Stephanie Bates

The Mean One is a hairy, green-skinned grump in a Santa suit, living on a mountain high above the town of Newville, despising the holiday season. Young Cindy You-Know-Who, whose parents were butchered by The Mean One twenty Christmases earlier, is returning to town to seek closure… but is about to discover that this fiend with a heart two sizes to small is still quite eager to carve the roast beast.

A Seattle-based filmmaking team struggles to break down the doors of Hollywood.

8.3/10

Inspired by the CHARLES DICKENS psychological thriller. Mary, desperate to find a cure for her chronic, terrifying nightmares, takes a leap of faith on a reclusive Holistic Doctor, but as her clarity sharpens, Mary unearths the frightening mystery behind his obscure methods.