“The Melancholy Fantastic” Has A New International Look

The bizarre and the macabre that is “The Melancholy Fantastic” has a new International name and new poster. The film that has a young girl copping with grief in her own unique way is now issued as “The Christmas Stranger”. Check out the new poster below and watch the trailer. Directed by A.D. Calvo and starring Amy Crowdis, Robin Lord Taylor, Josh Caras, Geneva Carr, David Pirrie, and Shirley Knight.

A reclusive young girl Melanie, copes with the recent death of her mother by constructing a life-size doll to keep her company. At first the doll, called Mor, appears to be a harmless novelty-an imaginary friend, until Mor convinces Melanie that "someone must die" so that she may embrace life. Though dark in many ways, this is an alternative Christmas story with a shockingly happy ending.