Christmas Special (Episode 39 ~ The Christmas Martian)

Merry Christmas! We're here with a special episode for this special time of year, and with quite the movie for you. We continue with the Canadian Tales For All movie series with the proto-version made a decade earlier in 1971. That would make this one of the earliest movies we've covered on the show proper, though there's a good reason for that. It's finally time for The Christmas Martian, which would be Tales For All #0.

Check out today's episode and learn just how strange it can get!

Randy's Score: 3/5

JD's Score: 3/5

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Christmas Special (Non-Cannon ~ Episode 107)

Merry Christmas! We have a surprise special episode for you this week!

This year we decided to do something very different and for the first time also chose to talk about a movie slightly outside of our usual place. Deadly Games: Dial Code Santa Claus is a French movie, but one clearly inspired by Hollywood trends of the time, most notably b-movie Cannon style exploitation horror and action. It has a different take on the, by now, rather played out "Killer Santa" trope featuring many dualities between adulthood and childhood and what it means to grow up. What is fascinating is that it does all of this without remembering to entertain first, making it truly feel like the sort of film Cannon Cruisers would normally cover regardless.

Check out today's very special episode and you might understand why we chose to cover it. Deadly Games: Dial Code Santa Claus is of a surprising quality you might not expect from the title. It doesn't get more recommended by us than this.

And no, Home Alone did not rip this movie off. Anyone who has actually watched both movies will tell you that, vague premise similarities aside, they are completely different movies. but both are certainly worth watching.

Randy's Score: 5/5

JD's Score: 5/5

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Christmas Special (Non-Cannon ~ Episode 84)

Merry Christmas! This year we decided to record a kind of joke episode for you based on a notorious horror movie from back in the day.

You've probably heard of this one before, and if not you're in for a treat, but we thought something silly would be apt after a difficult year for a lot of people. We had a lot of fun watching and recording this episode, so hopefully you have a good time listening to it.

The movie might be completely loopy, but it isn't without any merit. Find out why in today's episode on Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 from 1987.

Randy's Score: 3/5

JD's Score: 3/5

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