Violent Night 2 director reveals a disturbing scene inspired by horror master Sam Raimi

Brian VanHooker is a Pop Culture Writer specializing in Celebrity Interviews and In-Depth Oral Histories in the areas of Comedy, TV, Film, Cartoons, Comic Books, 80s/90s Nostalgia, Fatherhood, Retro Games and Food (especially Pizza). He was the Senior Features Writer at Cracked and a Staff Writer at MEL. He has written for Inverse, Inside Hook, Maxim, Men's Health, Fatherly, SFGate and more. He's the co-creator of the comic book/cartoon Barnum & Elwood and The Tramp, an award-winning comedy pilot starring John O’Hurley. He also hosts a TMNT interview podcast called Turtle Tracks and was once called a “Good Guy” by Mr. T. Check out the trailer for Violent Night 2 That’s the hilarious premise for Violent Night 2, the sequel to the 2022 action comedy Violent Night, in which David Harbour stars as a very different kind of Santa. In the first film, a disillusioned, hard-drinking Santa Claus rescues a wealthy family by ruthlessly killing a team of mercenaries that have taken over their home. In the first trailer for the sequel, we learn Santa has been slaughtering the naughty ever since, which places Saint Nick on his very own naughty list. Like the first movie, the trailer makes clear t

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