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BETTER WATCH OUT... BETTER NOT CRY... OR YOU MAY DIE!
When little Harry sees his Dad in a Santa Claus outfit, groping his mother one Christmas Eve, life changes for the quiet little boy. Thirty odd years later, you d better watch out in this 80s horror classic from the small but perfectly formed micro-genre of Yuletide Slashers.
Because now - all grown up and disgruntled by his dead end job in a depressing toy factory - he s making a list, checking it twice and descending into a self-created Christmas nightmare where he is Father Christmas and his judgement is final! Dressed as St. Nick, Harry is going to show his bullying co-workers and all the other naughty people what the true spirit of the season is... Run for your miserable lives, the vengeance is going to be swift and bloody!
In your hands is a true dark Christmas oddity that cult movie kingpin John Waters described as "greatest Christmas movie ever made."
Special Features:
- New widescreen transfer in the original ratio of the Director s Cut
- Audio commentary with director Lewis Jackson
- Audio commentary with Lewis Jackson and director John Waters
- Original story-board sequences
- Comment Cards
- Rare audition tapes
- Collector s booklet featuring writing on the film by critic and author Kim Newman, John Waters and a new introduction by Lewis Jackson, illustrated with original stills
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This is a little known film, that not many people have heard of. The basic story is that our lead character is mentally and sexually disturbed as a boy and grows up loving Christmas but hating anyone who does not share the Christmas spirit. In fact he still has a child's mind as an adult.
Though this is a horror film the first kill and spot of blood does not happen until almost an hour through. But as you will see this is a good thing. Because unless your brain has been trained on more recent shock and splat horror movies, you should be able to appreciate the tension in this movie. It never lets up and character builds very well.
This is an essential purchase for the horror fan and is worth repeated viewings. There is even a nod to older King Kong movies near the climax.
The ending of the movie I shall of course not reveal but be expected to be surprised.
Overall a great movie that surprisingly only has a 4.4 rating out of 10 on IMDB.
Maybe some people just don't know their horror?
I'm old school and love this stuff, because Christmas Evil attempts to have actors in its movie, actual charcaters remember those days, when Hollywood would actually cast someone?
There isn't much gore, but like I've said this is a good film, a good character delevlopment that studies someone going slightly insane over the festive period.
Well worth a purchase, for some true horror fans.
It was difficult to understand exactly why this fellow was so traumatised by his mother having her leg caressed by his father (think it was his father) who was dressed in the standard Father Christmas outfit. Anyway quite a drawn out 50 minutes followed until said chap went a bit peculiar, drove around for a while delivering presents getting into the odd scrape and killing a few unhappy revellers in woefully presented fashion.
Lots of kitch value if that's your thing; awful transfer on this version which doesn't detract from a film for me but is worth a mention. Overall little gore, confusing story and largely uneventful!
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