Don’t Open Till Christmas

release date December 19 1984
studio Mondo Macabro
director Edmund Purdom
writer Derek Ford, Al McGoohan
starring Edmund Purdom, Alan Lake, Belinda Mayne
rating
R
tagline The Gift of Terror That Just Won't Wait

Synopsis

Somebody with very little Christmas spirit is killing anyone in a Santa suit one London holiday season, and Scotland Yard has to stop him before he makes his exploits an annual tradition.

Official Review

With a tagline like “From The Producers Of Pieces,” you’d figure that Don’t Open Till Christmas would be as delightfully stupid and nonsensical as Juan Piquer Simon’s masterpiece. It’s certainly absurd throughout with a few ‘so bad-it’s good’ moments and poorly conceived characters, but it never really goes “out there.” In fact, Christmas is a little too normal for its own good. …Read More

Official Score: 2.5 / 5