I hadn’t watched this in years, but I always remembered it being a belter — and bloody hell, it still delivers. The opening third plays like a full‑on National Lampoon Christmas meltdown, all chaotic family nonsense and sharp comedy, before the film slams into gear: an unknown creature, an army of evil little bastards, and that grim, dark‑fairy‑tale European horror vibe I’d totally forgotten about.
Visually and sonically it’s a treat from the off (crank up the goggle box for this one). The families are great fun ,equal parts wholesome and redneck‑repellent and David Koechner is, as ever, a comedy legend. “I just got my ass kicked by a bunch of Christmas cookies” still cracks me up.
When things go wild, it has that glorious Gremlins‑style chaos: gingerbread men shrieking and firing nail guns like deranged sugar‑coated psychopaths, practical effects that look fantastic, and then… "the elves. Oh, shi........."
Utter madness and an absolute Christmas horror classic.
(And........... shussh...a cool fun ending)
4.5/5
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