{"id":88945,"date":"2024-12-09T16:56:44","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T21:56:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=88945"},"modified":"2024-12-09T16:56:44","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T21:56:44","slug":"adult-swim-premieres-surprise-holiday-horror-sequel-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/09\/adult-swim-premieres-surprise-holiday-horror-sequel-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Swim Premieres Surprise Holiday Horror Sequel [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88946\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Adult-Swim-Yule-Log.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Adult-Swim-Yule-Log.webp 720w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Adult-Swim-Yule-Log-300x169.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>Adult Swim surprised fans last night when a traditional holiday video of a crackling fire transformed into a surreal, live-action horror film <em>&#8220;Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin&#8217; Out.&#8221;<\/em> A sequel to<em> &#8220;Adult Swim Yule Log,&#8221;<\/em> which also debuted as a surprise on Adult Swim in 2022, both films will be available to stream on Max beginning today.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f1wPeCFq020?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>From Casper Kelly, the acclaimed writer\/director behind the viral Adult Swim short <em>&#8220;Too Many Cooks,&#8221;<\/em> the new genre-bending horror feature also pays homage to holiday romance films when Zoe (Andrea Laing) attempts to escape the murderous fireplace log by escaping to a quaint small town.<\/p><div id=\"morty-4196755949\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;This holiday, we&#8217;re giving the gift that no one thought to ask for, again!&#8221; said Michael Ouweleen, president of Adult Swim. &#8220;And we lost the receipt, so you can&#8217;t trade it in! 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