Happy New Year one and all.
The holiday season brought many tidings of joy and goodness- it also offered opportunities to bear witness to awesome exercises in filmic badness. One in particular that stands out- Santa's Slay.
In case you are unfamiliar with the specific ouvre you are probably at least aware of the genre... the evil, bad and naughty version of Santa Claus; the unique spin here is that rather than simply being a mentally ill spree killer ala this guy (from the immortal, Silent Night, Deadly Night II), Santa is a demon. And by demon, of course we mean son of Satan, tricked into doing good for the children of Earth for 1000 years... and guess what?? (Shock, horror?!) the night the movie is set, Santa's 'contract' is up, which frees him to get back to killing (in gory ways whenever possible, though to his credit, he is sensitive enough to victims' religious beliefs to use celebratory/ritual objects in their murders, so if you started this movie wondering what Saul Rubinek's character, Mr. Green, would look like impaled on a menorah, the filmmakers were considerate enough to just go ahead and show us, aw, thanks Santy!).
It is hard to imagine quite how this was envisioned- as a star vehicle for a former WWE personality (Goldberg), a spoof of killer Santa movies, an opportunity to see Robert Culp again (I Spy reunion show and reruns of this not withstanding), something(s) else, or a combination... the good news, it doesn't matter. The net effect is of a campy gorefest. If you dig that kinda thing, this will be for you... if not, er... well, yeah.
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