{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}}{{Infobox film | name = Miss December | director = Derek Lindeman | producer = John Guarnere<br />Tommy Avallone<br />Anne Qualteri<br />Frank Williams | writer = Faith Brody | starring = Jensen Bucher (aka Jensen Jacobs<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3102383/ |title=Jensen Jacobs |website=IMDb |publisher=IMDb.com, Inc. |access-date=August 7, 2025}}</ref><br />Nick Troy<br />Jake Matthews<br />Gilbert Gottfried<br />Corbin Bernsen<br />Brian O'Halloran | studio = Double Windsor Films | distributor = SModcast Pictures | released = {{Film date|2011}} | country = United States }} '''''Miss December'''''<ref name=":0">{{Cite AV media |url=https://letterboxd.com/film/miss-december/ |title=Miss December (2011) |language=en |access-date=2025-12-26 |via=letterboxd.com}}</ref> (aka ''Calendar Girl'') is a 2011 dark romantic comedy directed by Derek Lindeman and written by Faith Brody. Jensen Bucher plays Ari, a waitress who believes she may be the next victim of a serial killer.<ref name="AICN">{{cite web|last=Ambush Bug|title=AICN Horror|url=http://www.aintitcool.com/node/59783#3|publisher=Aint' It Cool News}}</ref>
==Plot== The "Calendar Girl Killer" has been murdering a different girl in Philadelphia every month and sending their photos to the press in pin-up style poses. After a taunting letter to the press describing his future "Miss December", a waitress named Ari believes he has selected her and finds it flattering rather than horrifying and attempts to figure out who her "secret admirer" may be.<ref>{{cite web |author=Bell, Mark |date=August 4, 2011 |title=I WANT TO KILL THE LIGHT, THANKS TO ANOTHER DAY AT THE WOODS HOLE FILM FEST |url=https://filmthreat.com/blogs/i-want-to-kill-the-light-thanks-to-another-day-at-the-woods-hole-film-fest/ |access-date=August 7, 2025 |website=Film Threat}}</ref>
==Production== The story originated as a 2002 one-act play by Brody called ''Christmas Eve''.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}<ref name=":0" /> It was later adapted into the 2006 short film titled ''Calendar Girl'',{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}<ref name=":0" /> before being adapted into the feature-length 2012 film, ''Miss December'' by Double Windsor Films.
==Film festivals== {{unreferenced section|date=January 2013}} {| class="wikitable" |- ! Festival !! Award !! Year |- | Woods Hole Film Festival || Best Comedy Feature || 2011 |- | First Glance Film Festival Philadelphia || Best Director (Derek Lindeman) || 2011 |- | First Glance Film Festival Philadelphia || Best in Fest || 2011 |- | Philadelphia Cinefest || Best Festival of Independents Film || 2011 |- | Hoboken International Film Festival || Best Actress (Jensen Bucher) || 2011 |- | Hoboken International Film Festival || Best Feature Film || 2011 |}
==Reception== Ain't It Cool News wrote "MISS DECEMBER has a nice black soul and is definitely worth checking out for those in the mood for a little humor in the shade of pitch."<ref name="AICN"/>
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.missdecembermovie.com}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025|url=https://archive.md/20130216110452/http://www.missdecembermovie.com/}} * {{IMDb title|1611816}}
Category:2011 films Category:2011 romantic comedy films Category:American comedy horror films Category:2011 comedy horror films Category:SModcast Pictures films Category:2011 American films
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