 Thanks for checking out this movie review video This is for a creep show holiday special Which is a shutter original as most people probably know because all the creep show stuff is now and it is coming to shutter on Friday December 18th at 1201 a.m. So if you stay up that late you can see it as soon as it's on Otherwise, you'll probably catch it the next day basically or same day at a reasonable time basically So since this is this review is coming out before it's going on to shutter I can't say a whole lot about it and particularly with these creep show ones They've started to say, you know, don't say anything about plot We don't want you to give really anything away, which I totally understand So I'm not gonna do a synopsis for this one really But I will say watch it if you have liked any of the creep show stuff. This is a must I dare to say this is the best of the original shutter creep show stuff the best And obviously I'll talk about some reasons why without giving any spoilers, but definitely do not miss this one It's really good So it's written and directed by Greg Nicotero who other creep show stuff that he had either directed or written or written and Directed the segment gray matter. He did the the finger which the finger was one of my favorites Survivor type which I thought was very good and twittering from the Circus of the Dead, which was decent I didn't really like great matter by the way So this is based on a story by J a Conrath now that individual I wasn't able to find any IMDB credits for that person So he's an author and apparently he focused a lot on doing releasing e-books So apparently in 2011 Conrath was kind of picked as one of the top five E-book authors to watch so since then he has put out even more so this is kind of piquing my interest in his stuff because Great story concept in my opinion. So anyway, it starts like the others with creep show with the creep Kind of doing his a little bit of introduction and it starts with kind of the pages of the comic book and all that type of stuff So it's very formulaic for the other Installments, I guess I should call it that They use the physical form of the creep for this one, which I prefer to the animated version So I hope they kind of keep with that The beginning scene of the actual movie I'm calling it a movie because it's like 45 minutes long and honestly when it's done you want more of it I want more of it So the beginning scene sets it up to be comedic Which immediately creates this kind of fun atmosphere for it And one of the great things is all the comedic moments for the most part actually Legitimately land in the film. There are so many times especially with horror comedies where the comedic moments just kind of flop You know, they throw them out there and you're just kind of like Or you don't find it funny at all or you're just like wow But this one for the most part they all landed for me and honestly This is the most I've laughed at a horror comedy in a while I was by myself watching it and I'm laughing out loud Which says a lot because it takes a lot for me to laugh when I'm on my own I legitimately laughed out loud Probably about four times during this and it's only 45 minutes. That's pretty that's really good. Actually. I was gonna say pretty good That's really good. It's very funny and it's very fun and I really enjoyed it It becomes clear very early. This is a delightfully unique story and it is very unique The initial portion of the story could easily be spawned off into its own series. So if anyone from Shutter sees this Let's work on that. This could be its own original Shutter series Just the beginning concept and it people if you've if you're watching this and you've already seen it You'll know what I mean It would be so great because the idea like I said, it's so unique. It's so interesting There's so many possibilities that it sets up. That's one of the best things Directing and acting are very solid with this well handled There's there are brief moments in multiple scenes that have this one commonality and I can't get too specific about it But there's this one commonality most likely you'll kind of notice it as you're going through and it's a foreshadowing That there's something else coming to the story and when that something else is added to the story It ups the fun Even more it ups the comedy even more it ups the fun even more and actually the film ends up getting to a point where it's very Over the top, but it's a awesome over the top It is like the best type of over the top for horror fans because it's fun. It's funny Yeah, it's it's I really can't say enough about this. I was very surprised I mean I've liked a good amount of the creep show stuff But this one just it's kind of the next level in my opinion. It really is There's an amazingly fun and funny integration of Christmas into the story, so it truly is a holiday special So no surprise there really because it's called a creep show holiday special So I love the integration of Christmas into it. I know a lot of other people are going to as well There's a smart use of the comic panels which has been done before in some of the segments and when I say it's a smart use of it It's it integrates Properly where people don't it doesn't take people out of things because they've already set up the segment in the beginning With having comic panels to tell the very beginning portion of the story But they use it when it would be something that's a bit more expensive to do so in order to keep the budget down They go back to the comic panels so they can tell that portion of the story and not I have to you know Do it practically on screen, so it's a good cost savings Thing and it's it doesn't take you out of it. It's fine. So pretty pretty smart There's one moment you've been really hoping for since the beginning of the story and it does deliver pretty well I was kind of thinking with how low budget this typically is I'm not really sure we're gonna get this out of the story. I really hope so though and when it happens It delivers it actually delivers and then it goes a little bit further after that for something that you probably Won't necessarily see coming. Maybe you will but I I didn't and when it happened. I was like, okay This is the next step. This is all right There are nice practical effects in it not like the most amazing practical effects you've ever seen but really good I will say especially for how low budget this is or at least how low budget I assume it is and once again The story is over the top, but it's delightfully over the top. It's fun. It's funny. It's delightful. I really enjoy this I cannot recommend it enough like I said if you've liked any creep show segment you have to watch this one This is a must and I'm gonna tell a lot of people about it I'm gonna make my wife watch it because she likes Christmas related stuff and she can handle some horror and plus It's you know horror comedy so pretty easy. I'm recommending it to all my friends. I'm gonna rewatch it when it hits shutter I'm a fan. I quite like it if you can't tell so anyway out of five stars with half stars possible I'm giving it a four four and a half star rating this is definitely the best creep show that I've seen from shutter and Kudos Greg Nicotero kudos, man You delivered something that we really needed for the 20 for 2020 December holiday time It's been rough so to have something light-hearted and fun like this means a lot to a horror fan like me And I know a lot of others so if I guarantee Greg Nicotero never see this But if on and off chance he does thank you so much and bravo. Well done really enjoyed it. So anyway, I will allow Spoilers in the comments if you've seen it and you're watching this video after you've seen it go ahead and put spoilers in the comments So people just be aware. Let's get nerdy. 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