When a mall Santa is murdered in the parking lot, the Sheriff asks the mayor to shut down the mall. It’s a close the beaches moment which follows the typical trope where the mayor is more concerned about the towns income than it’s inhabitants.
The murders are being committed by a psycho Santa and his younger wife. No one can figure out the murder pattern, even though they are on the 12 days before Christmas and align with the song. For example, six geese were killed on day six and there is a drum party on day twelve.
When Jennifer closes down her work area after the mall closes, she finds a gift box on the floor and opens it. There are five fingers with gold rings. When Jennifer reports this to the police, they ask her to take a polygraph to see if she’s giving them all the info she has. Why they think a teenage girl would hide info on severed fingers is not explained.
Later Jennifer is home alone and hears the front door open. Tension mounts as someone appears to creep down the hall while Jennifer repeatedly asks who it is. Oh look, it’s just her friend Courtney who was the only teenage survivor when the killers hit a nightclub. Between the two, you’d think they’d be more concerned for their own safety. Questions abound. Why did Jennifer leave her door unlocked? Why did Courtney not confirm Jennifer would be home? Why would she walk into someone else’s house without knocking? If that’s a normal thing they do, then why not shout for Jennifer or announce she’s there? And why not answer Jennifer when she was asking who was in the house? Gah!
While it’s not good, it’s got better production values than most Christmas horror. So I guess it’s got that going for it. But to be clear, the only thing I liked about this was the Jaws mayor trope.
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