Joe Hill on ‘NOS4A2’, Where Horror Adaptations Go Wrong, & What Exactly Makes Christmas So Creepy

Based on the novel by Joe Hill, AMC’s NOS4A2 tells the terrifying story of Charlie Manx (Zachary Quinto), a ghoulish vampire of sorts who abducts the souls of children and brings them to Christmasland, a wintery hell where kids turn into razor-toothed gremlins and play an unspeakable violent game called “Scissors for the Drifter.” After operating for centuries unopposed, Manx meets his match in Vic McQueen (Ashleigh Cummings), a New England teenager who discovers she has a supernatural ability to find lost things.

Before NOS4A2’s premiere, I chatted with Joe Hill about what makes the idea of …

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