The Nights Before Christmas
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Director:
Paul Tanter
Writers:
Simon Phillips (story), Paul Tanter (story)
Stars:
Sayla de Goede, Simon Phillips, Kate Schroder | See full cast & crew »
Cast
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Sayla de Goede | … | Mrs. Claus |
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Simon Phillips | … | Santa Claus |
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Kate Schroder | … | Agent Natalie Parker |
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Keegan Chambers | … | Courtney |
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Samantha De Benedet | … | Marie |
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Jennifer Willis | … | Dr. Monica Mudd |
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Anne-Carolyne Binette | … | Becky |
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Michael Coughlan | … | Jim Beaudin |
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Frederik Storm | … | FBI Agent |
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Barry Kennedy | … | Mitchell |
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Meredith Heinrich | … | Lucy |
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Ken Bressers | … | FBI Agent |
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Michael Swatton | … | Sheriff Thompson |
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Shannon Cotter | … | Jennifer |
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Ray Chiasson | … | Clayton |
Storyline
When a series of murders in the run up to Christmas are found to be linked, FBI Special Agent Natalie Parker is tasked with tracking a pair of psychotic serial killers. But she soon discovers the couple are not only crazy, having met in and escaped from an asylum for the criminally insane, but have based their personas on Santa and Mrs Claus. As Christmas approaches, they slaughter their way through their special naughty list, playing a cat and mouse game with the FBI and leaving a trail of bloody bodies in their wake.
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He’s making a list…don’t be on it.
Genres:
Horror
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Official Sites:
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Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Release Date:
6 December 2020 (USA) See more »
Also Known As:
The Nights Before Christmas LIVE HD See more »
Box Office
Budget:
$1,500,000 (estimated)
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Company Credits
Production Co:
Dystopian Films, Dystopian Films See more »
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Color:
Color
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Just another generic slasher flick…
While the 2019 movie “The Nights Before Christmas” was dark and gritty, it was not an overly outstanding movie. Sure, it was watchable, but the movie just didn’t really cut it – pardon the pun – in terms of being a properly entertaining horror movie.
So why was that? Well, mostly because the movie was predictable, but also because the storyline was just way too generic. It felt like writers Simon Phillips and Paul Tanter were playing it way too safe and going for something that had been done many times before this movie. Sure, it worked well enough, but at the same time it was restricting the movie from being more than less than mediocre.
The characters in the movie were cliché, and as such it was just a bit difficult to really establish any connections with them. The Santa Claus character was interesting enough, albeit generic, and actor Simon Phillips definitely helped to bring the character to life on the screen. As for Mrs. Claus, played by Sayla de Goede, was just too much of a clone of the Harley Quinn character.
“The Nights Before Christmas” is not a contender for becoming neither a Christmas classic nor a slasher classic. It is the type of movie that you watch once – probably because you got lured in by the movie’s cover – and then never will shed a single thought to the movie ever again.
My rating of the 2019 movie “The Nights Before Christmas” lands on a four out of ten stars. It was watchable, sure, but it was ultimately a less than mediocre movie at best.
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