Noel Frankenstein

Dont believe the reviews for this film because if you do then you believe in santa clause as being the real deal.

OK the film starts off with accidentally killing off an old man who is suppose to be santa clause by a 12 year old virgin.

Unknown reasons beyond my knowledge is that the 12 year old grows up and intends to bring back the guy he killed. Question like where did he manage to store the body for years is anyone poor guess.

Anyway this is suppose to be a comedy as well and I didn't laugh once so that puts that one out of the window.

Acting is atrocious and mediocre on a huge scale that you just want to press the standby key on the remote control.

Turkey of a movie and you wont have missed anything if you avoided seeing it in the first place.

Why doesn't IMDB let you choose 0 is a pain so have to give it 1/10 instead.

Glad I stumbled across this and gave it a chance cause it's so goofy and trashy and I mean that in the best way possible. You can tell the cast and crew had a blast making it and that there was a lot of passion behind the project. Yes, there are some technical issues due to its small budget, but nothing that was distracting enough to hinder my viewing experience and honestly, the film's scrappy nature kinda added in some extra charm. It's a fun premise with some surprisingly funny moments and a few entertaining, over the top kills (with one standout death being particularly gnarly.) will happily add this to my annual holiday viewing lineup!

Attempting to perfect an experiment, a teen and his friend try to put their skills to the test by resurrecting Santa Claus after accidentally killing him as a kid several years earlier, but when the resurrected Santa starts going on a killing spree in his town must race to stop it before his friends are killed.

Overall, this was a rather enjoyable genre cheesefest. One of the main aspects to be had with this one is the series of solid and enjoyable interactions that come about here due to the setup at play. With the initial accident involving his attempts to photograph Santa backfiring and inadvertently killing him instead which results in a decidedly different timeline that alters how society views the Christmas season, this already has a solid enough backstory in place long before it deals with the regeneration experiments and the high-school cliques that constitute the human drama. Realizing that his experiments are designed to bring Santa back to life, the interactions with him and his friend trying to put their science experiments to the test is enough to understand this viewpoint much like the secondary storyline with the sister's party that takes place at the same time. This provides a great setup for the kind of cheesy, over-the-top carnage that takes place as the resurrected killer is set loose on the town. Initially focusing on brief ambushes such as the series of stragglers he comes across wandering the streets at night after getting woken up, the changeover into more involved and lengthy stalking scenes such as the ambush at the police station after initially thinking it's a drunk-driving victim or a fun series of encounters at a convenience store knocking off several rounds of individuals who arrive there looking for supplies allows for a fun series of escalating confrontations to be had. It all leads to the arrival at the party where the various storylines emerge rather nicely with the inventive kills on the numerous guests he comes across, the full-scale brawling that takes place, and the enjoyably over-the-top means of integrating the season into the combat tactics to stop him. It's all given a fun sheen with a lighthearted approach while still being taken seriously and it gives everything a lot to like about it. There's not much to dislike here but it does have some minor issues. One of the biggest determinants present is the general air of cheese present involving the tale of a reanimated Santa Claus going on a killing spree after his death provided a world without the holiday season. It's a concept that should not be taken seriously but the concurrent humor that goes along with this type of storyline is a real hit-or-miss. Some of the corny actions here, especially by the various high-school clique girls on the sister trying to get in their good graces which ranges to the mocking treatment and the numerous undermining comments that just vaguely come off as funny. Either of the numerous gags with the kid trying to save the resurrected Santa running loose that is also immensely scattered, focusing on this idea of the adults not trusting his claims about being able to help Santa and just trying to put it down that's quite hard to get over which are the issues present here.

Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, and teen drug use.

NOT a future cult classic by any means, but there were elements that showed promise.

To start with the props department was hit and miss. The scene when the "monster" is created was actually a fair tip of the hat to the 1931 Frankenstein, A hit, and probably the only part of the movie that's worth the price of admission.

The biggest miss was the policeman's uniform. From that point on the film devolves into run-of-the-mill teen horror/comedy, (?)

Burying Santa's body, but keeping the brain in a jar for fifteen years was a good add to the plot, but at least one reviewer must have missed that part.

The cookies could have gone somewhere but failed to be utilized to any of their potential.

...and the ending (if you want to call it that) was weak to the point of almost being non-existent, and ultimately disappointing/.

Santastein (2023) is currently available on Tubi. The story follows a young boy who accidentally kills Santa. Obsessed with bringing him back, the boy spends six years researching resurrection rituals. When he finally succeeds, Santa returns-but as an evil, vengeful figure who embarks on a killing spree.

The film is co-directed and co-written by Manuel Camilion and Benjamin Edelman in their feature film debuts. It stars Jared Korotkin, Michael Vitovich (Lady Ballers), Heather Fisch (Unboxed), Fletcher Hammond (Home for Thanksgiving), and Brian D. Long (Saturday Night).

This is the kind of movie you watch out of curiosity about how the concept will play out, only to finish it wondering why they bothered if this was the result. While the settings and atmosphere are decent, the execution falls flat. The transformation scene is serviceable but lacks impact. Santa himself had potential as a menacing figure but ends up feeling like just another generic killer. The storyline is straightforward and predictable, and the kill scenes are uninspired and forgettable.

In conclusion, Santastein is a mediocre entry in the holiday horror genre. I'd score it a 4/10 and recommend skipping it.