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It's a Wonderful Slice
USA 2024
produced by
Joshua Salazar Fallat, Sandra Elaine, Ed Gage, Steven Natale, Leora Leon, Jeffrey Grinel, T.Q. Gaskins, Hart Fisher, Frank Lui Geo, Michael Moutsatsos (executive), James Lauver (executive), Phil Herman (executive), Clinton E. Wallace (executive), Natasha Chisdes (executive) for Dondi Inferno Productions, Photomundo International Entertainment, Herman Productions
directed by Michael Moutsatsos
starring Rick Ryan, Joshua Salazar Fallat, Jose Garcia, Sandra Elaine, Jeffrey Grinel, Anthony Graziano, Michael Moutsatsos, Leon Hogg, Fernada Maeda, Steven Natale, Sammy Sinn, Jonathan Arroyo
written and special effects makeup by Michael Moutsatsos
Santa Claus, Krampus
review by
Mike Haberfelner
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The framing story is set in the woods where Saint Nick and the Krampus
are residing. By and large, Krampus is seen as the bad guy, Santa the good
one, but here, Santa's doing most of the killing. And this is already a
cue for the stories to follow:
- A Slay to Remember: Famous Hollywood celebrity Barrington
takes his Christmas vacation off the grid, anonymously at a rather
average vacation home somewhere in the mountains. And his host grants
him just that, so much so that the two men get quite friendly. Only
one of them's a psycho in a Santa costume ...
- Here Wolfie Wolf: On a walk through the woods, two filmmakers
discuss making a werewolf movie. Thing is, one of them's actually a
(weirdly enough Santa-themed) werewolf ...
- Santa's Got an Axe to Grind:Two unsuspecting, innocent hikers
have made their way into psycho Santa's woods ...
- Demonic Intentions: Just because he was born on the 25th of
December, a man has become the prime target of evil Santa - who might
be merely in his head, but who also might be lethally real ...
- A Doll to Die For: A 25 year old woman is so angry at Santa
for not getting a certain doll year after year after year she kidnaps
a shopping mall Santa to torture the doll out of him ...
A fun Christmas-themed horror anthology, and one that, without going
full-out comedy, doesn't it take itself too seriously, accepts its
occasional ridiculousness as part of the game, yet has some solid stories
to tell. Now sure, in both story and execution this film might be on the
grindhouse side of things, but it appears that was intentionally so, and
that approach sure has its very own charm. But what really makes this film
is that it never veers from its evil Santa theme but embraces it rather
whole-heartedly - and has its dear fun with it that will strike a chord
with all self-respecting indie horror fans.
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Robots and rats,
demons and potholes,
cuddly toys and
shopping mall Santas,
love and death and everything in between,
Tales to Chill
Your Bones to
is all of that.
Tales to Chill
Your Bones to -
a collection of short stories and mini-plays
ranging from the horrific to the darkly humourous,
from the post-apocalyptic
to the weirdly romantic,
tales that will give you a chill and maybe a chuckle,
all thought up by
the twisted mind of
screenwriter and film reviewer
Michael Haberfelner.
Tales to Chill
Your Bones to
the new anthology by
Michael Haberfelner
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