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Christmas Evil

5.4

Released November 01, 1980Runtime 1h 34min

You Better Watch Out!

Garbed in his red suit, Harry, a toy factory worker, decides that the only thing he can do to save the spirit of Christmas is to become Santa Claus himself and make all of the naughty townspeople pay... in blood!

Genres

Horror

Thriller

Production Companies

Cinevid Productions

Pressman Film

Production Countries

United States of America

Finances

Budget: $750,000
Revenue: $0
Profit/Loss: $0

Stream

Rent

Buy

Videos

Cast

Brandon MaggartHarry Stadling

Jeffrey DeMunnPhilip Stadling

Dianne HullJackie Stadling

Andy FenwickDennis Stadling

Brian NevilleMarc Stadling

Joe JamrogFrank Stoller

Wally MoranPhilip Stadling Jr.

Gus SaludHarry Stadling Jr.

Ellen McElduffHarry's Mother

Brian HartiganHarry's Father

Peter NeumanMoss Garcia

Lance HolcombScotty Goodrich

Elizabeth RidgeSusie Lovett

Chris BrowningRichie Sharp

Tyrone HolmesFrankie

Patricia RichardsonMoss' Mother

Scott McKayMr. Fletcher

Peter FriedmanMr. Grosch

Owen HollanderBen

Horace BaileyJake

John BrockmanDr. Probst

Burt KleinerSol Wiseman

David HughesWorker

Lloyd David HartTipsy Worker

Francine DumontMrs. Fletcher

Pamela EnzMrs. Grosch

William RobertsonGuard

Sheila AndersonNurse

Robert AriDoctor

Philip CasnoffRicardo Bauma

Michael KlingherPeter

Mark ChamberlinCharles

Colleen ZenkBinky

Lisa SloanKhaki

James DesmondMan #1

Mark MargolisMan #2

Jennifer NovtneyLittle Girl

Audrey MatsonWoman

Danny FedericiAccordian Player

Arthur BresslerSaxophone Player

John ScarangellaDrummer

Raymond J. BarryDetective Gleason

Sam GrayInspector Grella

Robert LesserDetective Gottleib

Will MacMillanYoung Man

Bill RaymondPriest

Joan JonasOlder Woman

Nancy ClarkFemale Witness

T. Wellington PerkinsBlack Santa

Jim GaganSanta #1

Leib LenskySanta #2

James GallagherSanta #3

Hy MencherOlder Man

Michael GordonPoliceman

Stephen MendilloTom

Rutanya AldaTheresa

Kerry BroderickAngelina

John ToweyJoe

Annette KurekMary

Matthew LevineMatthew

Marian VitaleMrs. Stoller

Carrie SteeleDaughter

Sam SamilariSon

Crew

Lewis JacksonDirector

Lewis JacksonWriter

Maria HeritierCasting Coordinator

Jane HallarenAdditional Casting

Vic RamosCasting Consultant

Burt KleinerProducer

Jerald RubinsteinExecutive Producer

Pete KameronProducer

Michael A. LevineAssociate Producer

Corky O'HaraEditor

Joel HarrisOriginal Music Composer

Ricardo AronovichDirector of Photography

Lorenzo MansProduction Design

Julia HeywardOriginal Music Composer

Linda LeedsEditor

Roberta NeimanArt Direction

Don ChristensenOriginal Music Composer

Lyzanne GoodsonMakeup Artist

Cari ComartSound Editor

Margaret CrimminsSound Editor

Chat GunterSound Mixer

Alex FernbachSpecial Effects

Deirdre N. WilliamsCostume Designer

Bernard HajdenbergSound Editor

Tom BrumbergerSpecial Effects Makeup Artist

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Reviews

So I started the evening at Sadler's Wells watching Sir Matthew Bourne's adaptation of "Edward Scissorhands" and my friend decided to reciprocate my hospitality by taking me to a (very) late night screening of this - which is apparently John Waters' pick of Christmas films. Well, talk about sublime...