No More Tinsel in Treevenge

Yer Dead Productions presents "Treevenge," a creative tale of Christmas trees, revenge and infanticide during Christmas time. From producer Rob Cotterill and director Jason Eisener this comedy, horror short has recently finished playing at the reknowned Calgary Underground Film Festival, for film fans. Winner of several coveted awards including Best Short Film from both Rue Magazine and Fantastic Film Fest "Treevenge," is likely coming to a film festival near you.

And fortunately friend to 28DLA and horror enthusiast Zacery Nova was able to catch a select viewing at the CUF Festival and here is what he has to say about the film...

Director: Jason Eisener.

Writer: Rob Cotterill.

"Treevenge," is about sentient Christmas trees, that are cut down by cruel woodsmen, then distributed to dumb families and the trees, subsequently, get their bloody revenge. That is it and yet the film is ten times better than anything in the theater today, tomorrow or next week! "Treevenge," was made by the creators of “Hobo with a Shotgun”, a mediocre effort I did not much care for, but this makes up for that film in spades. There is gore, which is played strictly for laughs, there are old-school effects, no CGI, and there is overacting, then murder of tweens, which I am always a fan for (I want this desperately to get released on DVD with either extended sequences or deleted scenes).

The kidnapping of the trees is amusing because the scenes are played like any alien abduction movie you ever saw except the trees are the victims and the woodchoppers are the nasty, brutal aliens. The trees make adorable squeaky noises and shake a lot; what they say is subtitled in suitably green font and in hilarious B-movie “No! Don’t leave me!” styled dialogue. I do not want to spoil anything else because if I do the film will not work for fans as well.

So, I will only say that for those of you that enjoyed "Santa’s Slay," there are a ton of Christmas-themed deaths, which I love and there are buckets of dark humor. Also, I liked the classic horror scenes, they robbed from other films, but replaced the killers, or occasionally victims with Christmas trees. I cannot emphasize how important it is for you to see this film. If "Treevenge," is playing near you, if you can find the film online, if you see a DVD of "Treevenge," watch it!

Check out Zac's horror-themed blog here:

Zacery Nova at Stupid Horror Movies

For a movie clip from "Treevenge," visit a host site below:

Treevenge - Christmas Tree Attacks Movie Clip

Sources:

Treevenge Homepage

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