels like someone or something is calling out to her. All of this has happened after she meets her grandmother…Dorothy Gale. 

No one knew Dorothy had a family and when Emily goes to see her, the minute she touches her, the old woman suddenly begins to respond. She keeps saying “stay away from us”, only to suddenly transform into a wicked woman with black eyes and blackened teeth. She yells “stay away from Oz.” 

The nurses assure Emily that her grandmother has had issues with psychosis but Emily soon finds herself haunted by visions. 

Or does psychosis run in the family? 

If it does, why is the tarot card reader attacked by a woman who looks like a witch? 

The trailer doesn’t give away much. We don’t get a release date either. 

The movie is written and directed by Daniel Alexander and stars Chloë Crump with Karen Swan. 

 

 In other news…

The Christmas season is upon us and while there is always an influx of new Christmas-themed movies dropping in, there has always been a special place for the classics. 

Especially THE GRINCH. 

The Grinch was a green creature who hated Christmas and especially the people who celebrated it. He hated the noise, the singing, the everything. All he wanted was some peace and quiet. So what does he do? Steal Christmas. 

He succeeds in stealing gifts and decorations but the one thing he couldn’t steal was people’s Christmas Spirit. In the end, the Grinch learns that the true meaning of Christmas is unity and family love. He returns the presents and celebrates the festival with everyone. 

Now, imagine if this was a horror story. 

Turns out, this story has already been imagined as a horror tale. 

You’re a mean one, Mr. Grinch...

Turns out in this movie, aptly titled THE MEAN ONE, the Grinch is not only mean. He is murderous. 

Instead of stealing Christmas decorations and presents, he murders people who dare celebrate this festival. 

Young Cindy watched her parents die by the Mean One when she was a baby. Now, years later, she decides that the only way she can seek closure for that traumatic incident is by killing the Mean One once and for all. 

But all that will probably happen towards the end. In the meantime, we are going to see the Grinch happily murder a lot of people. 

The Mean One stars David Howard Thornton who played Art in the now-popular horror movie TERRIFIER 2. He will play the titular character in this movie. 

The movie also stars Krystle Martin as Cindy. 

The movie is directed by Steven LaMorte and will be available for free everywhere on December 15th. 

It’s a Christmas present for all horror fans!