We’ve seen more than a few childhood characters get the horror treatment lately for one reason or another. The next on the chopping block is The Mean One, a “violent slasher parody” inspired by Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas. It was just last week when we told you that The Mean One would be headed to theaters in December, and the first trailer has officially been released for your viewing please.

Directed by Steven Lamorte with a script by Flip and Finn Kobler, The Mean One stars David Howard Thornton (Terrifier 2) as “a hairy, green-skinned grump in a Santa suit, living on a mountain high above the town of Newville, despising the holiday season. Young Cindy You-Know-Who (Krystle Martin), whose parents were butchered by The Mean One twenty Christmases earlier, is returning to town to seek closure… but when the Mean One launches a new reign of...