Christmas Evil (1980)

AKA: Better Watch Out

Better Watch Out... Better Not Cry... Or You May DIE!

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Release Date: Nov 01, 1980
Rated: N/A | Runtime: 100 Mins | Language: English
Director: Lewis Jackson
Stars: Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dianne Hull, Andy Fenwick, Brian Neville, Joe Jamrog, Wally Moran

Summary

A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree.

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What to Expect

Christmas Evil wasn't really what I expected. I thought it was going to be a slasher movie featuring some deranged maniac in a Santa suit. I went into it thinking it would be something like Black Christmas or Silent Night, Deadly Night. But nope! What I got was more of a psychological thriller. This poor guy meant no real harm to anyone, a perfect storm just happened to spark his descent into madness. Overall a surprisingly captivating movie. Just prepare for unusually poor production quality and a lack of gore. As for the production value, strange thing is that even though this is a low budget horror, they did have $450,000 to work with (which was worth around 1.3 million back in the late 70's). You'd think they could afford t Read more...