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In the Middle Ages, the bloodthirsty St. Nicholas murdered his way across the country befoer beign burned to death in his ship. This Christmas, the bishop will rise from the dead to slaughter as many children as possible.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I bought this film with an open mind not knowing what to expect, I thouroughly enjoyed it providing you switch your brain off. Firstly it is a dutch film with english subtitles ( But don't let that put you off) By the way In Holland they call him St Nicholas and not Santa Claus.The story goes St nicholas is killed many centuries ago on the 5th December.HE thenresurects his murderous ways whenever a full moon rises on December the 5th, we then go forward to modern day Amsterdam 5 December and old St Nic is gonna come for you , and you better watch out,there our plenty of jump out your seat moments and a fair bit of gore, but not over the top,It was always snowing which added to th festive spirt's. I don;t want to give much of the plot away suffice to say I think the director was showing a few nods to John carpenters THE FOG, think mist old ships & feceless demons & spoooky canals in Amsterdam. There are some quite good CGI shots of St Nic on his horse & Scath on his murderous rampage over the rooftops of Amsterdam. This film won't win any awards but if you are looking for a good ole scary xmas film somthing different than white xmas or scrooge go and buyit. Next time i watch this will be December the 5th with one eye on the roof oh and if you have a real fire place be carefull that aint santa coming down you have been warned!!!!
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I saw this film in Dutch at Kinepolis in Leuven when it first came out in 2010 and absolutely LOVED it. Admittedly, I like scary movies - if you don't, it's probably not for you - and I was desperate to see this film as soon as I saw the trailer. It's set in Amsterdam and is based on the idea that "Sinterklaas" (Dutch Santa Claus, more St Nicholas than Father Christmas) was not actually a nice guy who loved children but a nasty one who stole them as well as terrorising innocent villagers. His victims eventually turned on him and burnt him and his henchmen to death; now, every time there is a full moon on 5th December, the Eve of St. Nicholas' Day, he comes back to kill as many people as possible. The action is set on 5th December, as a cop whose entire family were killed by the "Saint" (Huub Stapel) last time he appeared tries to stop him, aided by Frank (Egbert-Jan Weeber), a student who has been mistakenly arrested on suspicion of some of the murders. There are some superbly gruesome murders (including one by sharpened crozier!) plus an outrageous scene in which the "Saint" mounted on his white horse gallops along the rooftops of Amsterdam whilst the police follow in a car, trying to shoot him out of the window! It's bloody in places but there's a fabulous black humour running through the whole thing.
The film is in Dutch with English subtitles, which personally I like, as the cast have distinctive voices which it would be a shame to dub over, plus the story is set in Holland of course.
The film is in Dutch with English subtitles, which personally I like, as the cast have distinctive voices which it would be a shame to dub over, plus the story is set in Holland of course.
1 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A lamentable attempt to turn St Nic into the new horror icon. This is a Dutch film, filmed like a horror comedy although it has zero scares and zero laughs. It does have some passable gore but the quirky direction doesn't sit well with it. The characters and plot are perfunctory, the dialogue seemingly all witlessly ad-libbed and the film is generally a tedious bore. Avoid
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