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Lewis Jackson (writer)
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You'd better take care...Santa is coming to town! more
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A psycho in a Santa suit gets to decide who's been naughty and who's been nice. full summary | add synopsis
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Fox Pulls Dollhouse From November Sweeps
(From Screen Rant. 22 October 2009, 6:29 PM, PDT)
Shahid Rani Sweat it out with Salman!
(From RealBollywood. 10 September 2009, 6:34 AM, PDT)
(From Screen Rant. 22 October 2009, 6:29 PM, PDT)
Shahid Rani Sweat it out with Salman!
(From RealBollywood. 10 September 2009, 6:34 AM, PDT)
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Better Watch Out... Better Not Cry... Or You May DIE!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Brandon Maggart | ... | Harry Stadling |
| Jeffrey DeMunn | ... | Philip Stadling |
| Dianne Hull | ... | Jackie Stadling |
| Andy Fenwick | ... | Dennis Stadling |
| Brian Neville | ... | Marc Stadling |
| Joe Jamrog | ... | Frank Stoller |
| Wally Moran | ... | Philip Stadling Jr. |
| Gus Salud | ... | Harry Stadling Jr. |
| Ellen McElduff | ... | Harry's mother |
| Brian Hartigan | ... | Harry's father |
| Peter Neuman | ... | Moss Garcia |
| Lance Holcomb | ... | Scotty Goodrich |
| Elizabeth Ridge | ... | Susie Lovett |
| Chris Browning | ... | Richie Sharp |
| Tyrone Holmes | ... | Frankie |
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100 min | USA:95 min (re-release)
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When Harry slips on the street running from the mob, he really did slip, and Lewis Jackson left it in the film.
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Revealing mistakes: When Harry's brother falls down the hill, it's obviously a fake sheet of snow as it all lifts off the ground.
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Harry "Santa":
You want it all... but you're no longer a child.
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Features Babes in Toyland (1934)
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A young boy sees mommy having sex with Santa Claus (this seems to turn a lot of people crazy in these movies) and grows up Christmas-obsessed. He has his own "Naughty and Nice List" and takes Holiday cheer seriously...very seriously. If any adults are mean to Santa, they get a punishment a little worse than coal.
This movie was definitely odd. It was odd because of one scene, in which the psycho Santa brings toys to kids in a hospital. It actually... warmed my heart. Yes. Christmas EVIL warmed my heart. I felt horrible for the killer, as the director intended. It's like a Christmas Slasher version of Frankenstien, where the villain is tragic and just in his killings. Plus, both feature a town of mobbing people with torches. But there were little scene scattered about, the end scene, the toy scene, that actually... made me happy. So it manages to scare AND celebrate Christmas at the same time.
Oh boy, what am I saying? All in all it's a weird ass film that's pretty entertaining. 7/10. HO HO HO! MERRY Christmas!