Christmas Blood - Scandanavian Noir. A psycho Santa in a bloody Xmas tale.
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An exclusive backstage pass into a fascinating underground world of alternative Christmas music. Starring an eclectic cast of characters – The Flaming Lips, Run DMC, John Waters – plus two dozen amazing & original songs, this is a cinematic sleigh ride into the strange and sublime universe of alternative Xmas music.
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In the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 meters deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up. This Christmas, everyone will believe in Santa Claus.
Christmas movies are pretty much known for being bad. That’s why we love them though, their cringey, optimistic attitude and questionable plots would not be acceptable any other time of the year. However come December, we’re all gagging for a bit of Santa related cheese. But is has to be said there are some truly awful Christmas films.
Rotten Tomatoes has compiled a list of the worst rated Christmas films on their site, and I’m surprised a few of Netflix’s originals didn’t make the list.
The films included had to have scored less than 30 per cent on the Tomatometer and had to have at least 20 reviews from critics to assert their status as “universally loathed”.
Alexis Burling December 10, 2020Updated: December 18, 2020, 7:14 am
“Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” plays Dec. 18 at the Castro. Photo: Embassy Pictures 1964
It’s been no sleigh ride, 2020.
But if you’re looking forward to beating the holiday blues by spending December on the couch and plowing through Christmas-themed content, we have your back. There are nearly 100 offerings to choose from.
For the musically inclined, there’s the Debbie Allen-directed “Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square” on Netflix, and “Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey,” also on Netflix. It stars Forest Whitaker as a curmudgeonly toy maker whose granddaughter renews his faith in the holidays after his thieving apprentice ruins his business.