Christmas Eve 1963 - after Uncle Nick reads Chester a bedtime story, he says Santa isn’t always nice and may kill you with an ax. Nick is petrified. Chester’s parents can’t understand why Chester doesn’t say goodbye when Nick leaves.
His parents hear a news report of Henry Bates, an escapee from the local sanatorium who is wearing a Santa suit. Shortly afterwards Chester sees Santa kill his parents. Then he loses his damn mind. Henry is later convicted of the killings.
Cut to 1980 and Chester is released from the asylum. His girlfriend picks him up and they head to his family home for Christmas. He’s letting his aunt and cousins live in the house he inherited from his parents.
Shortly after Chester returns, someone in a Santa suit is seen outside. Chester keeps finding notes signed HB, and believes the killer is back. But the notes disappear before he can show them to anyone else. His girlfriend wonders if he’s taking his medication. Even though no one believes him, there is definitely a Santa with an ax killing people who are near the house.
This is a low budget movie and while it’s not great, it’s far better than the last few Christmas horror movies I’ve seen. The song over the end credits sounds like it’s the closing theme of a 1980s sitcom.
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