In this movie, directed and written by Steven Morris, a small Midwestern town is filled with depression and drug dependency after a serial killer named Sammy the Elf killed several people over the holidays ten years ago. Today, Christina (Kayla Kelly) is finally coming back to the place of her childhood trauma. She finds a place where all of her old friends are parents and a whole new series of killings.

This has Lynn Lowry in it, which is always a plus in my book, as well as Jessa Flux, who was Carmilla Karnstein in Debbie Does Demons. It has some fun kills in it, but loses energy after the tense opening and the fun animated credits. That said, for the budget that it has, it’s not the worst holiday horror movie that I’ve seen, even if Shawn C. Phillips is in it. Ah, that’s mean and it’s Christmas.

Again, as always, never go back home to the place where your past traumas were. And double down on that over the holidays.

You can watch this on Tubi.