Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 (1987)

Directed by Lee Harry.  Written by Harry, Joseph H. Earle, Dennis Patterson and Lawrence Appelbaum.  Starring Eric Freeman, James Newman, Elizabeth Kaitan, Jean Miller and Darrel Guilbeau. Plot: adult Ricky talks to a psychiatrist about how he became a murderer after his murderous brother, Billy, was killed We have no idea why it took four … Continue reading Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 (1987)

Krampus (2015)

Written by Michael Dougherty, Todd Casey and Zach Shields Directed by Michael Dougherty Starring: Toni Colette, Adam Scott, David Koechner, Conchatta Ferrel and Emjay Anthony Plot: a boy accidentally summons a Christmas demon. Austro - Bevarian folk lore. He is a half goat, half demon who punishes children who are bad at Christmas in contrast … Continue reading Krampus (2015)

Holidays (2016)

This anthology film centers around 8 major holidays.  It stars Seth Green, Harley Quinn Smith, Clare Grant, Michael Gross, Mark Steger  and Scott Stewart. ******SPOILERS AHEAD****** ********************************************** ********************************************************************** Let's deal with the worst of the anthology first: St. Patty's Day.  It was pointless.  Gross and just bad.  A cursed woman gives birth to a snake.  … Continue reading Holidays (2016)

Wind Chill (2007)

Directed by Gregory Jacobs.  Written by Joe Gangemi and Steven Katz.  Starring Emily Blunt, Ashton Holmes, Martin Donovan, Chelan Simmons, Linden Banks and Ned Bellamy. Plot: 2 college students share a ride home for the Christmas holiday, but they break down on a deserted, freezing, snow-covered road and are haunted by the ghosts of people … Continue reading Wind Chill (2007)

Gremlins (1984)

Written by Chris Columbus Directed by Joe Dante Starring Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Corey Feldman, Dick Miller, Judge Reinhold and Howie Mandel as Gizmo Plot: a young man gets a special gift from his father that comes with rules, they don't listen and chaos ensues. Great effects especially for 1984. Very likable family and who … Continue reading Gremlins (1984)

Silent Night, Zombie Night (2009)

Written and Directed by Sean Cain Starring Felissa Rose, Andy Hopper, Vernon Wells and Lew Temple. Plot: around Christmas time, a virus turns people into zombies. I loved the animalistic twist to the zombies, like how they attacked each other to fight for space and food. But why were so many of them wearing such … Continue reading Silent Night, Zombie Night (2009)

A Cadaver Christmas (2011)

Directed by Joe Zerull. Written by Joe Zerull, Daniel Rairdin-Hale and Hanlon Smith-Dorsey.  Starring Daniel Rairdin-Hale, Hanlon Smith-Dorsey and Yosh Hayashi. Plot: A group of people must battle a horde of the undead during Christmas. This movie is an homage to grindhouse flicks. I thought it was funny, Tara thought most of it was just weird. … Continue reading A Cadaver Christmas (2011)

The Gingerdead Man (2005)

Directed by Charles Band (infamous for the strange).  Written by William Butler and August White (and it should not have taken 2 people to write this).  Starring Gary Busey (yeah). Plot: an executed murderer's ashes get mixed into some dough and baked and out comes the Gingerdead Man It sounds like a funny sort of … Continue reading The Gingerdead Man (2005)

Silent Night (2012)

Directed by Steven C. Miller.  Written by Jayson Rothwell.  Starring Jamie King, Malcolm McDowell, Donal Logue and Brendan Fehr (for like a minute). Plot: basically it's just about the police tracking a killer in a Santa suit "Santa" goes on a killing spree in this movie, but for the most, his motives aren't all bad.  He … Continue reading Silent Night (2012)