Don't Open Till Christmas
Don't Open Till Christmas is a 1984 British slasher film directed by Edmund Purdom, and starring Purdom, Alan Lake, Belinda Mayne, and Gerry Sundquist. Written by Derek Ford and Alan Birkinshaw, the film follows a mysterious killer murdering Santa Claus impersonators in London during Christmastime.
Plot
A man in a Santa suit and a woman meet in an alleyway to have sex in a car, and are stabbed to death by a man wearing a grinning translucent mask. During a party, another man dressed like Santa Claus has a spear thrown through his head, and dies in front of his daughter, Kate Brioski. At Scotland Yard, Chief Inspector Ian Harris and Detective Sergeant Powell discuss the murders, and interview Kate, and her boyfriend Cliff. That night, another Santa is killed, having his face shoved onto the grill on which he was roasting chestnuts on an open fire.
More details
| author | Derek Ford |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | London |
| director | Edmund Purdom |
| editor | Ray Selfe |
| events | serial killer |
| genre | crime horror |
| keywords | assault back to life caroline munro castrate castration cheat chestnut christmas party claim department store dig hide kill living room london dungeon love mental institution music box old friend peep show police officer santa claus santa suit scotland yard spring stabbed to death stripper trapdoor |
| musicBy | Des Dolan |
| producer | Dick Randall |
| productionCompany | Spectacular Trading International |
| publisher | 21st Century Film Corporation |
| recordedAt | London |
| theme | exploitation independent police serial killer slasher |