UNHOLY NIGHT Official Trailer: Michael Gabriele’s New Holiday Horror Flick Slates December Launch On Shudder
Director Michael Gabriele’s latest Christmas horror, Unholy Night, had a good run at the festival’s this year and you can take a gander at my review if you’re keen. In the meantime, the film which stars Mark Bendavid and Shailene Garnett is dressing up the holiday chills with an official trailer to mark the occasion as of Monday ahead of its release on horror streamer, Shudder.
Read on:
New York, NY – November 9, 2026 – Shudder, AMC Global Media’s premium streaming service for horror, thrillers and the supernatural, today released the trailer and poster for new festive horror UNHOLY NIGHT, debuting exclusively on Shudder December 4. Directed by Michael Gabriele, whose short film GET AWAY won the Gold Audience Award for Best International Short at Fantasia 2023, UNHOLY NIGHT marks his feature film directorial debut. Starring Marc Bendavid (Dark Matter, Reacher) and Shailene Garnett (Fire Country, Diggstown), the film made its world premiere this summer at Fantasia International Film Festival and also won the Gold Audience Award for Best Canadian Feature.
Centered on Gino’s traditional family Christmas Eve, the night turns into a bloody battle for survival when his long-dead grandma drops by and goes on a murderous rampage. Amid the chaos, Gino reunites with his ex and the dysfunctional duo must avoid his dead Italian relatives popping up all around the neighborhood as they search for a way to get rid of these Yuletide revenants and survive his family Christmas.
UNHOLY NIGHT is produced by Gabriele, Jenna MacMillan, Marc Tetreault and Jason Levangie with Dave Anderson, Jason MacIssac, Richard Huggard, Tina Carbone and Jef Burnham serving as Executive Producers.
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