Join us as we discuss some Slayer Santas with criminal tendencies! We kick things off by exploring all the different laws and regulations Santa breaks on a regular basis, from tax evasion to unlawful surveillance. Next, we dive into …And All Through the House, both the segment from the 1972 anthology film and the episode from the 1989 television series Tales from the Crypt, the ladder featuring the most menacing Larry Drake as the escaped lunatic. We also get to hear Mike’s Cryptkeeper impersonation! If you’ve ever wanted to glue a beard and eyebrows to your face and go on a Yuletide rampage, then Christmas Evil aka You Better Watch Out from 1980, which is John Waters favorite Christmas themed film, is just for you. A Black Christmas / Friday the 13th mashup, To All a Goodnight. 1984’s Silent Night, Deadly Night also gets a lengthy, in-depth analysis, just in time for GARBAGE DAY! The film with many names that the ripped off as the basis for Home Alone, Dial Code Santa Claus aka Game Over features a Slayer Santa and a young French Rambo. Wrapping it all up, we get silly with the horrible Silent Night remake from 2012, which was partially inspired by the tragic real life Covina Massacre on Christmas Eve in 2008, where Bruce Pardo crashed the party of his in-laws and killed 9 members of his ex-wife’s family dressed in a custom made Santa suit before torching their house with a homemade flamethrower that he brought with him wrapped as a present.
Sources for this episode include How Many Crimes Would Santa be Guilty of If He Were Real? by Sean Braswell and Adam Rockoff's Going to Pieces: The Rise and Fall of the Slasher Film, 1978-1986.
Playlists with music featured in each episode will also be going up with every episode in the future, you should be able to find these and past episode playlists either by searching for Last 3 Rows of Horror Playlists or from Sam's profile under (one word) samcimino.
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