Christmas Evil
“You Better Watch Out!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 57, rated by 1 admin.
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A troubled toy-factory worker decides to enforce Christmas morality himself. Brandon Maggart makes the lonely man beneath the beard more sympathetic than the killer-Santa premise suggests. The film takes its time, making it an unsettling seasonal character piece with occasional eruptions of bad holiday judgement.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 3.5/10
- Plot
- 8/10
- Effects
- 4.5/10
- Dialogue
- 5.5/10
- Rewatchability
- 7/10
“Santa has promoted himself to disciplinary management.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 57
Synopsis and movie facts
Garbed in his red suit, Harry, a toy factory worker, decides that the only thing he can do to save the spirit of Christmas is to become Santa Claus himself and make all of the naughty townspeople pay... in blood!
- Released
- 1980
- Directed by
- Lewis Jackson
- Running time
- 94 min
Starring
- Brandon Maggart as Harry Stadling
- Jeffrey DeMunn as Philip Stadling
- Dianne Hull as Jackie Stadling
- Andy Fenwick as Dennis Stadling
- Brian Neville as Marc Stadling
- Joe Jamrog as Frank Stoller
- Wally Moran as Philip Stadling Jr.
- Gus Salud as Harry Stadling Jr.
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: Christmas Evil (1980), directed by Lewis Jackson. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · dreadcentral.com
Dread Central praises Maggart's sympathetic performance while identifying the exceptionally slow pace as a significant obstacle to enjoyment. Full review text retained from earlier catalogue research and consulted again on 2026-11-10; no claim of a fresh page download.
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