A Creature Was Stirring: Chrissy Metz, Scout Taylor-Compton star in Christmas horror film

Well Go USA Entertainment has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to a Christmas horror film called A Creature Was Stirring, which stars Chrissy Metz (This Is Us) and Scout Taylor-Compton (Rob Zombie’s Halloween). A specific release date hasn’t been announced yet, but December would be a good guess for the release month. Deadline got their hands on the first image of Metz from the film, and you can check that out at the bottom of this article.

Directed by Damien LeVeck (The Cleansing Hour) from a screenplay by first-time writer Shannon Wells, A Creature Was Stirring also stars Connor Paolo (Friend Request) and Annalise Basso (Oculus). The film centers on

the overprotective mother and professional nurse Faith (Metz), who keeps her teenage daughter (Basso) locked securely in her room and subjected to constant methadone injections, their only means of sustaining a delicately balanced fever state that keeps a mysterious and terrifying affliction at bay. However, when a pair of strangers (Taylor-Compton and Paolo) breaks into the home while seeking shelter from the Christmas blizzard, they quickly discover that this mother-daughter relationship stretches the limits of both dysfunction and reality, and that the women are hiding a terrible secret — specifically, the presence of a malevolent houseguest who won’t be content to lurk in the shadows much longer. (Hint: it ain’t Santa.)

Natalie LeVeck of Skubalon and Aaron B. Koontz of Paper Street Pictures produced. Well Go USA’s Doris Pfardrescher and Brennan Lane serve as executive producers. Tate Steinsiek designed and created the practical creature effects.

Damien LeVeck provided the following statement: “For genre fans, A Creature Was Stirring has it all: a spectacular practical monster, unexpected twists and turns, and the phenomenal talent of Chrissy Metz in a kind of performance no one has ever seen from her before. All of these elements are further amplified by the incredible abilities of Annalise, Scout and Connor, who are already much beloved mainstays of the horror community. Fans will relish each actors’ dark transformation for this twisted tale, which — paired with Tate’s unparalleled ability to bring nightmares to life on-screen — elevates this film beyond even my wildest expectations.”

Doris Pfardrescher added: “The story itself conjures up this disturbing portrayal of how guilt, dark secrets, personal vices and mental illness can combine, fester, and eventually end up eating you alive — perhaps even literally. Horror fans especially will be thrilled by the homage paid to classic creature features, particularly in the use of only practical effects to bring this nightmarish vision to life onscreen.”

A Creature Was Stirring sounds very promising to me, so I hope we will have the chance to watch it this December. How does the movie sound to you? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

Here’s the image of Metz’s character: