10 Alternative Christmas Movies

Don’t worry if you haven’t seen Silent Night Deadly Night Part I because this “sequel” recycles about 40 minutes of footage, adding a new plot about the homicidal brother of the first film’s sicko. Fortunately he’s played by Eric Freeman, a graduate of the Mommie Dearest school of acting, which means he has three settings: twitchy, over-the-top and MWAHAHAHAHA!!!

Narrating the flashback footage from inside an asylum that looks suspiciously like a corporate office building, Freeman reminds us that his brother saw Mom being raped by a Mr Kringle one Christmas Eve, which of course turned him into a psycho killer in a Santa costume. Such fixations must be genetic because pretty soon Freeman’s off on a spree of his own, spearing a loan shark with his umbrella and mowing down a redneck !*$% (whose girlfriend thanks him!)

Don’t miss the scene where Freeman sits in a theater, gazing in open-mouthed awe at the Coming Attractions before realizing the Feature Presentation is….Silent Night Deadly Night! Needless to say, this really sets him off, and before long he’s merrily strolling down the sidewalk shouting “Punish!” and “Naughty!” as he randomly shoots cops, motorists and garbage collectors.