Review of Christmas Evil (1980) by Alan L — 07 Dec 2011
Loved it. 'You Better Watch Out' is not the holiday slasher film that its advertising, packaging and retitling might imply. Brandon Maggart is excellent as the disturbed Harry, who believes he IS Father Christmas.
There are some wonderfully joyous Christmassy moments as Harry treats the kids that have been good, however his descent into madness spirals out of control when faced with the people that have been bad.
A bizarre, eccentric, sweet and blackly comic horror. I'm putting YBWO in my top 3 Christmas films, joining Gremlins (for fun) and Black Christmas (for thrills). Recommended.
This review of Christmas Evil (1980) was written by Alan L on 07 Dec 2011.
Christmas Evil has generally received mixed reviews.
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