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Holidays (2016) is currently streaming on SHUDDER if you have a subscription. The Easter segment is a must watch for Easter weekend. Watch the Easter clip and scene below under the trailer if you don't have a subscription and don't mind spoilers. Happy Easter!
HOLIDAYS had its world premiere at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival on April 14th, followed by a global day-and-date release on digital and VOD platforms on April 15th, 2016, and then a U.S. theatrical run that started on April 22nd, 2016. The film was produced by John Hegeman's Distant Corners Entertainment in association with XYZ Films, and is distributed by Vertical Entertainment and XYZ Films.
IMDb SYNOPSIS: HOLIDAYS is an anthology feature film that puts a uniquely dark and original spin on some of the most iconic and beloved holidays of all time. The film challenges our folklore, traditions and assumptions, making HOLIDAYS a celebration of the horror on those same special days' year after year. A collaboration of some of Hollywood's most distinct voices.
Starring Harley Quinn Smith, Lorenza Izzo, Seth Green, Clare Grant, Michael Gross. Directed by Kevin Smith (Tusk), Gary Shore (Dracula Untold), Scott Stewart (Dark Skies), Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer (Starry Eyes), Sarah Adina Smith (The Midnight Swim), Nicholas McCarthy (The Pact), Adam Egypt Mortimer (Some Kind of Hate), and Anthony Scott Burns (Darknet).
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Website: holidaysanthology.com
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Jack-O's Review: "My favs are the Father's Day segment has a great build up but a disappointing ending. Kevin Smith's Halloween segment could have taken place on any night, the story isn't really Halloween related. I loved the Easter Bunny Jesus, looks creepy as hell, but I actually liked the Valentine's Day revenge segment the best. Christmas and New Years Eve segments ends the film with a couple of good twists. Other segments were ok, I didn't enjoy as much. ★★★ = Good!" @trickhorrortreater
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"...not bad enough to dissuade prospective viewers’ from their curiosity. In fact, the whole feather-light affair is practically redeemed by a single entry: writer/director Anthony Scott Burns' superbly spooky Father's Day segment…" ★★ Simon Abrams, RogerEbert.com
"an anthology featuring segments from the directors of Dracula Untold, Tusk, Dark Skies, The Pact, and other recent horror movies of varying critical reception. That inconsistency similarly plagues Holidays, held together by the loosest of frameworks and featuring several segments that seem to have been retrofitted to the theme. When patterns do appear, it's for the worse." AVClub.com
"As for the short films themselves, some are stronger than others but it's important to note that Holidays rocks quality filmmaking across the board. Production value is generally sky high and most of the pieces feature clever concepts backed by palpable enthusiasm from the filmmakers. The only issue that does crop up in some segments is a weak punchline." Grade: B Collider.com
"...none of the contributions (Smith's excepted, ironically) feel like they were made simply to satisfy the thematic requirements of an anthology project. Each carries the inspiration and dedication to its specific story of an original short film, and if the lack of a framing device (beyond greeting-card bumpers after each) means the movie plays more like a shorts festival than a unified feature, there's also a good side to that." Fangoria.com
"Holidays is a fun romp with flashes of brilliance ...With plenty of dusty corners of YouTube offering bite-sized scares, it may seem less necessary to round up sharp minds with succinct ideas and small budgets. But the visions of these directors are so uniquely film that it adds a depth and scope to each nasty little morsel." Grade: B+ Indiewire.com
"On the whole, Holidays might take a little getting used to – at least it did for me – but it's still a pretty solid new addition to the new wave of new wave of anthologies hitting festivals and theatres and I'd definitely be up for another outing..." ★★★½ ScreamHorrorMag.com
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