Some have expressed poorly-worded consternation that savage monsterfest Aliens vs. Predator II is coming out on Christmas. Last year’s Black Christmas also provoked outrage (especially from Christ-worshippers), but a rep from its production company Dimension Films responded blithely that gore-drenched mayem is “counter-programming to the more regular yuletide fare.” In sum, horror is a holiday tradition. Movies like Child’s Play and Gremlins teach us the valuable lesson that toys can be evil, while Jack Frost (along with the much-anticipated Jack Frost II: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman) show us the dark, intestine-munching side of jolly old snowmen. But what’s the most completely demented holiday science fiction nightmare?
It’s hard to top the death scene in Jack Frost where it seems that ole Frosty is humping a naked girl to death in a tub (pictured above). Still, award for most freakishly inappropriate holiday fare has to go to Elves, which brings together Nazi science with elf-conjuring and incest. Plus, nubile ladies being menaced with forced breeding by Nazi scientists and the aforementioned conjured elves. Here’s a great moment from the movie, when the bad guy explains his evil plot to impregnate his own daughter and give birth to an army of elves.
Nothing says holidays like Nazis, science, and forced breeding.
