This Christmas, "Pooka!", The Year's Hottest Toy, Has A 'Killer' Personality

Who is Pooka!?

Deck The Halls with Chills and Thrills with Hulu's Into The Dark, "Pooka!" 

A struggling actor gets a holiday season job as a Christmas character in a plush suit to promote the hottest toy of the year, "Pooka." At first it's a fun and friendly distraction, but he slowly develops two personalities--one when he's in the suit, and one that's outside it--as Pooka slowly starts to take possession of him. This unconventional monster movie is directed by Academy Award nominated filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo, the visionary behind the acclaimed 2016 Kaiju film COLOSSAL.

INTO THE DARK, "Pooka!" Launches Exclusively on Hulu, December 7, 2018.   

Into The Dark is a first of its kind year-round horror event series from prolific, award-winning producer, Jason Blum's independent TV studio Blumhouse Television.

Cast: Nyasha Hatendi, Latarsha Rose, Jon Daly, Dale Dickey, Jonny Berryman, and Diane Sellers. 

Crew: Written by Gerald Olson. Directed by Nacho Vigalondo. 

About Nyasha Hatendi

Nyasha Hatendi currently stars opposite Hugh Jackman and J.K. Simmons in Jason Reitman's THE FRONT RUNNER and starred as Leon in HULU'S Golden Globe nominated comedy, "Casual", created by Zander Lehmann and produced by the Oscar nominated Jason Reitman.  He began his career studying drama and theatre at the prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London where he worked alongside some of the best theater makers in Europe.  He starred in "King Charles III", which received 6 Tony nominations including Best Play.  In 2006, Hatendi made his feature film debut in the critically acclaimed  THE GOOD SHEPHERD directed by Robert De Niro opposite Angelina Jolie, Matt Damon and Eddie Redmayne. He then went on to work with Roman Polanski in THE GHOST WRITER opposite Pierce Brosnan and Ewan McGregor as well as in the sci-fi film REPLICAS opposite Keanu Reeves.