9 Insanely Misjudged Moments That Totally Ruined Movies

3. Santa's Creepy Clone - The Santa Clause 2

The Santa Clause 2 toy Santa clone
Disney

Just look at that image. Soak it in. Good lord. No, this isn't a still from a horror movie about a possessed, evil Santa doll - it's a still from the Disney-produced, family-friendly Christmas adventure, The Santa Clause 2.

The plot of this movie revolves around Tim Allen's Santa attempting to fulfil a clause which stipulates that he must get married before Christmas Eve, or else he has to abandon the red coat, the beard, and the reindeer, and return to a normal human life.

So, to find himself a bride, he leaves the North Pole and heads back home. But because Santa can't just run off whenever he feels like it, a clever elf named Curtis creates a Santa clone to cover for his absence, and it's at this point that the movie goes from harmless family fun, to tedious, messy, and genuinely a little bit creepy.

This is because Santa's plastic-y clone is absolutely nightmarish to behold, with his serial killer grin and overly eccentric behaviour proving quite uncomfortable to watch. The rest of the movie bounces between Santa's wife-hunt and plastic Santa's mission to take over the North Pole, and because plastic Santa is such an annoying and frankly quite disturbing character, the film becomes a chore to sit through.

You can understand what they were going for here, but why did they have to make him look like something from a Stephen King horror novel?! This Santa won't climb down your chimney and leave you gifts - he'll climb down your chimney and murder your family.

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