Santa Claus killer, Don’t Open Till Christmas
We already mentioned all the killer Santas. So how about a killer who specifically targets people dressed as Santa Claus? That’s the big bad of Don’t Open Till Christmas, a 1974 slasher directed by and starring Edmund Purdom. Armed with a keen loathing for the season (two words: childhood trauma) and a number of sharp weapons, the murderer targets a couple making out in their car, a Santa performing onstage at a party, and a Santa roasting chestnuts on an open fire… and that’s just in the movie’s first 10 minutes. When Scotland Yard takes the case, the plan involves cops going undercover in Santa suits, which goes about as blood-gushingly well as you’d expect. Merry Christmas!
