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Jolly old St. Nick becomes a murderous bishop set on fulfilling a grisly prophecy in this thriller from IFC Midnight

Saint, a new action thriller from director Dick Maas, is set to make its North America premier tonight as part of the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival line-up. The film was just acquired by IFC Midnight for theatrical distribution in the states, and will be hitting select screens throughout the country later this year.

An original and delightfully gruesome slasher film, Saint re-imagines jolly old Saint Nick as a murderous bishop fulfilling a grisly prophecy under the December full moon. Packed with creative yuletide horror, Saint is a fun chiller that follows local teen Frank (Egbert Jan Weeber) as he sets out on a bloody, high-energy battle to save Amsterdam from the wrathful "Sinterklaas" and his minions.

We caught up with writer-director Dick Maas on the eve of Saint's Stateside debut to...

St. Niklas Weapon in HandSint means Saint in English and this is the title for a new Dutch film, which puts a vengeful bishop front and center in a new horror movie. In fact, there is a new trailer for this European export and in the clip, the deceased bishop St. Niklas comes back to life for one night only. This night is December 5th and this is a time for revenge, bloodlust, and murderous consecration, as villagers struggle to stay alive. Watch the clip inside until the film comes to North America.

The synopsis for Sint here:

"St. Niklas, a bishop fallen out of grace, travels 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,...