Santa's knocking
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Santa's knocking |
| Original title | All through the house |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2015 |
| length | 88 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 18 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Todd Nunes |
| script | Todd Nunes |
| production |
Stephen J. Readmond , Christopher Stanley |
| music | Irving Victoria |
| camera | Ryan J. Anderson |
| cut |
Alexis Evelyn , Todd Nunes |
| occupation | |
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Santa's Knocking (Original title: All Through the House ) is an American slasher film from 2015 . The film by Todd Nunes plays for Christmas.
action
Fifteen years ago, five-year-old Jamie Garrett disappeared. A myth has grown up around their disappearance, from Krampus to their own father, many were considered perpetrators. As a result, Mrs. Garrett isolates herself and transforms her house into a creepy ambience full of mannequins, which is particularly strange at Christmas.
The student Rachel Kimmel is also returning after many years out of town. Her mother also disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Mrs. Garrett chose this year to leave her self-chosen and invites Rachel and her friends.
In the meantime, the neighborhood is being terrorized by a killer in a Santa Claus costume. He mainly murders couples with hedge trimmers . He cuts off the penis of the male victims.
Mrs. Garrett decides to leave the house, leaving Rachel and her friends alone. One by one, they fall victim to the killer. But Rachel is slowly discovering the truth. When the evidence grows that Mrs. Garrett had something to do with her mother's disappearance, she is overwhelmed and learns the whole truth: Jamie was born as a boy. Mrs. Garrett could not bear this and cut off his penis. When he was five he was eventually deported to a mental institution. He returned from this this Christmas and collects penises since Mrs. Garrett has promised him to sew one on. But that's not all: Rachel is Jamie's half-sister because Jamie's father had an affair with her mother, so Mrs. Garrett killed Rachel's mother and buried her in the garden.
Mrs. Garrett has other plans and tries to kill her son, but Rachel comes to his aid. Together they kill Mrs. Garrett and bury her in the garden.
background
It is in Santa's Knocking at Todd Nunes second film after Scarry Larry . He had the idea for as a teenager when he saw a poster for Silent Night, Horror Night that fascinated him. When he finally saw the film as an adult, he was initially disappointed, but had the idea of bringing out his own Christmas slasher. First came the short film Here Comes Santa , which had a similar theme. He then wrote the script in the style of a slasher from the 1980s. He started shooting the film in 2014, but it took a year to complete the film. Since the film was only shown at night, it hardly had any opportunities to shoot in the summer. In some cases, he had to accommodate the Christmas decorations that were widely used in production in his private house. He chose Lake Arrowhead (Wisconsin) , Los Angeles and Southampton in Benicia as filming locations .
He played the leading role with his younger sister Ashley Mary Nunes .
Tommy Pietch and Josh Maccaron were responsible for the extremely bloody splatter effects .
The film debuted at the Another Hole in the Head Film Festival , where it received the award for local productions, and at the RIP Horror Festival , where it received the audience award and the RIP award for best slasher. It was then shown at other film festivals.
In Austria, a DVD mediabook was released by TT Maniacs on December 4, 2016, which appeared in several limited cover editions and contained a 24-page booklet.
Reviews
The film received mostly positive reviews in horror circles, especially because of its harsh splatter effects.
Web links
- Santa's Knocking at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Santa's Knocking . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ FEATURED FEAR MAKER: Todd Nunes - We Are Indie Horror . In: We Are Indie Horror . November 30, 2015 ( weareindiehorror.com [accessed December 26, 2017]).
- ↑ Interview with Director Todd Nunes of All Through the House. Retrieved December 27, 2017 .
- ^ A b c Mike Haberfelner: An Interview with Todd Nunes, Director of All Through the House. In: (re) Search my Trash. October 2016, accessed December 27, 2017 .
- ↑ Exclusive Q&A: Filmmaker Todd Nunes on “ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE”, “DEATH WARD 13” . In: FANGORIA® . ( fangoria.com [accessed December 26, 2017]). Exclusive Q&A: Filmmaker Todd Nunes on “ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE”, “DEATH WARD 13” ( Memento of the original from June 27, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Vacaville, Benicia grads backbone of horror film . ( timesheraldonline.com [accessed December 27, 2017]).
- ↑ a b Film Review: All Through the House (2015) | HNN. Retrieved December 27, 2017 (American English).
- ↑ Santa's Knocking in the online film database
- ^ All Through the House (2016) - Dread Central. Retrieved December 27, 2017 (American English).
