DON'T OPEN TIL CHRISTMAS
Ah, don't open it anyway
Actually, this ain't that bad, but it's scarcely recommendable. Basically a flip-side of Silent Night, Deadly Night, this one has somebody with very little Christmas spirit knocking off everybody in a Santa suit one London holiday season. (these Santa suits look pretty minimalistic - it's either a budget constraint or a British thing)
Christmas-themed horror movies have rarely impressed me - Black Christmas being the obvious exception. They just never seem to go far enough. Give me a movie in which the REAL Santa (yeah, that's what I said) goes around killing the naughty. Give me a movie where Rudolph stomps around and gores and eats kids. Give me a movie where the baby Jesus gets up and slashes up the three wise men.
This one isn't exceptional by any stretch, but it has its moments - particularly, a murder that I wouldn't wish on any of you, taking place at a urinal. There's a number of cool, inventive murders in this one, actually. It raises its share of questions, though. Anybody who's ever had to work with a uniform or costume knows how eager one is to remove it when your shift is over - so what's with all these off-duty Santas stumbling around the streets? Drunk, no less, at a time when you'd think they'd like to be particularly alert. And Caroline Munro is in here somewhere as herself, but damn if I can find her.
Marginally diverting, but not much more. Great tag line on the back, though: "'Twas the night before Christmas And all through the house, Not a creature was stirring........they were all dead!"