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Really Awful Movies: Ep 439 – Don’t Open Till Christmas

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There are a lot of Santa Claus slashers. But with Don’t Open Till Christmas, Kris Kringle characters are the vics not the perps.

Don’t Open Till Christmas is a 1984 British slasher film. It is directed by Edmund Purdom, who also stars. But based on the end project, viewers can tell it is the work of >1 director in the chair.

The flick introduces a mysterious killer murdering Santa Claus impersonators in London during Christmas season, first off, through a Black Christmas-like POV shot.

Thereafter, a Santa at a nightclub is murdered in front of dozens of witnesses. Turns out, it’s the father of one, Kate, whose boyfriend soon becomes embroiled in a giallo-like murder investigation by New Scotland Yard.

Really Awful Movies: Ep 437 – Night of the Living Dead 1990

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Today on the Really Awful Movies Podcast, Tom Savini’s Night of the Living Dead.

Tony Todd (Candyman) takes on the iconic Duane Jones role from the 1968 George A. Romero original.

Much maligned when it first came out, this is not nearly as bad as critics say (but by the same token, isn’t as great as some people claim in hindsight either).

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Really Awful Movies: Ep 435 – Jeepers Creepers

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Jeepers Creepers.

We turn our attention to the early 2000s and this Justin Long-starrer, a genre-bending supernatural and very atmospheric creature feature.

This one incorporates aspects of Duel, Dark Night of the Scarecrow, Children of the Corn, Tourist Trap and too many others to possibly mention.

And it has a very dark backstory too.

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