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Effects! What did you think?

posted 8 years ago by renkinjutsushi-1
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I thought the effects were well done but the film was so poor in places. Most of them.

I'm all for suspension of disbelief but people staring at the Santa for three or four seconds before being disembowelled just makes me grind my teeth.

When you knock him down, bolt. Don't stand over him looking shocked. I know this is horror movie logic but no film I've watched in recent memory had signposted it so obviously.

I want everyone to die and I want to see emotive scenes but, why do people have to lunge into the arms of the killer.

[–] kane-3 8 years ago

I think those were intentional tropes used by the film makers. All 70s/80s slasher films use those same cliches.

[–] TheBeardedWonder 8 years ago

I think so too. They purposely show EVERY victim staring for multiple seconds at the killer. None of them ever even so much as make a sound, much less scream or run. Pretty sure it was on purpose, but you never really know. Either way the question becomes whether that idea 'worked' or not, and whether it made the movie better for acknowledging these cliches. Or if it possibly just used them because it's easy/lazy and allows you to not put much work into the writing, just like how old movies used to use them. It wasn't to reference anything, it was just poor writing/directing skills.

I kinda enjoyed the movie's vibe honestly though. It was pretty good for what it was: a cheap as hell holiday horror flick. The budget was clearly super low (like almost $0), but they hid it pretty well. Not every aspect of it worked of course (the crazy neighbor lady's subplot was just awful and the acting wasn't stellar), but the effects were top notch, and we could always use more santa killer movies in general. So it gets a pass from me.

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