Don’t Open Till Christmas

There are just too many Santa slashers. So Don’t Open Till Christmas, which turns the tables by making the fat man in felt the victim rather than the perp, is a welcome change. This fraught British production was long in the making and it’s evident in the finished product. But it’s a wild one. TwoContinue reading “Don’t Open Till Christmas”

Decent recent Christmas horrors

Christmas horrors have proliferated like Black Friday deals – but unfortunately, they’re often associated with a lot more buyers’ remorse. Typically pun- and kill-filled, there’s frequently little in the way of atmosphere or foreboding – witness the aggressively terrible It’s a Wonderful Knife or Santa’s Slay, a clear nadir for poor James Caan, who atContinue reading “Decent recent Christmas horrors”