tek's rating:

A Christmas Treat (4:17)
Halloween Short Films; IMDb; YouTube

This came out in 1985, but I first saw it in 2018, while checking out a list on iHorror (from 2013). A young boy's parents put him to bed on Christmas Eve, warning him not to try to sneak a peek at Santa Claus. Of course he ends up disobeying, and of course that ends up being a very bad idea. But what's really horrifying is... well, I won't spoil it. So, I don't know what else to say, except that I suspect this short may have inspired other filmmakers' own holiday horror films (short or otherwise). It really is sort of amateur, but that only adds to its charm. Or whatever.


Christmas shorts index