Sid Haig Stars The Hanukiller In The Holiday Slasher ‘Hanukkah’
After years of being stuck in developmental limbo, director Eben McGarr‘s Hanukkah is finally in post-production. And we have got the holiday horror film’s first look to share with you. Devil’s Rejects actor Sid Haig stars as Judah Lazarus, Caroline Williams (Texas Chainsaw Massacre II, Contracted, Halloween II, Hatchet 3) as Ana Lazarus, and P.J. Soles (Halloween, Carrie, The Devil’s Rejects) as Mrs. Horowitz. McGarr and Chris Ott are both serving as producers. “Obediah Lazarus is the son of Judah Lazarus, the original Hanukiller. 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
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