Chris Williams is a writer with more than 20 years of experience writing about film. In November 1985, Santa Claus: The Movie arrived with the promise of giving Christmas movies the same mythic ...

It's that Christmas time of year again, and if there's one person that can get anyone in the holiday spirit, it's the big man himself: Santa Claus. Throughout the years, Santa has been depicted in ...

It’s December 1985, I’m six years old and I’m sat next to my dad in a small-town cinema in Norfolk. Some might unkindly describe the venue as a fleapit permanently on the brink of closure. Today, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been a weird holiday season, and for whatever reason, the best Christmas movies just aren't doing it for me this year. It's ...

There are more holiday horror movies out there than you might think. Despite the religious connotations of the holiday, few Christmas horror movies have stirred up much controversy — but a Santa Claus ...

While ‘Friday the 13th’ was not a critical success, it inspired numerous slasher movies that came after it. One was a Christmas horror movie about a killer Santa Claus. “Even though the screenplay was ...

In the fall of 1984, angry crowds milled and congregated at malls and theaters of the Midwest and East Coast, shouting holiday slogans and generally carrying on in a won’t-somebody-please-think-of-the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover Hollywood and entertainment. Red One—Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Chris Evans’ action movie about rescuing a missing ...

It’s a common refrain to joke about how casually we as a society have accepted—and so deeply integrated—the myth of Santa Claus into the Christmas season, given just how strange the very concept of ...

When it comes to non-traditional Santa Claus movies, there are some great ones to choose from. There are plenty of movies to watch at Christmas, and most of them are about spreading holiday cheer and ...

It's been a weird holiday season, and for whatever reason, the best Christmas movies just aren't doing it for me this year. It's led me to seek out some of the more offbeat and bizarre Christmas ...