Dir: Dick Maas
Super-stylish Dutch Christmas horror in which Saint Nicholas turns out to be a zombie bastard with an army of black orc slaves who kill indiscriminately, steal children and ship them off to Spain in giant flying ships. No, really. I'm not making this up. Worse still, this is loosely based on a real Dutch Christmas story. Still, in this film, it's up to the obligatory rebel teenager and an alcoholic cop-on-the-edge to save the day. There's not much in the way of surprises once you've digested the premise but the film's absolutely beautiful to look at, the prosthetic gore FX are squishy, plentiful and effective, and the monster designs are pretty cool. It can never quite decide how serious it wants to be (the rooftop horse chase scene is particularly hilarious) but I'd say go into this one for the yuks and you won't be disappointed. Definitely one of the better Christmas horrors. ***
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So glad you've resurrected these reviews!
I never got round to watching any Christmas movies this year, but then how could anything match up (or down) to Dont Open Till Christmas [sic] that I saw last year? http://smogo.livejournal.com/823699.html#dontopentillchristmas
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Link away, dude. I always forget to read your reviews because they're all on one post.
I've never seen Don't Open 'Till Christmas. Will have to get it in for next year!
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