Christmas Evil

Harry Stadling works in a toy factory. When Christmas comes, he dresses in a Santa suit and slaughters naughty neighborhood kids. John Waters’s favorite Christmas movie of all time is a very weird exploitation film with a stunning performance by Brandon Maggart, whose character takes his place among the lone serial killers of New York City: Travis Bickle, Patrick Bateman, Thana(Ms .45) and the Joker.

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Direction: Lewis Jackson

Script: Lewis Jackson

Cinematography: Ricardo Aronovich

Editing: Corky Ohara, Linda Leeds

Sound: Cari Comart, Margaret Crimmins, Bernard Hajdenberg, Chat Gunter

Music: Don Christensen, Julia Heyward, Joel Harris

Actors: Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dianne Hull, Andy Fenwick, Brian Neville, Joe Jamrog

Production: Edward R. Pressman Productions

Producers: Pete Kameron, Burt Kleiner

Art Direction: Roberta Neiman

Costumes: Deirdre N. Williams

Executive producer: Jerold Rubenstein

Sets: Lorenzo Mans

Camera: David M. Dunlap

Make Up: Lyzanne Goodson, Eileen Schaeffer

Format: BluRay

Color: Color

Production Country: USA

Production Year: 1980

Duration: 94΄

Contact: California Pictures

Lewis Jackson

Lewis Jackson is a director and writer, known for The Deviates (1970), The Transformation: A Sandwich of Nightmares (1974), and particularly Christmas Evil (1980). Jackson worked for years on the script for Christmas Evil and envisioned a mainstream, big-budget movie. While Hollywood liked his finished script, they felt the concept was just too strange. Jackson credits Waters with both the picture’s revival and his own re-embracing of the project, which was nearly forgotten from canonical film history.