Patrick Bergin (Robin Hood) has been cast in Nutcracker, a new holiday horror movie from director Rebecca J. Matthews.
Deadline reports that the film “concerns a struggling novelist who visits her family for Christmas and finds a mysterious, life-size Nutcracker doll, which soon becomes possessed and wreaks havoc.” Bergin will play a shopkeeper who “knows much about the dark history of the doll.” Beatrice Fletcher, Julie Stevens, Andy Dixon, May Kelly, Stephen Staley, Christopher Monplaisir, Tony Goodall, Chrissie Wunna, and Kelly Rian Sanson also star.
Joe Knetter (Blind) wrote the screenplay for Nutcracker, which was based on a story by Jeff Miller.
Filming is currently underway.
Words: Samantha McLaren (@themeatispeople)