‘Violent Night’ Sounds Like a Bloody Holiday Treat; David Harbour is Ass-Kicking Santa!

Horror

The first look at Norwegian filmmaker Tommy Wirkola‘s (Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, Dead Snow franchise) new movie Violent Night was shown off by Focus Features during CinemaCon tonight, with attendees raving that the film looks to be a violent cult classic in the making. David Harbour (“Stranger Things”) stars as a badass, ass-kicking Santa Claus!

Violent Night was compared to Die Hard by Harbour on the CinemaCon stage, the film centered on Harbour’s Santa Claus rescuing a family that’s been taken hostage. The film is being described as a violent action-comedy, with John Leguizamo playing the villain!

Check out some Twitter reactions below while we wait for footage to come online.

In the film, “A team of elite mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage. But the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus (Harbour) is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.”

Beverly D’AngeloAlex Haskell and Alexis Louder are also in the upcoming Focus Features movie, starring alongside Edi Patterson and Cam Gigandet.

Universal will release Violent Night on December 2, 2022.

Pat Casey and Josh Miller (Sonic) wrote the movie.

Kelly McCormick and David Leitch produced for 87North.

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