Treevenge (2008 short film)

"Ever thought about how bad it would suck to be a tree during the Christmas season? This wildly bloody and ingeniously insane short from HOBO WITH A SHOTGUN filmmakers Jason Eisener and Rob Cotterill shines light on the forgotten victims of the holidays. Prepare to have your Yuletides yacked!"

-Mitch Davis

AWARDS:

-Honorable Mention (for Shorts) @ Sundance Film Festival
-2008 International Watch List
-Audience Award for Best Short Film @ New York City Horror Film Fest
-Best Local Film @ The Coast Magazine (Halifax)
-Audience Award for Best Short Film @ Toronto After Dark Festival
-Audience Award for Best Short Film @ Fantasia Film Festival (Montreal, QC)
-Best Editing @ Atlantic Film Festival (Halifax, NS)
-Best Short Film @ Fantastic Fest Online (Austin, TX)
-Audience Award for Best Short Film @ San Francisco Independent Film Festival
-Rue Morgue Magazine - Best Short Film
-Boston Underground Film Festival - Best of the Fest Short Film
-A Night of Horror Film Fest - Best SPFX (Sydney, Oz)
-RINCON Film Fest - Best Fright Night Film (Puerto Rico)

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Treevenge is a dish best served cold, preferably on a snowy Christmas morning. At least, that's what the trees in this short film seem to think.

From Hobo With a Shotgun director, Jason Eisner, comes this yuletide tale of an x-mas tree killing spree.  Apparently they don't take too kindly to being chopped down every holiday season and ultimately ending up in a wood chipper. With a major woodchip on their shoulders, the trees look to put an end to this tree torture by launching a surprise attack on the humans that ends in a bloody massacre. Warning: Even babies aren't safe from the carnage.

You might want to consider getting an artificial tree after watching this.

Fans of the Trailer Park Boys will recognize Jonathan Torrens & Sarah Dunsworth who play a married couple with two children.

Verdict: This horror/comedy is just treemendous fun without the tree sap that usually drips from holiday movies.

This movie is part of my Ho Ho Horror! Advent Calendar movie list. To see the whole list, click on the link.

After making a fake Hobo With a Shotgun grindhouse trailer and winning a contest, Jason Eisner went on to direct a feature length movie of the same name. Here's the official trailer.

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