Freddy Opens X-mas Presents: Part 2: All The Creatures Were Stirring

An anthology collection of pretty weak christmas horror ideas Read the full article on AICN Freddy Beans here with a review for a horror themed Christmas movie titled ALL THE CREATURES WERE STIRRING.  The title is available now on DVD, On Demand and Digital Video.  The film premieres on Shudder today! This one starts off promising enough.  It’s an anthology and it’s bookended by a tale of a mismatched date to a minimalist Christmas show.  Each segment is exhibited with minimalist flair, a title card on a lone easel is tossed and we enter the show. The first story “The Stockings Were Hung” opens on a work Christmas party.  Everyone is pretty hum drum and then you find out the party is being hosted by a Jigsaw wannabe.  The reactions are hard to swallow as is that noxious gas filling the room.  For an opener it’s largely, meh. The 2nd story “Dash Away All” follows a man finishing up his last minute shopping.  He locks himself out of the car and while waiting for a tow truck in the almost empty parking lot, spies a lone van.  The cute hippie girls in the van seem sweet.   He’s all alone but he resists the allure of joining them both in the van.  This is the best segment of the film.  I couldn’t wait to find out what was going on and the end is so miserable it was perfect for the true Xmas spirit! 3rd up “Arose Such A Clatter” follows a revenge fueled Rudolph.  Out to exert his revenge on the Blitzen hit and run killer.  This was a Finish the article on AICN