Vinegar Syndrome
announced this past week that writer/director Lewis Jackson’s 1980 cult horror gem,
Christmas
Evil, will be available at retail on Nov. 18 as a Blu-ray/DVD Combo
Pack.
Little Harry sees mom
doing the nasty with Santa Claus (actually his father) one Christmas Eve and
his little brain just snaps. Skip ahead a few years and he is now an adult
(played by Brandon Maggart — The World According to Garp, Dressed
to Kill … and as Lou in the Brothers television series) who has
become obsessed with Santa Claus and Christmas.
To take his “weirdness”
to the next level, our boy Harry works at Jolly Dreams (yup, a toy manufacturing
company), spies on kids (and co-workers) to see who is naughty and nice (even
keeps a list) and dresses up as Santa Claus to make his Christmas-season “deliveries.”
Now these “deliveries”
range from delivering stolen toys (from Jolly Dreams) to those that deserve
toys to grisly murders as the ever-increasing unhinged Harry/Santa makes his
rounds. Of course he is misunderstood!
The ending is a classic
that combines the visual elements of director James Whale’s Frankenstein
torch-bearing mob (in pursuit of the “monster”) with Harry’s “sleigh” (sans
reindeers) taking wing … and to all a good night!
Bonus features for this new
4k transfer for original 35mm source material includes not one, but three
separate commentary tracks — filmmaker Lewis Jackson, Jackson with the film’s
star, Brandon Maggart and last, but not least, Jackson with auteur filmmaker John Waters, which is a
commentary track that should not be missed!!! — plus there are deleted scenes, vintage
video interview with Jackson and Maggart and storyboards.
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