The Nutcracker comes to life in a brand new holiday horror film from director Rebecca J. Matthews, writes Deadline.
The film concerns a struggling novelist who visits her family for Christmas and finds a mysterious, life-size Nutcracker doll, which soon becomes possessed and wreaks havoc.
Patrick Bergin (Robin Hood, EastEnders) plays a shopkeeper who knows much about the dark history of the doll.
Nutcracker also stars Beatrice Fletcher, Julie Stevens, Andy Dixon, May Kelly, Stephen Staley, Christopher Monplaisir, Tony Goodall, Chrissie Wunna, and Kelly Rian Sanson.
Scott Jeffrey and Rebecca J. Matthews produce from a screenplay by Joe Knetter (Blind), based on a story by Jeff Miller (The Toybox). Executive producers are Miller and Mark L. Lester (director of Firestarter and Commando), who also EP’d The Gardener together.
Filming is currently underway.
Nutcracker is a co-production between Millman Productions, Titan Global Entertainment, and Proportion Productions who handled the distribution worldwide.