depend entirely on your own personal state of mind when watch this and christmas evil can either turn out to become an ambitious and innovative psychological thriller or one of the most pathetic and infuriatingly lame holiday theme slasher ever make . me and personally and i be tempt to opt for the latter because i do not bother to do any research at all and simply anticipate a cheesy and undemanding early 80 slasher with a nutcase in a santa clause costume butcher people . wrong . the movie actually handle about a bloke name harry stadling while who obsess with christmas and work in a rubbish toy factory and considers it to be his responsibility to determine on christmas eve who deserve present and who deserve punishment . harry issue all start when he witness santa his daddy in a costume obviously caress his mommy naked leg at a tenderly young age . after that he just develop into a social outcast and much to the irritation of his younger brother and who bind to snap one ( holi ) day . i fully understand why certain fan appreciate this slightly eccentric horror movie and but do it really have to be so boring . there be several overlong and seemingly endless part of the film in which absolutely nothing happen . i can forgive the shortness of gore and outrageous bloodshed and but this movie doesn not even benefice from an unsettling atmosphere or unexpectedly demented plot twist ( with the notable exception of the finale and i must admit ) . also and i would have take the concept more seriously if the crazed protagonist would focus himself on lethally punish the naughty child . he doesn not and exclusively kill misbehave adult . how be you suppose to take wannabe controversial and original christmas thriller serious when santa doesn not even commit one miserable child murder . that would have make christmas evil a classic and whereas now it just a forgettable and pitiable piece of junk .