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Andrew Thomas (363 KP) rated Santa's Slay (2004) in Movies

Aug 12, 2020 (Updated Aug 14, 2020)  
Santa's Slay (2004)
Santa's Slay (2004)
2004 | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
6
5.7 (3 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Probably the funniest Christmas horror movie ever. (0 more)
The overall quality stinks. (0 more)
Santa Claus is a slasher villain...nuff said!
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Santa's Slay was a direct to video selection on the shelf at my local video store that I normally would have walked right by...yet I was compelled to check it out. I was expecting it to be terrible, but it turned out to be in the category of "so bad but fun"

First you have wrestler Bill Goldberg as Santa and oddly enough...he's perfect in this particular interpretation of the character. He plays Santa as an unrepentant badass who loves death and destruction...and he does it with such relish.

Second, while this particular approach to making an evil version of Santa Claus is pretty silly, it is an interesting backstory nonetheless and they give the obligatory exposition scene a touch of nostalgia by using stop motion animation that's on par with holiday classics like Santa Claus is Coming to Town or Frosty the Snowman.

Third, the wholesale carnage that Santa perpetrates is nothing if inventive. In the opening scene he completely annihilates an entire family of aholes...using everything on the dinner table. Not even the local strip club is safe from Santa's wrath as he turns a stripper pole into a weapon.

Santa's Slay is not the kind of movie you watch for an engaging story or great acting. It's a movie that you can laugh at and forget your worries for an hour or so.