The basic story is: “Dracula invades the North Pole during its six months of darkness, forcing Santa Claus and his crew of iconic Christmas characters to defend their home against an army of the world's most infamous monsters.”
We’re working the story on two levels. One is as a tongue and cheek spoof of over-the-top, big-budget, action movies (our Santa is part Sean Connery and our Dracula is in the mold of Alan Rickman’s ‘Die Hard’ bad guy, Hans Gruber).
The other is just straight out as the battle everyone has wanted to see play out: the forces of Halloween versus the forces of Christmas .
This allows us to have both (a) funny scenes and (b) just really cool, fun battles like the following:
• Santa vs Dracula – Our main event. The secular/pop-culture representations of good and evil.
• Mrs. Claus vs. The Hunchback – It’s unappreciated homemaker versus unappreciated homemaker (although to be fair, our Mrs. Claus is a strong, young, attractive, Africa-American woman who the frequently divorced, workaholic Santa)
• Flakey the Snowman vs. Frankenstein – Golem vs. golem, each with an aversion to fire.
• Randolph the Radiant-Nosed Reindeer vs. Mr. Hyde – An alcoholic Randolph faces his inner-demons when he faces the embodiment of inner-demons himself.
• Abominable Snowman vs. The Werewolf – Abominable must decide once and for all whether he’s a monster or one of Santa’s helpers.
• Jack Frost vs. The Invisible Man – Nude invisible guy versus the master of ice and snow.
We feel the project would sell well on a yearly basis due to its ties to both Halloween and Christmas and would easily translate into both toys and adaptations into other entertainment mediums.
Our title is also highly attention grabbing.
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