Christmas Cruelty! (2013)

We follow a serial killer and his victims as they all prepare for Christmas in their own ways. This year it doesn't matter if you have been naughty or nice, Santa is coming to town no matter what, and he knows where you live.

Directors:

Per-Ingvar Tomren, Magne Steinsvoll (co-director)

Writers:

Eline Aasheim (script), Janne Iren Holseter (script)

Stars:

Eline Aasheim, Tormod Lien, Magne Steinsvoll

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eline Aasheim	...	Eline
Tormod Lien	...	Serial-Santa
Magne Steinsvoll	...	Magne
Per-Ingvar Tomren	...	Per-Ingvar
Raymond Talberg	...	Boybandreka
Nina-Shanett Arntsen	...	Daughter
Tone Søyset Døving	...	Victim #1
Jørgen Torp	...	Victim #2
Eiric Lien	...	Victim #3
Ranja Hjelvik	...	Victim #4
Vilde Reiten Gommesen	...	Victim #5
Thomas Utgård	...	Thomas
Solveig Sahr Bergheim	...	Solveig
Frans Hulsker	...	Christmas tree salesman
Olav Kåre Torjuul	...	Chainsaw salesman

Storyline

"O'Hellige Jul!" follows both a serial killer as he plans for his next kills, and the next set of victims he has set his sights on. As the group of friends we get to know prepare for Christmas in their own way we also follow the killer as he stalks and does his final research for this years Christmas cruelty. In the last act of the movie he invades the home of our group of friends to execute his twisted little plan as foreshadowed in the first act.

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Plot Keywords:

bound and gagged | rape | tape over mouth | christmas horror | santa | 

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Taglines:

This Christmas Santa is going postal...

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Genres:

Horror

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Did You Know?

Trivia

"O'Hellige Jul!" is the first effort of directors Magne Steinsvoll and Per-Ingvar Tomren to make a real full-length film and they wanted to use this experience as a private film education. In order to grow as much as possible as filmmakers, they wanted to make the production as challenging as they could. This included never using CGI, working only with amateurs, children, animals, not having a finished script during production and building the entire film out of pieces that ordinary films wouldn't have used. One of the concepts for "O'Hellige Jul!" is that it would be like if the film makers came over a trash can filled with footage that an ordinary Christmas slasher had thrown away, because they were either too brutal or mundane, and decided to edit these scenes together. Making a coherent and entertaining story only out of pieces normal films would reject seemed like a perfect challenge for the daring filmmakers.

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Quotes

Serial-Santa: This is too much!

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Crazy Credits

Sverre Johan Tøvik .... inventor of poodlesmoothie

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Connections

References I Trust You to Kill Me (2006)

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Soundtracks

Don't Worry it's Christmas Time
Written by Magne Steinsvoll
Performed by Magne Steinsvoll and Jonas Høgseth

User Reviews

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook (Norwegian)

Country:

Norway

Language:

Norwegian

Release Date:

13 December 2013 (Norway)

Also Known As:

Christmas Cruelty!

Filming Locations:

Vestnes, Norway

Box Office

Budget:

NOK1,140,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Stonewall Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min (original)

Sound Mix:

Stereo (Digital)

Color:

Color (HD)

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD