Every now and again, a film comes along with a premise so unbelievable outrageous, that you honestly can’t believe that is real and that someone must be joking. Well, that film has arrived with the Christmad themed slasher horror/comedy THE MEAN ONE. What isthis film so outragous you may ask? The film is an unauthorised horror re-telling/parody of the classic Dr. Seuss children’s HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS. You wouldn’t think that an idea as crazy would exist, but director Steven LaMorte found a way to do it. Now only that, the film also stars TERRIFIER series own “Art The Clown” himself David Howard Thornton playing the title role of “The Mean One”. So did this insane film work overall? Or was just a one-joke idea? Give it a listen and find out! The following review of the film is in an audio format. Enjoy!
Director: Steven LaMorte
Starring: David Howard Thornton, Krystle Martin, Chase Mullins, John Bigham, Erik Baker, Flip Kobler, Amy Schumacher.
Synopsis: In 2000, in the sleepy mountain town of Newville, young Cindy You-Know-Who witnessed her mother murdered by the Mean One, a bloodthirsty green-skinned creature dressed in a red Santa suit. Twenty years later, Cindy and her father return to the town at the suggestion of Cindy’s therapist. But when the ravenous monster soon begins to terrorize the town and threatens to ruin the holidays, Cindy finds a new purpose in stopping and killing the beast.
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THE MEAN ONE is now out in the U.S.A. on VOD, DVD and BluRay. It will be released on DVD in Australia soon.
Audio review by Bede Jermyn
The Super Network 