Christmas Evil

1980

Action / Horror / Thriller

15
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 36% · 7 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 36% · 1K ratings
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 9827 9.8K

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Plot summary

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!

Director

Lewis Jackson Photo
Lewis Jackson

Top cast

Raymond J. Barry Photo
Raymond J. Barry as Detective Gleason
William Robertson Photo
William Robertson as Guard
Philip Casnoff Photo
Philip Casnoff as Ricardo Bauma
Brandon Maggart Photo
Brandon Maggart as Harry Stadling
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
751.69 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 1
1.43 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 40 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by kevin_robbins 6 / 10

This is more fun to watch than good

Christmas Evil (1980) is a movie I recently watched on Tubi. The storyline follows a man who was scared as a child when he discovered Santa Clause wasn't real. He now works at a toy factory as an adult until he discovers his employers are more worried about profit than creating fantastic toys for the kids. He embarks on a killing spree to gain revenge on the factory owners on the children's behalf.This movie is directed by Lewis Jackson (The Transformation: A Sandwich of Nightmares) and stars Brandon Maggart (Dressed to Kill), Jeffrey DeMunn (The Mist), Dianne Hull (Girls on the Road), Peter Friedman (Single White Female) and Patricia Richardson (Home Improvement).The storyline for this picture was actually fun to watch unfold and reminded me of a Santa themed Child's Play in some ways. The man losing his mind and his family dynamic was well depicted and a little like Maniac. The sets and settings do a great job of setting up the scenarios and circumstances. The kill scenes themselves are a bit disappointing but has some good use of blood and props.Overall this is more fun to watch than good and I'd score it a 5.5/10. I'd recommend seeing this once.
Reviewed by mbrahms26 7 / 10

An Inspiration for "Joker?"

The similarities between this 1980 film and the 2019 "Joker" are striking. Both deal with a mentally disturbed man in a serious and thoughtful manner. Both men come to be identified with fictitious characters; in this film, it is Santa Claus. In both films, the main character kills three people to begin his mayhem. In both films, there are extended narrow escape scenes. In both films, a man is killed with a sharp object embedded in his face, with blood gushing out. In both films, not all of the killings are justified. In both films, one of the victims is a co-worker of the killer who has been very nasty to him in different ways. Finally, in both films, the killer eludes justice and merges with his adopted identity at the end in spectacular fashion. "Joker" is the better film, but "You Better Watch Out" is worth watching. It is not your ordinary horror film.
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