The greatest of all Christmas themed horror movies, Christmas Evil is about one man's descent into madness.

What really sets this movie apart from other similiar ventures is its intelligence and genuinely disturbing elements that may be a bit to "real" for some to handle. It is the films realism that gives it power.

As hard as it may be to believe, this movie is actually packed Christmas spirit! It is a true holiday movie, albeit a holiday film for those that enjoy anything but conventional. This is not a slasher movie though, it is a psychological thriller. The emphasis is not on killing and gore (there is actually very little), but loneliness, childhood trauma, and the commercialization of Christmas. There is plenty of "evil" in Christmas Evil, but not what you would think.

A true cinematic masterpeice of the highest order that deserves to be seen by any true movie fan! Thank Troma for having the guts to give this wide distribution.

The DVD has several extras of merit, and the menus are a joy to look at. The film transfer is rough at times, but this only adds to the tension of the film.

Great movie, great DVD! From Troma...of course!!!

I recently watched Christmas Evil for the first time, and I didn't love it, but didn't hate it either. I thought it was a really good idea, but there just wasn't enough happening. Nobody is murdered until the 2nd half of the movie, and even after that, I can only remember one other killing. For a slasher movie, I think more action & violence would have been in order. But still, the acting was pretty solid for a "b" movie, and the killer's dimentia was well done. I liked the film well enough to watch it again at some point. I bought this movie as part of a Horror Classics set at Best buy for $6, you get several other movies with it, so if you want to watch it for cheap, that is the way to go.

I've seen a whole lot of 'bad' horror movies but this one is pretty bad. The original box description made it sound like it might be worth watching but save your money/time and try something else. There is virtually no action until about 50 minutes into the movie. Even then, it is fairly mild and there is really not much in the way of F/X to speak of.

The 'story' is weak and quite frankly I just wanted to turn it off more than anything else but kept hoping that it would get better. Well, it did not, ( hence the 1 star ).

The movie is somewhat entertaining at times. The killings in the film were gorey enough, but a little dissapointing. The first killing was pretty unexpected "the church step killing" But the way it was shot was really choppy and I think that took away from the scene a bit. A good thing about it was it was pretty original: a sharp toy through the eye followed by a stabbing (I think the people were stabbed?) There are a couple of more deaths in the film but none as original as the first except for the Christmas tree star throat cutting that is. The music in the film was creepy at times but mostly annoying. The particulary annoying sounds were the ones that seemed to be heard at innapropriate times. For instance the scene were "Santa" is hidding from the townspeople. There was some sort of cymbil sound there and my question is why. I was like it belonged in a different scene. I think the lead role was performed well by the lead actor but the writing of the film was lacking. Although the beggining of the film was somewhat shocking and original alot of the film is not and the ending definatly leaves something to be desired. I will say this. This is the best horror film about a killer santa and only because its the only one I have seen.

CHRISTMAS EVIL is a surprisingly chilling, effective and well-made horror film that rubs off as more of a character study than a true slasher film. As a boy, Harry saw his mother making love with Santa Claus, and in his adulthood, he owns a toy store called 'Jolly Dream'. Little do the townspeople and the employees know that Harry is now a crazed killer - Santa's number one fan - and he'll do anything to keep the tradition going by keeping track of who has been naughty and who has been nice. Brandon Maggart is exceptional as the psycho Santa in this atmospheric and frightening tale that mixes in some humour as well. The music and sound is equally great, combining the superb effects of orchestral pieces to synth to make the ultimate in terror soundtrack. This horror movie, though a little slow-moving at times, is a little gem that has finally been rewarded with a DVD release, and rightfully so. This could obviously be the (ahem) second best Christmas horror film, falling right under the place of BLACK CHRISTMAS.

CHRISTMAS EVIL was released under two alternate titles - TERROR IN TOYLAND, YOU BETTER WATCH OUT.