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Red Christmas

Play trailer 2:13 Poster for Red Christmas Released Aug 25, 2017 1h 22m Holiday Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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A widow and her bickering family gather at her remote estate on Christmas Eve. She must soon protect them all from a hideously deformed killer who's out for bloody revenge.

Critics Reviews

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Michael Nordine indieWire Craig Anderson's Red Christmas isn't exactly a lump of coal in your stocking, but neither is it worth waking up early for on the big day. Rated: C- Aug 31, 2017 Full Review Noel Murray Los Angeles Times Mostly, it's a tightly constructed, unapologetically nasty little thriller, given depth and weight by Wallace's interpretation of a sweet woman suffering for her past. Aug 24, 2017 Full Review John DeFore Hollywood Reporter Gory and offensive, but lacking in the scare department. Aug 23, 2017 Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Pointed, twisted, gory, and filled with a surprising amount of character development. Rated: 2.5/4.0 Sep 21, 2020 Full Review Emilie Black Cinema Crazed ... even after giving Red Christmas as much slack as possible, it's not a movie that can be considered good. A few good scenes here and there do not a great movie make. Rated: 1.5/5 Apr 19, 2020 Full Review Patrick King Cultured Vultures It's ultimately a well-done slasher film with an interesting enough gimmick. It's over the top in ways that horror fans are sure to appreciate. Oct 23, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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Shayla S A nasty little romp that deserves more credit then it gets. Gory, offensive and held together by Dee Wallace's stellar performance, who goes all in despite being a low budget b horror. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/14/22 Full Review Audience Member It has its good moments. I feel they could have done more with such a deep topic. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Christmas in Australia with an obnoxious family of squabbling, unlikable characters is interrupted when the matriarch's aborted child comes knocking to be reunited with his mother. Yes, it's the revenge of an aborted baby. Leaving aside the sheer idiocy of the premise this film had no redeeming features. Some characters put on fake American accents, the production and direction are like a no budget student film, nothing anyone does makes sense, the acting is done like it's a first draught read through, the killer fetus is dressed up in a full length cloak cloak and bandages for no apparent reason, everyone thinks it's cold despite christmas in Australia being in summer, the lighting resorts to lurid mono colours at random times and the effects are anything but special. A bad idea with terrible execution. It baffles me this film was even made much less screened anywhere. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Audience Member I thought of it early on as a b horror movie it's obviously not better than things like Halloween but there are worse movies out there in horror. I didn't think of it too good it left me with small questions. There's room for improvements but almost any movie has room for improvements even the best. (First movie rating) Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member That's how I feel on Australian Christmas too. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member A rather poorly made horror film, Red Christmas doesn't deliver any scares. The story follows a family celebrating Christmas in the Australian countryside that is visited by a mysterious stranger looking to settle some unfinished business. Except for Dee Wallace the acting is universally bad, and the script isn't much better. But it's the directing that really damns the film. The kill scenes are poorly shot and there's no tension or suspense to them. And the special effects are terrible; particularly the creature make-up, which is downright laughable. Red Christmas is an amateurish film that doesn't work at all. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/08/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A widow and her bickering family gather at her remote estate on Christmas Eve. She must soon protect them all from a hideously deformed killer who's out for bloody revenge.
Director
Craig Anderson
Producer
Craig Anderson, Belinda King, Bryan Moses, Dee Wallace
Screenwriter
Craig Anderson
Distributor
Artsploitation Films
Production Co
Red Christmas
Genre
Holiday, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Australian English
Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 25, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 17, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.2K
Runtime
1h 22m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)