The Thing on the Shelf

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The Thing on the Shelf

"He sees you when you're sleeping."

2018

0h 2m

10.0(1 votes)

Horror

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A few days before Christmas, a child goes to bed with dreams of sugar plums and Santa Claus in her head. But when she awakens, it isn't to the sound of the jolly one coming down the chimney.

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Aila June Lemond

Child

Jill Kathryn Lemond

Mother

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Directed by: MIKAL
Written by: MIKAL
Produced by: MIKAL

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