Let's start with the title. Dreadful. Yes it's a play on the beloved Xmas classic but as a title it's lazy and stupid. Doesn't even make any sense.
The slasher genre is so overdone now that to really stand out you need to focus on your kills and this movie simply doesn't deliver. All of the victims are killed in really straightforward and frankly boring ways.
Characters. There's not a likeable person in this entire movie. Justin Long gives a good camp performance as the Mayor but other than that you won't be invested in anyone and you simply don't care who gets killed
The gimmick here is Christmas time travel and they wasted an great opportunity to have a movie horror fans return to every year. Sadly that won't happen here as this is a one and done experience
If you want to see a decent groundhog day style slasher then Happy Death Day has it in the bag.
4 stars and that's a festive gift as it's really only worth 2 or 3.
The slasher genre is so overdone now that to really stand out you need to focus on your kills and this movie simply doesn't deliver. All of the victims are killed in really straightforward and frankly boring ways.
Characters. There's not a likeable person in this entire movie. Justin Long gives a good camp performance as the Mayor but other than that you won't be invested in anyone and you simply don't care who gets killed
The gimmick here is Christmas time travel and they wasted an great opportunity to have a movie horror fans return to every year. Sadly that won't happen here as this is a one and done experience
If you want to see a decent groundhog day style slasher then Happy Death Day has it in the bag.
4 stars and that's a festive gift as it's really only worth 2 or 3.