While ‘Friday the 13th’ was not a critical success, it inspired numerous slasher movies that came after it. One was a Christmas horror movie about a killer Santa Claus. “Even though the screenplay was ...

Chris Williams is a writer with more than 20 years of experience writing about film. In November 1985, Santa Claus: The Movie arrived with the promise of giving Christmas movies the same mythic ...

There are more holiday horror movies out there than you might think. Despite the religious connotations of the holiday, few Christmas horror movies have stirred up much controversy — but a Santa Claus ...

In November 1994, Tim Allen, one of the biggest names on the small screen, kick-started his impressive movie career with his portrayal of Scott Calvin in The Santa Clause. The box office hit, which ...

In the fall of 1984, angry crowds milled and congregated at malls and theaters of the Midwest and East Coast, shouting holiday slogans and generally carrying on in a won’t-somebody-please-think-of-the ...

David Krumholtz, who played Bernard the Elf in 1994's The Santa Clause, has revealed how much he still earns from the Christmas classic. Krumholtz, 48, who appeared alongside Tim Allen as Scott Calvin ...

It’s December 1985, I’m six years old and I’m sat next to my dad in a small-town cinema in Norfolk. Some might unkindly describe the venue as a fleapit permanently on the brink of closure. Today, ...

Santa pretty much is Christmas at this point. He's the reason kids listen for footsteps on the roof, the reason wrapping paper flies everywhere on Christmas morning, and the reason half our favorite ...

It’s a common refrain to joke about how casually we as a society have accepted—and so deeply integrated—the myth of Santa Claus into the Christmas season, given just how strange the very concept of ...

If there is a weird version of Santa Claus that isn’t like anything else in movies, it came in Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale. This is a Finnish fantasy dark horror R-rated Christmas comedy about a ...