Film Review – Christmas Bloody Christmas

Writer/director Joe Begos has been kicking around low-budget cinema for just under a decade now, and he enjoyed some success with 2020’s “VFW,” a crazy take on zombie cinema featuring a cast of grizzled acting veterans. “VFW” was terrific entertainment, hitting genre highs with a decent imagination for violence and character interactions. “Christmas Bloody Christmas” is the latest offering from Begos, who doesn’t keep much from his previous achievement outside of extreme lighting to help cover monetary limitations. He goes the punishing route this time, aiming for a Rob Zombie-esque slasher event that details the efforts of a malfunctioning robotic Santa and its killing spree. A promising premise is wasted on rough performances and worse dialogue, with Begos asking fans to sit through tedious conversations for the first half of the picture before switching things over to grisly survival sequences. “Christmas Bloody Christmas” takes a long time to get going, and it’s debatable if it actually arrives anywhere. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com