Santa's Slay is one of those movies that feels like it belongs in the same vein as the likes of
Silent Night, Deadly Night and the remake of
Black Christmas. The film stars Bill Goldberg as an evil version of Santa Claus. In this film, Santa was more of an antichrist figure. He was forced be good for 1000 years after losing a curling match (yeah, it's that kind of movie). When 1000 years are up, Santa goes on a killing spree, murdering anybody he deems naughty (or anybody he feels like, really). Bill Goldberg is clearly having fun in his role, even if he doesn't give a particularly good performance. This is true of every cast member in this movie. Goldberg aside, the cast member I truly think embodies this opinion of mine is Dave Thomas as Reverend Miller. This character is your stereotypical sleazy, hypocritical priest figure, and the man seems to be having fun every time he's on screen. One of my favorite scenes in the movie is one where he is asking his congregation to pray for and forgive a bunch of dead strippers (especially because the reverend was at the strip club the night before). It feels like it's kind of the right blend of stupid, dark, cheesy, and a little bit sleazy that this movie relishes in being, and is all the more entertaining for it. This may just be one of the strangest casts I've ever seen in a movie. The cast includes Emilie de Raven (Claire from
Lost), James Caan, Chris Kattan, and Rebecca Gayheart from
Urban Legend. The kills range from OK to legitimately creative. Some characters die because they shoved into things really hard. But, my favorite kill in the movie has to be one where a man is impaled to the wall with a menorah (this is the kind of genius level of stupid I want out of a movie like this). The movie also doesn't take itself too seriously-something I appreciate given how ridiculous this movie's premise is. If you enjoy off-kilter Christmas movies, bad Christmas movies, or bad movies in general, then check out
Santa's Slay. You might find some legitimate bad movie fun in watching this.
5 / 10
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