Morgan Steel was a supporting character in the 2022 anti-holiday film Violent Night. He was a less-than-successful actor who liked to boast about being a true action star. He had entered into the Lightstone family by marrying Alva, Gertrude Lightstone's daughter. Like his wife, Morgan was arrogant, narcissistic, entitled and cowardly.
History[]
Morgan, Alva and their son Bertrude would visit Gertrude Lightstone's mansion to enjoy Christmas with the extended family. Morgan had decided to give Gertrude a "gift" in the form of a pitch deck that detailed plans for an upcoming movie of his, hoping that she would assist in financing it and potentially making a profit for herself while bolstering her son-in-law's career at the same time. He and Alva were also hopeful that they could convince Gertrude into leaving them a sizeable portion of the family business and fortune.
During the family gathering on Christmas Eve, the Lightstone compound was taken over by a gang of thieves led by a man calling himself Mr. Scrooge. The thieves killed all of the compound staff and security guards before taking all the family members hostage in the lounge. It wasn't long, however, before Mr. Scrooge's plan began to go awry as one of his associates - Tinsel - was killed by someone running around in a Santa Claus costume. Later still, one of the other gang members - Frosty - was also killed. Scrooge decided to interrogate the family members to find out what they knew about the Santa, with Morgan and Alva quickly directing him to Jason Lightstone, whom Gertrude considered the "favourite" out of her children. Whether Jason knew anything or not didn't matter as they were just hoping that the thieves would hurt him, or better yet, kill him so they could claim his share of the family inheritance. Ultimately, Scrooge's attention was drawn back to the vault in the mansion's basement and he left the Lightstones in the company of his psychotic associate Krampus.
To pass the time, Krampus decided to let the hostages open some presents early, since they might not live till Christmas morning. Morgan was the first to pick out a gift, grabbing his pitch deck from under the Christmas tree to give to Gertrude. Gertrude unwrapped it and Morgan tried to convince her that investing in it would be a golden opportunity, but Gertrude was unimpressed and tossed the gift aside. Afterwards, Morgan's son Bertrude picked up a present from Jason to Gertrude. Gertrude opened the present to find it was her favourite brand of whiskey. The present also included a note which Gertrude read silently, then pocketed without telling the others what it had said, much to Morgan and Alva's annoyance.
Death[]
When Gertrude's Kill Squad were approaching the mansion, Morgan decided to take action. With Krampus distracted by the sound of approaching snowmobiles, Morgan leapt up from the sofa and punched him in the face before running for the window, opening it and jumping out. Alva thought he was going to get help, but Gertrude knew that he was only saving himself while leaving them behind to die.
As the Kill Squad neared the house, Morgan rushed over to meet them. He told them who he was and that he had been held hostage, warning the squad that the thieves were armed and dangerous. However, he failed to realise that the Kill Squad were actually working with Mr. Scrooge and his crew. Commander Thorp casually raised his assault rifle and shot Morgan point-blank in the chest.