Nine years ago, Martin Starr (Freaks and Geeks) and Amrita Acharia (Game of Thrones) both had roles in the Norwegian horror comedy Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead. Now Starr and Acharia lead the cast of another Norwegian production, the holiday horror movie There’s Something in the Barn – and our friends at Bloody Disgusting have just unveiled the first image from the movie! You can check it out at the bottom of this article.
Directed by Magnus Martens from a screenplay written by Aleksander Kirkwood Brown, There’s Something in the Barn is described as being “an ambitious artistic bridge between American classics and Norwegian mythology” that is like “Gremlins meets Home Alone meets National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation“. The story follows a typical American family who inherits a farm in the Norwegian mountains and crosses paths with a tricky creature from Nordic folklore, the Barn Elf. The family must avoid incurring the wrath of this gnome-like Santa by eschewing all bright lights and loud noises and making sure to leave a bowl of porridge on Christmas Eve.
I don’t know the legend of the Barn Elf, but that set-up sounds both interesting and very creepy to me. And the combination of “Gremlins meets Home Alone meets National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” is a winner if I ever heard one. Here’s hoping that There’s Something in the Barn will turn out to be something movie fans will be going back to every December, just like many of us do with those three movies that are listed as sources of inspiration.
There’s Something in the Barn was produced by 74 Entertainment, with XYZ Films executive producing and co-financing.
Magnus Martens’ previous directing credits include United, Jackpot, SAS: Red Notice, and episodes of the TV shows Banshee, 12 Monkeys, Power, Luke Cage, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Longmire, Furia, Fear the Walking Dead, and The Walking Dead: World Beyond.
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