Video Store Nightmares

Episode 67: Christmas Evil (1980)


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This week, we visit John Water's favorite Christmas movie: 1980's Christmas Evil. Poor Harry is doomed to a lifetime of fetishizing Christmas after seeing his mom and Santa doing the nasty under his childhood Christmas tree. Adult Harry just doesn't understand why everyone else doesn't have the same Santa-mindset, tallying up good and bad behavior until the big day. That's when Harry takes it upon himself to punish the bad guys. On this episode: uninformed psychoanalysis, Christmas-time interior decorating, romanticized pasts, an unreliable narrator, confused messaging about class solidarity, toys as weapons, forced philanthropy, and a little Christmas magic.

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