Harry the creepy, lonely supervisor at the toy factory sure does love Santa Claus. He loves Santa Claus even more than I love beach volleyball girls. He loves Santa Claus so much that he wants to BE Santa Claus, which causes a whole mess of problems for him and everyone around him, especially the ones who get knifed in the face when he goes on a Christmastime spree to punish the naughty.
This isn’t totally a horror film, though. Go into this expecting that and you’re in for Disappointment City. It’s weird and slow and more concerned with hanging out with Harry, never mystifying him and always showing him as pathetic. It’s not about a slice-and-dice sprees from some sleek slasher. Harry’s so ridiculous that he’s funny. All of this is funny.
Writer/director Lewis Jackson claims that he doesn’t even LIKE horror movies. The film industry after Halloween was looking for another holiday horror film, and Jackson went with that, even if his idea was more an oddball joke than a yell-at-the-screen chiller. Some movies are midnight movies, but this is a 2 AM movie. This is a film for when the defenses are down and the expectations are gone. Everybody’s asleep and it’s time to really get weird.
Jackson’s original title was You Better Watch Out.