Rating: R
Genre:
Thriller
Release Date: 11/14/2006
Dubbed: English
Sound: DDM2.0
Run Time: 95 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Brief Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Synapse Films
He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake, and it's best not to get on his bad side in this quirky thriller that's gained a loyal cult following.
Harry Straddling (
Brandon Maggart) was traumatized as a child, when late at night on Christmas Eve, he walked into the family living room and saw his father, dressed as
Santa Claus, having sex with his mother. Now grown to adulthood,
Harry is malignly obsessed with the holiday season, particularly the myths of
Santa Claus; he works for a toy company, he sleeps in a
Santa suit, his apartment is stuffed with Christmas memorabilia, and he spies on the neighborhood children, keeping track of who has been good and bad.
Harry's insistence that the toy company maintain high manufacturing standards does little to endear him to his co-workers, and his brother
Phillip (
Jeffrey DeMunn) thinks
Harry has started to go off the deep end. One day,
Harry snaps, and after dressing up as
Santa, he steals a truckload of toys and delivers them to a mental hospital as presents for the young patients -- all well and good. But when
Harry is then confronted by a group of people who don't believe he's Father Christmas,
Harry reacts with violence, setting off a murder spree.
Terror in Toyland (which was first released as
You Better Watch Out and is now available on video as
Christmas Evil) also features
Patricia Richardson, who makes her film debut in a small role more than a decade before she gained fame on the TV series
Home Improvement.
Danny Federici of
Bruce Springsteen's
E-Street Band also has a cameo, as an accordion player at a community center dance.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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