12 Deadly Days Kicks Off With Joe Lynch, Bill Moseley, and a Classic Christmas Carol!
Steve Barton
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Blumhouse Television and YouTube Red’s “12 Deadly Days” has kicked off today, and you can check out clips from the first and second episodes right here!
On the first day of Christmas…
“12 Deadly Days – A Haunting at the End of the Street” – Directed by Joe Lynch (Episode 1 Preview Clip)
It’s a twisted take on “A Christmas Carol” in which a contemporary Ebenezer Scrooge refuses to reform and hires the Cratchit brothers, a ragtag team of ghost hunters, to exterminate his paranormal visitors. Features YouTube star Meghan Reinks.
On the second day of Christmas…
“12 Deadly Days – Killer Firs” (Episode 2 Preview Clip)
A young woman (Betty Gabriel) discovers the family Christmas tree business may be harboring a dark secret after the mysterious death of her estranged father. Also stars Burnie Burns and Troy Pindell.
Additional episodes will roll out daily exclusively on YouTube Red.
“12 Deadly Days” is a new half-hour horror comedy series from Blumhouse Television. It was created by Chris Cullari and Jennifer Raite and is set in the cursed town of Saturn, CA, during the 12 days leading up to Christmas. Over the course of a dozen interconnected tales, the town’s residents find themselves terrorized by everything from killer carolers and lovelorn vampires to cursed fruitcakes and haunted Christmas trees.
Blumhouse Television — the TV division of Blumhouse Productions — serves as the studio on the series, produced by Dakota Pictures. Cullari and Raite executive produce “12 Deadly Days” with Troy Miller of Dakota, Josh Miller, and Pat Casey. Episodes in “12 Deadly Days” were directed by renowned genre talent like Joe Lynch, Joe Menendez, Eduardo Sanchez and Gregg Hale, and John Hyams as well as Miller.
The cast includes Betty Gabriel (The Purge: Election Year), Kaitlin Doubleday (“Empire”), Dohn Norwood (“Hell on Wheels”), and Tom Lenk (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) along with YouTube creators Anna Akana, Burnie Burns, Timothy DeLaGhetto, Brittany Furlan, Tre Melvin, Mikey Murphy, Eric Ochoa, Nikki Limo, Troy Pindell, Meghan Rienks, Jake Roper, and Alexis Zall.
“We’re honored to be working with Blumhouse, the masters of horror, as we move into more genre programming for YouTube Red and were excited to pair them with twelve of the best actor-creators on YouTube for ’12 Deadly Days,’” said Tim Shey, Head of Scripted Programming, YouTube Originals. “Viewers are going to be blown away by the storytelling, performances, and dark humor of this series, which is like nothing else out right now.”
“We are excited to start this new chapter of Blumhouse Television with ’12 Deadly Days,’” said Gold and Wiseman. “Chris and Jennifer created a unique and original series that Troy and his team at Dakota, along with Josh and Pat, have helped bring to life. YouTube Red is the perfect home for such an irreverent and scary series, and we can’t wait to share it with everyone.”
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