25 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE: Nightmare on 34th Street (2023)

Santa (Pierse Stevens) has had it, so he’s blowing off steam by telling a young boy by the name of Peter (Jude Forsey) four holiday horror stories. Perhaps, just maybe, he’s also a killer. Actually, he’s totally a killer, a former mall Santa who has had enough.

In the first, Toby and Chloe’s Christmas Nightmare,” three killers dressed as an elf, Santa and a snowman — named like a Tarantino gang with pseudonyms like Mr. Red (Tony Fadil), Mr. Green (Sonny Denham) and Mr. White (Jeff Kristian) — pull off a home invasion and murder an entire house before adopting a girl named Chloe (Eloise Henwood) and teacher her how to be a killer.

“The Ventriloquist Who Stole Christmas” has Henry (Mark Beauchamp) and his snowman dummy Mr. White getting over life’s hardships through being a serial killer, just like his father. I mean, you fail an audition, you get beat up and your wife Jade (Bibi Lucille) leaves you, you have to start murdering.

“Merry Krampus” has, you guessed it Krampus coming to Louise (Lucy Pinder) and her son Luke (Rafi Wilder) being visited by Krampus after he blames himself for her latest boyfriend leaving.

“The 12 Kills of Christmas” is about Father McShane (Jeff Kristian), who has dementia, but can barely remember all of his sins like molesting the boys in the choir. As his daughter Maria (Olivia Hespe) takes care of him, a ghost of the past makes sure that he does.

Directed and written by James Crow, this is over two hours long and has no reason to be that way. It feels like the Mr. White segment was going to be a full-length film, as it’s 50-minutes long, but it ended up being part of this. I wish that it all flowed together better, but if you’re looking for something mean spirited and cruel this holiday season, you’ll probably enjoy this and you’re not concerned with being on the nice list.

You can watch this on Tubi.

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