Dr. Suess’ classic story How the Grinch Stole Christmas serves as the inspiration for a new indie horror film coming out titled The Mean One. It will put a new terrifying violent R-rated spin on the classic character.
The Mean One is described as an “outrageous slasher parody” and in the audacious new parody, “The Mean One (David Howard Thornton) is 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 terror that threatens to destroy Christmas, Cindy finds a bold new purpose — trapping and killing the monster.”
David Howard Thornton plays Art the Clown in Terrifier 2 and he further “cements his presence in horror history with this newly-iconic slasher villain. Holiday aficionados who think they know The Mean One are in for a very big surprise.”
The film was directed by Steven LaMorte’with a script by Flip and Finn Kobler, The Mean One also stars Chase Mullins, John Bigham, Erik Baker, Flip Kobler, and Amy Schumacher.
Check out the trailer for The Mean One below, and it will be released in select theaters on December 9th.