A Hitman Strikes on Halloween in the First Trailer for Hulu’sInto the DarkAnthology

normally , horror movies about Halloween center around guys in creepy masks who endure for terror , or literal bona fide monster . But what if the main reference is just a sea wolf - for - hire who ’s caught in the wrong place at the wrong time ?

The entry trailer for “ The Body”—the first in a series ofmonthly holiday horror flicksfrom Hulu and Blumhouse — has get . It stars Tom Bateman ( Jekyll and Hyde ) as Wilkes , a professional assassin who ’s task with transporting a body on Halloween night , only to get get up in the festivities . You see , multitude are really into his costume — at least until they find out it ’s genuine . Wilkes finally use this to his reward , because why not have a little playfulness ? After all , it ’s Halloween .

This Halloween flick is just the first in a serial of 12 monthly repugnance movie that will be issue over the course of the year , with each one taking place around a specific holiday . For example , next month ’s installment center around a family get - together at Thanksgiving , survey by Christmas , New Year ’s Day , and even a Mother ’s Day installment . During aHulu eventearlier this year , Blum said no holiday was off limits .