A Videotape Swapshop Christmas #2: Santa Claus (1959)

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Dir. René Cardona

Christmas is slowly drawing to an end for this year. Someone reading this blog post has probably eaten their own weight in chocolate. Maybe two. To close it off, its befitting to choose a film that has been dismissed as garbage, but to my delight, actually has more enjoyable qualities than other Christmas films I've seen. Its better than the one with Dudley Moore at least.

Review Link - http://www.videotapeswapshop.co.uk/18607/santa-claus-1959-director-rene-cardona/

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A Videotape Swapshop Christmas #1: We Wish You a Turtle Christmas (1994)

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Dir. Larry Osborne

Christmas is nearly upon us, and all the cheer and magic of the season is reaching its highest peak. Unfortunately this is also the holiday which has the most and succinct abuses of its message, and when delving into Christmas and motion image entertainment, you can't really ignore it. Its better, out of two reviews I did for this year's season for Videotape Swapshop, to get the terrible one out of the way first. Its a spoiler for my opinions of the straight-to-video short, but when you read the review you realise why I've said that. Let the review be a warning of how Christmas is not used properly.

Review Link - http://www.videotapeswapshop.co.uk/18358/we-wish-you-a-turtles-christmas-1994-director-larry-osborne/

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You Better Watch Out [Christmas Evil (1980)]

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Dir. Lewis Jackson

USA

The following is a link to my second Christmas film review for Videotape Swapshop, the underappreciated, but recently reappraised, genre film Christmas Evil.

Film Link - http://www.videotapeswapshop.co.uk/11826/christmas-evil-%E2%80%93-1980-director-lewis-jackson/

Making Christmas. Making Christmas... [The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)]

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Dir. Henry Selick

USA

For this Christmas, I wrote reviews for two macabre festive films for the season for Videotape Swapshop. Both of them are far, far better than most Christmas films that actually exist. For the first, I present to you the Tim Burton presented The Nightmare Before Christmas.

Film Link - http://www.videotapeswapshop.co.uk/11875/the-nightmare-before-christmas-%E2%80%93-1993-director-henry-selick/