Thursday, December 21 at 7:30 PM – 10 PM
PhilaMOCA hosts a special screening of the bonkers 1980 holiday horror film in celebration of the release of Spectacular Optical‘s new YULETIDE TERROR: CHRISTMAS HORROR ON FILM AND TELEVISION book! Book contributor Chris Hallock will be on hand to introduce as will copies of the book for purchase. Plus screenings of the Super 8 short “Yuletide” and a new short produced in conjunction with the book “We Always Find Ourselves in the Sea”. And word has it there may also be an axe-wielding Santa in the house…
When he was a boy, Harry idolized Santa Claus, but one Christmas Eve, he witnessed something horrifying that forever shattered his innocent understanding of Santa. Now an adult, Harry wants to embody the pure Santa Claus he grew up loving. He works at a toy factory and keeps records of who’s been naughty and nice, but the spirit of Christmas isn’t what it used to be and he can’t take it. So, garbed in his red suit, Harry decides that the only thing he can do is to become Santa himself and make all of the naughty townspeople pay…in blood!
From Canadian micro-publisher Spectacular Optical, YULETIDE TERROR: CHRISTMAS HORROR ON FILM AND TELEVISION is devoted to the dark side of holiday entertainment. This comprehensive new collection of essays is set to deck your halls with insightful looks at all your festive fright favorites, followed by a compendium of nearly 200 Christmas horror film reviews.
$5 holiday admission, doors 7:00, program 7:30
PhilaMOCA
531 N. 12th Street
http://www.philamoca.org/