The Dutch film was picked up for distribution by IFC Films, has seen some festival circuit play, and some positive word of mouth. Looks like a riot to me, there aren’t nearly enough genre films about ol’ Saint Nick if you ask me.
SAINT finds St. Niklas, a bishop fallen out of grace, travel in the middle ages with his gang of robbers and thieves through the countryside, raping, plundering and killing. When villagers take the law into their own hands and murder the bloodthirsty bishop and his thugs by setting the ship on which they travel ablaze, Niklas vows revenge. Now every time there is a full moon on December 5th, the date that he died, something that on average takes place every 36 years, St. Niklas and his helpers will rise from the dead and take revenge in a horrible way.
The film was written and directed by Dick Maas (who is currently working on the thriller QUIZ), it stars Huub Stapel, Egbert Jan Weeber, Caro Lenssen, Kees Boot, Frederik Brom, Madelief Blanken (below), Cynthia Abma, Joey van der Velden, Terrence Sinclair and Christopher Parren.
Check out the film on Sundance Now!
Extended Teaser Trailer