3 1/2 Stars- Psycho Santa better than expected!
iluv2befit | Rochester, NY | 06/19/2007
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Psycho Santa has some elements of suspense that a lot of other independent movies just don't have. I gave this movie three and half stars. The biggest downfall to the movie is the 'dead air' time that works for the first couple of scenes to build suspense. The problem is- when you do this with every scene it tends to lose it's momentum.
There is an actual story line that is very original- the Santa used in the movie is actually quite creepy in the way he walks around with a huge knife. There is a decent amount of gore in the movie. I don't want to give too much away but I really liked the fact that the movie didn't kill off every single character that runs from the killer- some of them actually do get away and this is refreshing to see in a movie because it's
different especially for this type of movie genre. I thought the editing ang, lighting and camera angles used in the movie were very good.
I have to say I was pleasantly surprised with this B horror movie. Give it a chance! With the exception of some dead air time in the movie- the movie flows quite nicely and is filmed quite well. Of course some of the acting is quite cardboard but for the most part- It's well done. By the way, the second movie on the disc Satan Claus is EXTREMELY STUPID- Don't even waste your time with this one. The lighting in the movie is HORRIBLE."