Trailer for Huluween's MR. CROCKET Horror Movie About a Demonic Children’s Show Host
Hulu has released the trailer for its upcoming Huluween horror movie Mr. Crocket, which is about a seemingly sweet children’s show host who turns demonic. It looks like a fun horror flick!
The movie is set in 1993, and the story follows a mysterious children’s show host, Mr. Crocket, who “magically emerges from television sets to kidnap young children, brutally slaying their parents in the process.
“After Mr. Crocket snatches her son, one determined mother embarks on a perilous quest to track down the demonic entertainer and rescue her boy.”
The movie is directed by Brandon Espy from a script he wrote with with Carl Reid. Mr. Crocket is based on the 2022 short of the same name, written and directed by Espy for Hulu’s Bite Size Halloween.
The movie stars Jerrika Hinton, Elvis Nolasco, Ayden Gavin, Kristolyn Lloyd, and Alex Akpobome star. It is set to make its world premiere next week at Fantastic Fest.
The film “struck the Fantastic Fest programming team for set pieces reminiscent of the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET franchise and the tone of TALES FROM THE HOOD. Espy’s directorial debut is a fun nightmare slasher with a real emotional core.
“Elvis Nolasco’s performance as the titular villain, Mr. Crocket, alternates between charming host and sociopathic murderer. A terrifying mashup of Freddy Krueger and Mr. Rogers, he owns the frame whenever he is onscreen as a charismatic and demented personality that will enrapture you just as much as he does the children he kidnaps.
“So grab some popcorn and strap in for the world premiere of this kids TV show from hell, MR. CROCKET.”
The original horror film premieres on Hulu on October 11, 2024.