Stars: Beatrice Fletcher, Christophe Monplaisir, Julie Stevens, Andy Dixon, Patrick Bergin, May Kelly, Stephen Staley | Written by Joe Knetter | Directed by Rebecca Matthews
Nutcracker Massacre opens with a pervy delivery guy indulging his inner voyeur at the expense of Clara before a giant nutcracker doll (Christophe Monplaisir; Sandwiched) armed with a sharp icicle teaches him the error of his ways. That’s followed by the inevitable rewind to a couple of days earlier.
Clara’s Aunt Marie (Julie Stevens; Mega Lightning) invites her and her boyfriend Paul to her place for the holidays. She accepts but for reasons unknown Clara is reluctant to tell her aunt that she dumped Paul for cheating on her. She stops along the way and buys a nutcracker from Dimitri for her aunt. But when she arrives she finds she already has a life-sized one, and the one she bought has become a sugar plum faerie.
Nutcracker Massacre opens with a pervy delivery guy indulging his inner voyeur at the expense of Clara before a giant nutcracker doll (Christophe Monplaisir; Sandwiched) armed with a sharp icicle teaches him the error of his ways. That’s followed by the inevitable rewind to a couple of days earlier.
Clara’s Aunt Marie (Julie Stevens; Mega Lightning) invites her and her boyfriend Paul to her place for the holidays. She accepts but for reasons unknown Clara is reluctant to tell her aunt that she dumped Paul for cheating on her. She stops along the way and buys a nutcracker from Dimitri for her aunt. But when she arrives she finds she already has a life-sized one, and the one she bought has become a sugar plum faerie.
- 12/12/2022
- by Jim Morazzini
- Nerdly
This seasonal slash-fest starring Patrick Bergin is a plodding and unimaginative addition to the anti-Christmas genre
This yuletide slasher movie is about as enjoyable as being force-fed a Christmas tree and having it violently pipeclean your insides. It joins Black Christmas, Bad Santa and this year’s Violent Night in the anti-Christmas oeuvre – but its placeholder characters, this’ll-do dialogue and mechanical gallery of kills show that seasonal subversion alone won’t cut it.
Novelist Clara (Beatrice Fletcher) is reeling from her boyfriend Paul (Andy Dixon) cheating on her and decides to bunker down at the country manor of Auntie Marie (Julie Stevens) for the holidays. She needn’t worry too much, though, being a “timeless beauty”, as the local antiques dealer tells her – before fiendishly tweaking his moustache and flogging her a Nutcracker doll as a gift. But when she gets to her destination, it turns out her aunt...
This yuletide slasher movie is about as enjoyable as being force-fed a Christmas tree and having it violently pipeclean your insides. It joins Black Christmas, Bad Santa and this year’s Violent Night in the anti-Christmas oeuvre – but its placeholder characters, this’ll-do dialogue and mechanical gallery of kills show that seasonal subversion alone won’t cut it.
Novelist Clara (Beatrice Fletcher) is reeling from her boyfriend Paul (Andy Dixon) cheating on her and decides to bunker down at the country manor of Auntie Marie (Julie Stevens) for the holidays. She needn’t worry too much, though, being a “timeless beauty”, as the local antiques dealer tells her – before fiendishly tweaking his moustache and flogging her a Nutcracker doll as a gift. But when she gets to her destination, it turns out her aunt...
- 12/6/2022
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
Last Christmas, we heard that Patrick Bergin (EastEnders) had signed on to star in a holiday horror film called Nutcracker, which Rebecca Matthews (The Gardener) was directing from a screenplay by Joe Knetter (Blind) that was based on a story by executive producer Jeff Miller (Once Upon a Time in Deadwood). That movie has now been released through the Tubi streaming service under the even more appealing title Nutcracker Massacre. To help you decide whether or not you’ll want to head over to Tubi and watch the movie as soon as possible, we have the trailer embedded above.
Executive produced by Commando director Mark L. Lester, Nutcracker Massacre follows a struggling novelist who visits her family for Christmas and finds a mysterious, life-size Nutcracker doll, which soon becomes possessed and wreaks havoc.
Bergin plays “a shopkeeper who knows much about the dark history of the doll”. He is joined...
Executive produced by Commando director Mark L. Lester, Nutcracker Massacre follows a struggling novelist who visits her family for Christmas and finds a mysterious, life-size Nutcracker doll, which soon becomes possessed and wreaks havoc.
Bergin plays “a shopkeeper who knows much about the dark history of the doll”. He is joined...
- 12/1/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Patrick Bergin (EastEnders) has been cast in new holiday horror feature Nutcracker. Filming is currently underway.
Nutcracker also stars Beatrice Fletcher, Julie Stevens, Andy Dixon, May Kelly, Stephen Staley, Christopher Monplaisir, Tony Goodall, Chrissie Wunna, and Kelly Rian Sanson.
The film concerns a struggling novelist who visits her family for Christmas and finds a mysterious, life-size Nutcracker doll, which soon becomes possessed and wreaks havoc. Bergin plays a shopkeeper who knows much about the dark history of the doll.
Scott Jeffrey and Rebecca J. Matthews produce from a screenplay by Joe Knetter (Blind), based on a story by Jeff Miller (The Toybox), with Matthews directing. Executive producers are Miller and Mark L. Lester (director of Firestarter and Commando), who also EP’d The Gardener together.
“[Patrick’s] been a great addition to the cast and brought a dynamic character to our adaptation of the story,...
Nutcracker also stars Beatrice Fletcher, Julie Stevens, Andy Dixon, May Kelly, Stephen Staley, Christopher Monplaisir, Tony Goodall, Chrissie Wunna, and Kelly Rian Sanson.
The film concerns a struggling novelist who visits her family for Christmas and finds a mysterious, life-size Nutcracker doll, which soon becomes possessed and wreaks havoc. Bergin plays a shopkeeper who knows much about the dark history of the doll.
Scott Jeffrey and Rebecca J. Matthews produce from a screenplay by Joe Knetter (Blind), based on a story by Jeff Miller (The Toybox), with Matthews directing. Executive producers are Miller and Mark L. Lester (director of Firestarter and Commando), who also EP’d The Gardener together.
“[Patrick’s] been a great addition to the cast and brought a dynamic character to our adaptation of the story,...
- 12/18/2021
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
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