I usually try to avoid such simplistic words as "suck," but that's about as articulately as it can be put. At least the other SNDN movies were fun to make fun of, despite their horrid acting/directing/script/cinematography. This one wasn't even good for camp value.
What's worse, it had little to do with Christmas and nothing to do with the rest of the series. Yeah, a character was named Ricky, but I refuse to think that Clint Howard (the falliced-wonder) is a grown-up version of the Ricky we all know from the first movies. If he is, he must've come in contact with some sort of radiation and transformed into "rat-boy." Strange...
The Christmas theme is a backdrop, but is negligable. This movie could've been called "Fourth of July," be set in summer, and the plot could be exactly the same. What does the Christmas motif effect as far as the characters go? They wear coats. That's pretty much it.
If you're taking notes, kids, this is a lesson on how not to make a horror movie. If you want your movie to suck, at least make it funny-suck. Not suck-suck.
What's worse, it had little to do with Christmas and nothing to do with the rest of the series. Yeah, a character was named Ricky, but I refuse to think that Clint Howard (the falliced-wonder) is a grown-up version of the Ricky we all know from the first movies. If he is, he must've come in contact with some sort of radiation and transformed into "rat-boy." Strange...
The Christmas theme is a backdrop, but is negligable. This movie could've been called "Fourth of July," be set in summer, and the plot could be exactly the same. What does the Christmas motif effect as far as the characters go? They wear coats. That's pretty much it.
If you're taking notes, kids, this is a lesson on how not to make a horror movie. If you want your movie to suck, at least make it funny-suck. Not suck-suck.
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