I've never really been much of a holiday horror theme fan per say. Sure, I had my go to being Gremlins which I'd be sure to watch at the very least, once a year but something was different for 2017. Not only had there been an abundance of Christmas themed horror films coming at us from every different angle, but classic film of the same vein started popping up as well having been either released in a new formats such as Blu Ray and 4K presentations or they would begin to make their way to a variety of streaming platforms the likes of Netflix, Hulu or one closer to the heart of the modern horror fan, Shudder.

Thankfully for the last mentioned service, Shudder and the encouragement of my good friend Alex, (whom you all likely know from the BTV podcast) I took in Christmas Evil for the first time in my life and simply put, I didn't regret the decision for a second.

The film is written and directed by Lewis Jackson and stars Brandon Maggart as Harry, Jeffrey DeMunn who you would likely know as Dale from the Walking Dead TV series playing the character of Philip and also starring Diane Hull and Andy Fenwick.

The film was released in November of 1980 and had a budget of $450,000.