Okay, this is just awesome. A horror flick (with, I presume, more than a little dark humor thrown in) about an extreme Jewish extremist who goes on a deranged killing spree during, you guessed it, Hanukkah.
I’ll let the synopsis do the talking: Obediah Lazarus is the son of Judah Lazarus, the original Hannukiller. In 1983, Judah terrorized NY for seven nights and was preparing to sacrifice his eight year old son, Obediah, on the eighth night. Judah was convinced it was God’s will, like Abraham and Isaac, to sacrifice his only son to God. Luckily for Obediah, police tracked Judah down and stopped the sacrifice, but Judah was gunned down in the process. Warped by hatred with no guidance, Obediah Lazarus becomes a religious extremist, intolerant of non-Jews, “bad Jews”, and those he perceives to be enemies of the Jewish faith. He is about to unleash eight nights of horror.
A group of Jewish teens are getting ready to party for the holidays, but are in for a Festival of Frights. With the help of a wise Rabbi, they deduce that the murder victims have violated Judaic law and that their only chance at survival is to embrace their faith.
And with that, I think we’ve just about used up every holiday as a setting for the serial killer genre.
Eben McGarr is directing the flick, although no release date – or info of any other kind- is available. Check out the Facebook page right HERE.