Réalisation:
Charles E. Sellier Jr.Scénario:
Michael HickeyPhotographie:
Henning SchellerupActeurs·trices:
Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero, Linnea Quigley, Robert Brian Wilson, Britt Leach, H.E.D. Redford, Geoff Hansen, Leo Geter, Will Hare (plus)Résumés(1)
C’est l’histoire terrifiante de Billy Chapman. Traumatisé par le viol et le meurtre de ses parents lors d’un réveillon de Noël, le petit Billy est recueilli dans un orphelinat dirigé par des nonnes sadiques qui vont le brutaliser pendant des années. Devenu adolescent, Billy doit se déguiser en Père Noël pour le réveillon et cela va déclencher chez lui une fureur dévastatrice et sanglante : il croit avoir pour mission de tuer les méchants. (Swift Productions)
(plus)Critiques (2)
Really Bad Santa. The naughty opening about the roots of trauma sets the bar fairly high and brings two amusing decisions for the direction of the "plot." Letting a five-year-old boy visit an asylum and be left alone with his deranged grandpa is a loving parental act, but it’s easily outdone when, at eighteen, the orphanage gets him a job in a toy store so he can fully enjoy December! And then it's just murders, gore, and nudity galore on a "punish" journey for a merry holiday... A left hook from a child's fist to Santa Claus’s face or the gay scene where young Billy vies for the employee of the month title, at least in my eyes, contradict the claim that Charles E. Sellier Jr. avoided humor, though it’s hard to say if it was intentional.
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An atmospherically sophisticated slasher that provides a decent psychological background to the main character/killer. I expected some sort of entertaining silliness, so I was very nicely surprised by the solid brutality and the atmosphere as a whole. Unlike other Holiday-themed cult movies, Black Christmas fully exploits the potential of the killer – that axe-wielding Santa screaming “punish” is far more charismatic than any ordinary howling asshole :-) 8/10
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