David Howard Thornton can add a new masked homicidal slasher motherfucker to his resume with The Mean One (2022). The movie was an indie smash that dominated last holiday season, and racked up massive attention online, through the media, and via its wildly successful theatrical run exclusively at Regal Cinemas. Now, it is having its release on DVD, Blu-Ray, and digital platforms.
The movie is first set in 2000, in the sleepy mountain town of Newville, where young Cindy You-Know-Who witnessed her mother murdered by the Mean One, a bloodthirsty green-skinned creature dressed in a red Santa suit. Twenty years later, Cindy and her father return to the town at the suggestion of Cindy’s therapist. But when the ravenous monster soon begins to terrorize the town and threatens to ruin the holidays, Cindy finds a new purpose in stopping and killing the beast.
Starring David Howard Thornton, known for being Art the Clown in Terrifier (2016) and Terrifier 2 (2022), as The Mean One, the cast also includes Krystle Martin, Chase Mullins, John Bigham, Erik Baker, Flip Kobler, and Amy Schumacher.
Steven LaMorte, responsible for the horror flicks Never Leave Alive (2017), Trials of Ember (2018), and Bury Me Twice (2022), is the producer, co-writer, and director of The Mean One (2022). Flip Kobler and Finn Kobler are the co-writers of the screenplay.
Produced by Sleight of Hand Productions, the movie is out on digital platforms, including Amazon Prime Video, on DVD, and Blu-Ray on October 3, 2023.
Watch the official trailer for The Mean One (2022).
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