Jay Mandao is not your average hero. He’s an astral projecting time traveler who spends his days hanging with his adult nephew Jackson, crashing on his scheming cousin Andy’s couch, and riding with his cabbie friend Fer. In the days leading up to Christmas, Jay tries to make contact with his deceased father Raymond, but ends up contacting the ghost of B-movie star, Aura Garcia. Aura enlists the gang to astral project back in time to prevent her death. Jay quickly finds out that the more he messes with time, the more he falls down a rabbit hole of cults, conspiracies, and death. This Christmas is gonna kick astral! The sequel to Mandao of the Dead.
Acting
Scott Dunn's deadpan Jay carries this micro-budget madness.
Writing
Genuinely clever time-loop mechanics for a 71-minute romp.
Practical Effects
Charming lo-fi effects that embrace the B-movie ghost premise.
Director
Scott Dunn
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Scott Dunn shot this sequel immediately after the first Mandao film, financing both through crowdfunding and playing nearly every behind-the-scenes role himself.
Aura Garcia is loosely inspired by real faded starlet tragedies, and the film's Christmas setting deliberately riffs on Gremlins and Rare Exports—holiday horror with zero budget.
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