Dec 12, 202211 min readHow Casper Kelly’s Experimental Yule Log Project Turned into Adult Swim’s First Horror Feature [Interview]Casper Kelly opens up on how his stealth holiday horror movie came together, its curious development, and the importance of keeping audiences surprised. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to genuinely surprise audiences during a digital age where entire scripts can leak before a movie even exits pre-production. Horror is a genre that thrives through the unknown […] The post How Casper Kelly’s Experimental Yule Log Project Turned into Adult Swim’s First Horror Feature [Interview] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.
Dec 12, 20226 min readAdult Swim’s Surprise Horror Movie “The Fireplace” Burns Bright as a Gonzo Experimental Holiday Classic [Review]Adult Swim’s first feature-length horror film is the holiday gift that keeps on giving and a standout genre experiment. “It’s so hard to surprise people these days…Everybody’s seen everything.” It’s two minutes before Adult Swim’s holiday yule log presentation finally shows its hand, breaks free of its defining formula, and begins to first hint that […] The post Adult Swim’s Surprise Horror Movie “The Fireplace” Burns Bright as a Gonzo Experimental Holiday Classic [Review] appeared first on Bloody Disgusting!.