Not even mild gore, TBH. I don’t know, I’m having a hard time putting my finger on it, exactly. The vast majority of the violence here is of the “you never actually see it” variety, and I’m not 100% sure it works, like, I feel there’s maybe a lack of payoff or balance. At first, we only get glimpses of the horror, and that’s fine, but when we eventually do get to explicitly see the delightfully absurd Christmas monsters, I feel like we should also get some equally explicit, over-the-top gore, too, and that never happens. Honestly, that sounds pretty much exactly like my jam, so I’m trying to figure out what my hesitation is on this one. I’m reasonably certain that I’d like it more and more with each viewing. But tonally, it’s definitely bizarre: part family drama, part inspirational holiday, part holiday horror, and part crack comedy, this is the movie for you if you like some killer gingerbread men and homicidal Christmas angels along with your “what it means to be a family” stories. This one is actually pretty hard to rate. Let’s discuss.Īmazon, Netflix, Hulu, or Other: Netflix (DVD) Still, the few movies I have been watching these days have mostly been horror, ranging from the clever to the weird to the very fucking weird. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? I confess, I haven’t been watching very many movies lately, choosing to binge-watch shows like Killing Eve and Shadowhunters instead.
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