Christmas stabs early this year in the slasher horror short film XMASsacre!

May 27th 2020, 12:12pm

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

The slasher subgenre is probabky one of my favs horror wise, specially from the 70's and 80's. And what better way to murder the day then with nasty slice of Pyshco Santa! This week's horror short, as part of our horror short film showcase on our YouTube channel JOBLO HORROR VIDEOS, is Writer, Director, Producer MANDO FRANCO's ambitious yuletide slasher short film XMASsacre (tap the embed above) which stars Jackie Kelly Murphey, Tabitha Franco and Michael David Smith. XMASsacre tells the touching Christmas tale of…

A woman finds herself hunted in the snowy woods by a maniac in a Santa Claus costume.

All I need to know! Mando, take the floor as to what got you going on this project!

X-MASsacre was inspired by my favorite slasher films and was a love letter to Black Christmas, Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre. I originally had the idea back in 2008 and never really did anything with it. Living in the Midwest, I was inspired by the snow and the landscape to go on this journey to create a rubber masked killer Santa flick. As much as I love the horror genre, I’m a bigger fan of psychological thrillers and suspense. I then blended the 80’s slasher with a cat and mouse thriller. I am currently in post on a new short film called DEATH SCENE about an evil entity that lives inside a television and writing a feature. More to come!

XMASsacre was also Produced by Randy Hall and Josh Sellers. The cinematography was by Randy Hall. Eby Strauss-Barrett edited, Jeff Samet was on Sound and Music while the Make Up was by Allison Schmidt. Big congrats to every one behind the short. Keep striving and keep creating Mando!