Review of Santa's Slay (2005) by Cris S — 04 Sep 2009
Santa's Slay" is a horror comedy, and actually a pretty good one. This begins with Santa coming down a chimney at the home of some well-to-do but highly dysfunctional folks, and then laying waste to their Christmas dinner and them too.
James Caan sits at the head of the table in this scene in an uncredited appearance....and what sucks is we never did get to find out if the turkey turned out moist this year. Moving on to the real story, there's a teenager that lives with his kooky grandpa, as played by Robert Culp.
When Santa comes on the scene in beautiful Hell Township and all hell breaks loose, it seems that grandpa is well versed on Scandanavian literature regarding Santa and that the image of Santa as a bringer of toys and cheer hasn't always been the way it was.
Seems as though Santa was the son of Satan and that he was forced to be good for centuries, I guess, at least until the bet wore off or something. Now he's back in his full evil guise with his sleigh and his buffalo.
Whatever that thing is that pulls the sleigh. It also appears that there's more to grandpa than meets the eye as well. Bill Goldberg, apparently a WWF dude, cuts a fine figure as the not-so-jolly old elf, complete with braided hair and an attitude a mile wide.
This must have had somewhat of a decent budget and the acting and production is good too. It's a fun movie, and pretty funny at times too, so enjoy and don't take it or yourselves too seriously.
This review of Santa's Slay (2005) was written by Cris S on 04 Sep 2009.
Santa's Slay has generally received positive reviews.
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