Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991)
Mickey Rooney famously decried the original Silent Night, Deadly Night. He said that the scum who made it should be run out of town for having sullied the sacredness of Christmas. Yet here he is, starring in the fifth installment. Hollywood is funny that way. Neith Hunter, Clint Howard and Conan Yuzna — who played Kim, […]
Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990)
This entry in the Silent Night, Deadly Night series has nothing to do with any of the others, dropping the killer Santa Caldwell brothers for an entirely new plot. It was directed by Brian Yuzna and written by Yuzna, Woody Keith and Arthur Gorson. In the UK, it’s called Bugs, which is a much more descriptive title. […]
Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989)
Monte Hellman started his career by directing Roger Corman’s Beast from Haunted Cave before working with Jack Nicholson on the westerns The Shooting and Ride in the Whirlwind, as well as creating the films Two-Lane Blacktop and Cockfighter. He also shot second unit on RoboCop and executive produced Reservoir Dogs. The original script was thrown out and rewritten in one week, with […]
Japan Does Star Wars: Bye, Bye Jupiter (1984)
A long time ago, on a Japanese theatre screen far, far away . . . 20th Fox Studios broke Japanese box-office records with Star Wars and its sequel, The Empire Strikes Back. . . . And Japan’s leading purveyor of kaiju (aka “strange beast” or monster movies), Toho, struck back with Bye, Bye Jupiter. Their […]
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)
Remember Silent Night, Deadly Night? Well, that movie was a big deal before it was pulled from theaters and then became an even bigger deal on home video. A sequel was demanded and it was delivered, but it was made on a shoestring, with director Lee Harry trying to make something other than a greatest hits […]
Christmas Spirit (2011)
Also known as A Christmas Puppy, this is yet another movie yawned forth from the hellscape of movies that are made by David DeCoteau. If you watched A Talking Cat!?! and were like, hey — I’d like him to make a Christmas movie, well, you already have Santa’s Summer House. But then if you want more, what kind […]
A Christmas Princess (2019)
I couldn’t write the text quick enough! “Sam, dude. Did you know Fred Olen Ray made a Christmas movie? It’s premiering on the ION channel, right now! The dude that made Biohazard and The Alien Dead is in the X-Mas movie business? I’m upset to my stomach.” “Dude, I just did two David DeCoteau Christmas […]
Fun In Ballooland (1965)
Joseph M. Sonneborn Jr. has exactly one credit as a director and producer. It’s this movie. One wonders if he had been kept from ever coming near a camera again after this, as this is the kind of movie that will test your resolve and perhaps, even make you question your existence. It was written […]
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