Santa's Slay

Santa's Slay
Directed by	David Steiman
Produced by	Sammy Lee Brett Ratner Doug Steeden
Written by	David Steiman
Starring	Bill Goldberg Douglas Smith Emilie de Ravin Robert Culp Saul Rubinek Dave Thomas
Music by	Henning Lohner
Cinematography	Matthew F. Leonetti
Editing by	Steven Polivka Julia Wong
Studio	VIP Medienfonds 1
Distributed by	Media 8 Entertainment
Release date(s)	December 20, 2005 (2005-12-20)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Santa's Slay is a 2005 Christmas Black comedy horror film that stars former professional wrestler Bill Goldberg as Santa Claus. The movie was written and directed by David Steiman, a former assistant to Brett Ratner.

It was shot in Edmonton and Wetaskiwin, Alberta. The film was released to home media by Lionsgate Home Entertainment.

Plot summary

On Christmas Eve of 2005, the Mason family is enjoying Christmas dinner when Santa Claus (Bill Goldberg) comes down the chimney and kills them all. Some of the deaths include Santa stabbing someones hands to the table with steak knives, causing a girl to faint and fall back into a sharp pole that impales through her head, Virginia's head is set on fire and is then drowned in eggnog, a man tries to fight Santa and gets pushed into a glass case and dies, Santa then grabs a leg from the table and smashes in a woman's head as she pleads, "I've been good!", the last girl tries to escape but Santa throws a star into her back, and lastly the man who got stabbed in the hands get a chicken leg lodged down his throat. This opening scene includes bit roles from several famous actors, including James Caan, Fran Drescher, Chris Kattan, and Rebecca Gayheart.

Riding on his sleigh driven by his "hell-deer", Santa arrives at Hell Township and proceeds to kill the locals in various holiday-themed ways. In one of his slaughters, Santa kills the occupants of a local strip club frequented by Pastor Timmons (Dave Thomas), a crooked minister who manages to survive the massacre. Later, Santa murders the local Jewish deli owner Mr. Green (Saul Rubinek) using his own menorah.

Meanwhile, teenager Nicholas Yuleson (Douglas Smith) is living with his crazy grandfather (Robert Culp), a crackpot inventor who has created a bunker in their basement to survive Christmas. When Nicholas asks Grandpa why he hates Christmas, he is shown "The Book Of Claus", which reveals the origins of Santa Claus. Apparently, Santa was the result of a virgin birth produced by Satan (just as Jesus was the result of a virgin birth produced by God- meaning that Santa is somewhat of an Antichrist). Christmas was "The Day of Slaying" for Santa until, in 1005 AD, an angel defeated Santa in a curling match and sentenced Santa to deliver presents on Christmas for 1000 years. This means that Santa is free to kill again in 2005.

Upon arriving at the scene of Mr. Green's murder, Nicholas is taken to the police station for questioning. He is bailed out by his girlfriend Mary "Mac" Mackenzie (Emilie de Ravin), just before Santa arrives and kills all of the officers. Santa pursues them in a police car, but they are able to escape (thanks to a shotgun, left in Mac's truck by her gun-crazed father). They flee to Mr. Yuleson's bunker, with Santa still in pursuit. Nicholas and Mac manage to escape, care of Grandpa's snowmobile, but Grandpa is run over by Santa's "hell-deer" and killed.

The two teens hide from Santa in a local high school, hoping that Santa's powers will end when Christmas ends, but are eventually forced to confront him in the gymnasium. They are almost killed by Santa on a Zamboni but are saved by Grandpa, who is actually the angel that originally defeated Santa. With Christmas ended and his powers gone, Santa flees in his sleigh but his "hell-deer" are shot down by Mac's father with a bazooka. Pastor Timmons is found dead in a Santa suit and is presumed to be the killer, while in fact the real Santa Claus is boarding a flight from Winnipeg to the North Pole.

After the credits, Santa is looking over his naughty list, when he looks into the camera and says "Who's Next?"

Cast

• Bill Goldberg as Santa
• Douglas Smith as Nicolas Yuleson
• Emilie de Ravin as Mary 'Mac' Mackenzie
• Robert Culp as Grandpa
• Dave Thomas as Pastor Timmons
• Saul Rubinek as Mr. Green
• Rebecca Gayheart as Gwen Mason
• Chris Kattan as Jason Mason
• Fran Drescher as Virginia Mason
• Alicia Lorén as Beth Mason
• Annie Sorell as Taylor Mason (as Annie M. Sorell)

External links

• Santa's Slay at the Internet Movie Database
• Santa's Slay at AllRovi