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You Better Watch Out
(Lewis Jackson, 1980)

Classification: Bad
Originally Published: IMDb, 6/16/01
I saw You Better Watch Out under the title Christmas Evil, though "Christmas Boredom" might be a better title. The story involves a loser who thinks he is Santa Claus, wandering around moping and whining, and occasionally killing people.

The movie has moments of true humor (Almost all of which are unintentional), sandwiched in between long stretches of absolute drek. On and on these things drag on; scenes of our schlub of a anti-hero wandering around, or climbing ladders or driving in his van, all of which I suppose were intended to establish mood and emotion, but end up making you want to hit fast forward a whole lot.

I did like the scene in which the evil Santa-type guy stabs someone in the eye with a toy soldier, and also a scene in which a guy walks away from someone talking to him, and after a cutaway, the two are right back together again. But this is no Plan 9, and moments like these are few and far between.

This movie would probably be fun to show to people only if you told them you were putting on a "real" Christmas movie and then saw their faces when Santa and Mommy start getting it on in an early prologue scene. Otherwise, this is one Christmas present best left wrapped. Oh, c'mon, I had to!