After his parents are murdered, a tormented teenager goes on a murderous rampage dressed as Santa, due to his stay at an orphanage where he was abused by the Mother Superior.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Lilyan Chauvin | ... | Mother Superior | |
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Gilmer McCormick | ... | Sister Margaret |
| Toni Nero | ... | Pamela | |
| Robert Brian Wilson | ... | Billy at 18 | |
| Britt Leach | ... | Mr. Sims | |
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Nancy Borgenicht | ... | Mrs. Randall |
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H.E.D. Redford | ... | Captain Richards |
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Danny Wagner | ... | Billy at 8 |
| Linnea Quigley | ... | Denise | |
| Leo Geter | ... | Tommy | |
| Randy Stumpf | ... | Andy | |
| Will Hare | ... | Grandpa | |
| Tara Buckman | ... | Mother (Ellie) | |
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Geoff Hansen | ... | Father (Jim) (as Jeff Hansen) |
| Charles Dierkop | ... | Killer Santa | |
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Storyline
After seeing his parents murdered in front of him a young bit spends most of his life in an orphanage where he is abused by the mother superior when he turns into a teenager he gets a job as a department store santa and when he sees two people having sex in the store he gets flashbacks when his parents and when he can't take it anymore he turns into a santa serial killer. Written by devint-16816
Plot Keywords:
santa claus | serial killer | christmas | christmas horror | serial murderer |Taglines:
You've made it through Halloween, now try and survive Christmas See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
9 November 1984 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Budget:
$1,065,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$1,432,800, 11 November 1984, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$2,491,460, 18 November 1984Company Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
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MonoColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1
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Trivia
In a 1994 audio interview with Fangoria, director Charles Sellier, Jr. erroneously states that this film was based on a book called "Slayride" by Paul Caimi. In reality there was no such book. Paul Caimi, then a student at Harvard University, submitted a script to the producers of the film that had a line about a killer Santa. The producers of the film expanded upon that single idea to make this film, and wanting to give Caimi some credit, gave him a "story by" credit. See more »Goofs
While Billy and family are traveling in the opening scenes of the film, the radio reports the weather twice as being in the low 20s. Despite this very cold weather, no one in the family is wearing winter coats or gear. See more »Quotes
Grandpa: You scared, ain't ya? You should be! Christmas Eve is the scariest damn night of the year!See more »
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I love this movie, it was scary, cool, and just...cool. It had nice gore FX, a scary as hell killer, which we still care about even though he is on a Frenzy, and the movie had good acting. Especially Robert Brian Wilson as Billy, It is too bad that he didn't go on to do bigger things. Anyway, I recomend this movie to just about anyone. And praise the lord that they are making a nice DVD version. But Avoid the Sequels at all costs!!!
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