41-499: Yoga Hosers is a 2016 American comedy horror film written and directed by Kevin Smith . It is a spin-off of Smith's 2014 horror film Tusk and stars Smith's daughter Harley Quinn Smith , Lily-Rose Depp , and her father, Johnny Depp . The second film in Smith's True North trilogy , it had its world premiere on January 24 at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival before being released on September 2, 2016, by Invincible Pictures. The film
82-419: A Documentary , was a student film documentary that fell apart in production. To salvage it, Smith and Mosier interviewed the crew about the demise of the very documentary that they had been attempting to produce. They also added a segment in which the two were shown in silhouette as they described their fictional thoughts. Four months into the eight-month program, Smith decided to drop out, but not before making
123-467: A budget of $ 20 million. The editing was difficult, due to the MPAA threatening to give the film an NC-17 rating. In the film, Mosier played the assistant director on the set of the fictional sequel to Good Will Hunting and reprises his Willam Black character from Clerks . Mosier had a comparatively larger budget to work with on the film Jersey Girl , at $ 35 million. The editing was also difficult due to
164-699: A co-executive producer on Good Will Hunting and Big Helium Dog . He also appeared in cameos in Drawing Flies as the Crying Diaperman, in A Better Place as Larry, and in Vulgar as Scotty. Although he barely recorded any episodes in 2017, Mosier is also a co-host, along with Smith, of the SModcast podcast hosted by the Smith-owned SModcast.com. In 2007, Salim Baba , a short documentary Mosier produced,
205-449: A concerned father who shields his daughter's eyes from the sight of a character sitting on a toilet. In 2008, Mosier worked again with Smith as the producer on Zack and Miri Make a Porno . Mosier served as an executive producer, editor, and actor for Bryan Johnson 's Vulgar , an Askew production. He had also served as a producer (along with Smith) on Drawing Flies , A Better Place , and Clerks: The Animated Series ; he served as
246-471: A deal with Mosier: each would start writing a script of his own, and the one who finished last would help the other with his film. On Smith's first feature film, Clerks , Mosier recorded the original sound on set, edited the film (at RST Video), and contributed to the budget. He also contributed by appearing on-screen as multiple characters, including the angry hockey player and Willam Black (Snowball). On 1995 film Mallrats , Mosier worked in organizing
287-584: A film titled Moose Jaws , which he describes as " Jaws with a moose". Smith revealed that the Colleens will return for Moose Jaws . Comedy horror Comedy horror (also called horror comedy ) is a literary , television , and film genre that combines elements of comedy and horror fiction . Comedy horror has been described as having three types: " black comedy , parody and spoof." Comedy horror can also parody or subtly spoof horror clichés as its main source of humour or use those elements to take
328-609: A party by a popular senior, Hunter Calloway, who is the object of Colleen M's affections. The next day at school, the girls' history teacher informs the class that the Nazi Party once had influence in Winnipeg . Led by the self-proclaimed "Canadian Führer " Adrien Arcand and his right-hand man, Andronicus Arcane, the Canadian Nazis were once a great force of terror. Arcand was later arrested by Federal authorities, but Andronicus Arcane
369-503: A rating of 23 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Justin Chang of Variety disliked the film, writing that Harley Quinn Smith and especially Lily-Rose Depp have sufficient spunk, spark and chemistry (and they're charming bopping through an end-credits cover of " O Canada ") that you long to see them in a starring vehicle that doesn't look and feel like an on-screen underwear stain. Shot and edited with
410-623: A story in a different direction. Examples of comedy horror films include Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), An American Werewolf in London (1981), the Evil Dead franchise (1981–present), Gremlins (1984), Shaun of the Dead (2004), and The Cabin in the Woods (2011). Horror and comedy have been associated with each other since the early days of horror novels. Author Bruce G. Hallenbeck cites
451-518: A ten-foot-tall goaltender from body parts of the Bratzis' victims to carry out his murderous deeds. This "Goalie Golem" is controlled by the Bratzis who operate it from its insides. No longer wishing to follow Arcane's orders, the Golem kills him and then turns on the Colleens. The Colleens once again use their yoga skills to defeat the Golem and soon after, clear their names. After being dubbed "Hero Clerks" by
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#1732863081026492-744: Is an American film producer, director and editor best known for his work with director Kevin Smith , with whom he occasionally co-hosts the weekly podcast, SModcast . Mosier was born in Vancouver, Washington , and moved around as a child between British Columbia and Washington. He has dual Canadian and American citizenship, as his father John was born in Saskatchewan , Canada. As a teenager he resided in Vancouver , British Columbia . Mosier met Kevin Smith while both were attending Vancouver Film School in Canada. Their first assignment, Mae Day: The Crumbling of
533-729: The Scary Movie series or A Haunted House also function as parodies of popular horror films. Well-known director Peter Jackson began his film career with the comedy horror classics Bad Taste , Meet the Feebles and Braindead . Stree2 , Roohi , Bhoot Police and bhool Bhulaiyaa are some popular horror comedy films in Bollywood . Examples of horror comedy on television date back to sitcoms The Munsters and The Addams Family and more recently include gruesome slapsticks Ash vs Evil Dead and Stan Against Evil , mockumentary
574-731: The What We Do in the Shadows (franchise) , Wellington Paranormal , comedies Todd and the Book of Pure Evil , Shining Vale and Santa Clarita Diet , and cartoons Beetlejuice , Courage the Cowardly Dog , School for Vampires , and Scooby-Doo . More recent examples include The Owl House , Wednesday , Don't Hug Me I'm Scared , Gravity Falls , Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss . Scott Mosier Scott A. Mosier (born March 5, 1971)
615-594: The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), who recovered an artwork stolen from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 2011 there. Mosier imagined the RCMP saying "Open up, yoga hoser !" as they knocked on the door. After it became a catchphrase among the podcast's listeners, Smith announced it would be the title of his next film. The character of Yogi Bayer in the film is also based on descriptions of Metke in
656-406: The 1820 short story " The Legend of Sleepy Hollow " by Washington Irving as "the first great comedy horror story". The story made readers "laugh one moment and scream the next" and its premise was based on mischief typically found during the holiday Halloween . Shortly after the publication of Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein , comedic parodies appeared. Edgar Allan Poe put humor and horror on
697-551: The Colleens that he once had dreams of becoming an artist. After having his work ridiculed by various critics, he decided to become a scientist for the Canadian Nazi movement. The Nazis hid him in the underground lair to create a clone army to conquer Canada and the United States. The clones, made from bratwurst and Arcane's DNA, needed to incubate for 100 years before they were fully grown, so Arcane cryogenically froze himself until
738-420: The Colleens. Before this can occur, an army of little monsters called Bratzis (one-foot-tall Nazis made from bratwurst ) attack and kill Hunter and Gordon. Using their yoga skills, the Colleens fight and defeat the Bratzis, but are soon arrested for the murder of Hunter and Gordon. Legendary man-hunter Guy LaPointe, who had an encounter with the Colleens once before , arrives at the police station to interrogate
779-492: The beginning of the film as the comics convention patron who gets into an argument with Banky Edwards ( Jason Lee ) after demeaning his career as a “tracer”. On the 1999 film Dogma , Mosier worked with Greenlee again; the editing of the film lasted nearly a year. He also played the Smooching Seaman who Ben Affleck and Matt Damon meet on the bus. On the 2001 film Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back , Mosier worked with
820-470: The book by Dr. Seuss , and co-directed with Yarrow Cheney . It was released on November 9, 2018. Mosier was personally involved with fellow producer Monica Hampton for a while, whom he met while the two were producing Vulgar . He married girlfriend Alex Hilebronner on September 1, 2006. The couple met on the set of Jersey Girl . In the documentary Back to the Well: Clerks II , he states that he
861-526: The budget along with line producer Laura Greenlee, while presiding over a much larger crew. In the film, he portrayed Svenning's assistant, Roddy. The character later appeared on a Jay and Silent Bob MTV short. On the 1997 romantic comedy film Chasing Amy , Mosier and Smith agreed with Miramax 's Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein to shrink the initial proposed budget from $ 3 million to $ 250,000. The compromise allowed Mosier and Kevin to cast their friends instead of established stars. Mosier appears in
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#1732863081026902-422: The cinematic graveyard and feel secure in the knowledge that the monsters can't get you". In the era of silent film , the source material for early comedy horror films came from stage performances instead of literature. One example, The Ghost Breaker (1914), was based on a 1909 play, though the film's horror elements were more interesting to the audience than the comedy elements. In the United States following
943-401: The film as a "fiasco", blaming "self-indulgence" and "laziness" leading to "Smith combin[ing] what are clearly his two great loves in life: family and making terrible comedies. It's a beautiful thing when a man is able to fuse his personal and professional life this way. It's just a shame the result is borderline unwatchable." Kevin Smith has said that his True North trilogy will conclude with
984-544: The film, and initially planned a July 29, 2016, release. The film was later pushed back to September 2. If you were to tell me a midnight movie was coming out that was a cross between Clueless , a second-rate Gremlins knock-off, the 1966 Batman , Strange Brew , and Clerks , I would have said, 'Wow, that sounds great!' If you were to tell me that the same film was written and directed by Smith, however, my response would change to, 'Wow, that sounds terrible!' — Nathan Rabin , The A.V. Club Yoga Hosers
1025-699: The film, and would finish the last quarter once Depp is available. Principal photography concluded in January 2015. The film had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 24. A tie-in comic book was also given out exclusively at the Sundance premiere. Written by Kevin Smith and illustrated by Jeff Quigley, Yoga Hosers: When Colleens Collide tells the story of how the girls met and became friends. Later in 2017, Dynamite Entertainment reprinted this special issue for release to comic stores. In April 2016, Invincible Pictures acquired US distribution rights to
1066-563: The film, while XYZ Films co-produced. In September 2014, it was revealed Haley Joel Osment and Genesis Rodriguez had joined the cast as well, and it was later revealed Kevin Smith would portray a bratzi. Comic book writer Stan Lee had a cameo appearance , his second in a Smith film, after 1995's Mallrats . Thomas Ashley put up 25% of the equity to create the film and was an executive producer. Smith announced on August 20, 2014, that filming had begun, and on September 18, 2014, he stated on SModcast #308 that he had wrapped three quarters of
1107-486: The girls. Having obtained some of his own evidence of the Bratzis, he believes the girls' testimony and wishes to help them prove their innocence. After sneaking them out of the station and taking them back to the Eh-2-Zed, LaPointe and the Colleens are knocked unconscious by the Bratzis. They are taken to an underground lair beneath the store where they find the Bratzis' master, Andronicus Arcane. Arcane reveals to LaPointe and
1148-551: The media, the Colleens return to their normal lives and end the film with a cover of " O Canada ", accompanied on guitar by Guy LaPointe. Smith revealed before the release of Tusk that he had written a spin-off film called Yoga Hosers , which would feature the cast from Tusk . The title came from a remark Scott Mosier made during an early 2014 segment of SModcast , the podcast he cohosts with Smith. Smith brought up fanciful quotes attributed to Simon Metke, an Edmonton yoga instructor whose home had recently been raided by
1189-553: The media. In August 2014, it was revealed Yoga Hosers would be an action-adventure, and the second in the True North trilogy. The film includes the entire cast of Tusk , including Depp's daughter Lily-Rose and Smith's daughter Harley Quinn, starring in their reprised roles as clerks. Tony Hale , Natasha Lyonne , Austin Butler , Adam Brody , Tyler Posey , and Jason Mewes also appear. StarStream Entertainment helped finance and produce
1230-503: The result of this film." Korey Coleman of DoubleToasted.com expressed strong criticism for the film, stating that it was the worst movie he had seen in years. He also felt Smith's privilege in obtaining funding for the film was an insult to aspiring filmmakers who struggle to even get a foot in the door of the industry. He placed it at the #1 spot for the worst movie of 2016, tying with Fifty Shades of Black . In an extended review for The A.V. Club in 2017, Nathan Rabin summed up
1271-406: The same continuum, and many nineteenth century authors used black humor in their horror stories. Author Robert Bloch called them "opposite sides of the same coin". In comedy horror film, gallows humor is a common element. While comedy horror films provide scares for audiences, they also provide something that dramatic horror films do not: "the permission to laugh at your fears, to whistle past
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1312-503: The sort of willful slovenliness that presumably fits the anything-goes grab-bag effect Smith was going for, Yoga Hosers looks as though it was probably pretty fun to make, though only the director's hardcore fans and SModcast listeners are likely to find that pleasure in any way infectious. John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter also gave the film a negative review, writing that "the young leads seem to be having fun even if you aren't, but any acting careers they might go on to will not be
1353-407: The studio's desire to cut a large amount of Jennifer Lopez footage with Ben Affleck following the poor box-office performance of Gigli . Mosier produced Clerks II in 2006. Smith stated he edited the film himself, making Clerks II one of three films Mosier has produced with Smith, but not edited (the others being Mallrats and Zack and Miri Make a Porno ). Mosier makes a brief cameo as
1394-474: The time when he and his clones could rise again. This process was interrupted when a power outage at the Eh-2-Zed 70 years later caused Arcane to thaw and the clones' incubation to stop, rendering them just one foot in height. Learning that the Nazi Party had long since been defeated, Arcane began a new mission to kill all critics as revenge for those that poorly reviewed his early work. He reveals he has constructed
1435-427: The trauma of World War I , film audiences sought to see horror on screen but tempered with humor. The "pioneering" comedy horror film was One Exciting Night (1922), written, directed and produced by D. W. Griffith , who noticed the stage success of the genre and foresaw a cinematic translation. The film included comedic blackface performances and footage of a hurricane for a climactic storm. As an early experiment,
1476-402: The various genres were not well-balanced with horror and comedy, and later films improved the balance and took more sophisticated approaches. Charles Bramesco of Vulture.com identifies Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein as the first commercially successful comedy horror film. Its success legitimized the genre and established it as commercially viable. Some comedy horror movies, such as
1517-429: Was a commercial flop and was panned by critics, who viewed it as a low point in Smith's career. Colleen Collette and Colleen McKenzie are two 15-year-old girls who spend their days studying yoga with their guru, Yogi Bayer, and working an after-school job at a Manitoba convenience store called Eh-2-Zed. They are also in a cover band called Glamthrax with their 35-year-old friend Ichabod on drums. The two are invited to
1558-638: Was in the process of trying to sell it. On August 10, 2011, Mosier stated on Twitter that he has written some episodes of the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon on Disney. This was confirmed in a special "SModcast Extra" (attached to SModcast No. 204 and episode 5 of the Comic Book Men podcast "Secret Stash") in which he and Smith interview Joe Casey ; Mosier has written six scripts for the series. Mosier made his directorial debut with Illumination Entertainment 's animated feature The Grinch , based on
1599-518: Was never found. Colleen C's father Bob, who owns the Eh-2-Zed, and his girlfriend Tabitha, the store's manager, decide to take a spontaneous trip to Niagara Falls , leaving the girls to run the store on the night of Hunter's party. The Colleens invite Hunter and his friend Gordon Greenleaf to bring the party to the store so that they would not miss out. Colleen M escorts Hunter to the back room at his request, only to discover that Hunter and Gordon are actually Satanists who wish to sacrifice and dismember
1640-403: Was nominated for an Academy Award . Filmmakers Tim Sternberg and Francisco Bello received the nomination (Mosier was unable to be nominated due to a limit of two nominees per short film). On SModcast 77, Mosier announced he would not produce Smith's film Cop Out (2010), instead pursuing his directorial debut. He stated on SModcast 90 that he finished writing his first feature screenplay and
1681-462: Was panned by critics, who considered it a low point in Smith's film career. On Rotten Tomatoes , the film has a rating of 26%, based on 62 reviews, with an average rating of 3.70/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Undisciplined, unfunny, and bereft of evident purpose, Yoga Hosers represents a particularly grating low point in Kevin Smith's once-promising career." On Metacritic , the film holds