I rented this delightful Christmas flick after seeing it mentioned on Come Play With Us, Danny. I simply had to rent a killer Santa movie to watch at Christmas. It was a moral imperative. After all nothing says Christmas like a lunatic in a Santa suit with a big shiny knife. I couldn’t find a copy of Silent Night, Deadly Night (darn you NetFlix!), so Christmas Evil it was.
What an amazingly silly movie; I loved every absurd minute of it. When he was younger, Harry’s little brother tells him Santa isn’t real, and he sees real proof by finding Mommy kissing Santa Claus and somehow his Dad isn't in his bedroom. This ruins the poor little guy for life, and really, who could blame him. He becomes obsessed with Santa Claus, and after getting promoted into a toy design job at the toy company he works for, he snaps after some of the line workers and his bosses use up all of his good graces. All of a sudden, Harry is Santa Claus, punishing the bad folks and rewarding the good ones.
My favorite scene in the whole movie is when Santa Harry comes across a group of parents and kids walking home, and the parents recognize Harry as the crazy Santa killer. After one of the dads pulls a switchblade to go after him like they are in West Side Story, the parents all come after him full on Frankenstein mob style with torches. I almost cried with happiness.
The acting’s really not good, and special effects are low quality, but this very silly but oh so enjoyable Christmas fest had me from the moment Harry saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus, and simply stole my heart when the torches came out. Christmas Evil has just become one of those movies I must watch every Christmas season, with the likes of Black Christmas and Night of the Comet.
Rating: 4 ½ Purrs
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