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* DownInTheDumps: The killer is chased to one, and kills Powell thereby electrocuting him.
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[[caption-width-right:300:... It was a puppy, wasn't it?]]
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* EightiesHair: Caroline Munro is really the only noticeable instance of this.
* TheAlcoholic: At least half the Santas.
* AmateurSleuth: Kate.
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* {{Bloody Handprint}}s: In the washroom murder.
* BlindWithoutEm: A random woman whose glasses a fleeing Santa knocks off.
* BlindWithoutEm: A random woman whose glasses a fleeing Santa knocks off.
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* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler:Giles and Ian]].
* CampingACrapper: A mall Santa's death.
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* CatapultNightmare: Experienced by Ian.
* ChainPain: The killer goes after Sherry with one.
* ChaseScene: Multiple, including one set in the ''Ride/LondonDungeon''.
* ChekhovsGift: The present Ian gets in the mail, which turns out to be [[spoiler:a bomb]].
* CluelessDeputy: Sergeant Powell.
* ChainPain: The killer goes after Sherry with one.
* ChaseScene: Multiple, including one set in the ''Ride/LondonDungeon''.
* ChekhovsGift: The present Ian gets in the mail, which turns out to be [[spoiler:a bomb]].
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* DaylightHorror: The deaths of a pair of officers working undercover as Santas, and Sherry's abduction.
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* DumbBlonde: Sharon.
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* {{Flashback}}:
** To [[spoiler:Giles's]] childhood trauma.
** FlashbackEffects: People's voices are distorted, and seemingly disembodied.
** To [[spoiler:Giles's]] childhood trauma.
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* ImpromptuTracheotomy: The peepshow Santa's death.
* IncrediblyObviousTail: One is set on Ian.
* InTheHood: The killer wears a green hoodie.
* IntrepidReporter: Giles, or so he claims.
* IncrediblyObviousTail: One is set on Ian.
* InTheHood: The killer wears a green hoodie.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Cliff.
* MacheteMayhem: A Santa gets one in the face.
* MaleGaze: When Caroline Munro first appears.
* MacheteMayhem: A Santa gets one in the face.
* MaleGaze: When Caroline Munro first appears.
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* MsFanservice: Sharon.
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* NoEnding
* NoNameGiven: Almost all the victims.
* OnlyAFleshWound: The killer shrugging off being knocked off a multi-story stairwell by Sherry.
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* PoliceAreUseless: As one review put it:
--> "The plot, if you can call it that, involves a particularly inept police manhunt for the psychotic killer- and I know, by God, the police are usually inept in these things but here... Jeez!"
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* YouKilledMyFather: Outright said by Kate.
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* ChaseScene: Multiple, including one set in the London Dungeon.
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* ChaseScene: Multiple, including one set in the London Dungeon.''Ride/LondonDungeon''.
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While that sounds all well and good, being the creative complete opposite of the usual BadSanta routine featured in most Christmas horrors, this utter sleazefest of a film is quite a jumbled and confused mess, and for good reason. While production began in 1982, the film remained in DevelopmentHell for two years, due to the title of director continually changing hands; first up was Edmund Purdom (who also portrayed Inspector Harris) who walked off the set, prompting at least three or four others to fill in for him, with one only holding Purdom's former position for a mere two days before being fired. During this time, there was reshoot after reshoot, and rewrite after rewrite, which resulted in more gore, and more continuity and editing problems than you can shake a stick at. When the film finally lurched its way to theatres, it was to little fanfare (presumably due to ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNight'', released around the same time, and the controversy it caused) before fading into obscurity, nowadays living on through multiple mediocre DVD releases, each one differing in content and length. In summation, it's worth viewing ([[BileFascination to some]]) due to its weirdness, to see WhatCouldHaveBeen, and if you hate Christmas and want to watch Santas be killed through increasingly bizarre means every six or seven minutes.
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While that sounds all well and good, being the creative complete opposite of the usual BadSanta routine featured in most Christmas horrors, this utter sleazefest sleaze fest of a film is quite a jumbled and confused mess, and for good reason. While production began in 1982, the film remained in DevelopmentHell for two years, due to the title of director continually changing hands; first up was Edmund Purdom (who also portrayed Inspector Harris) who walked off the set, prompting at least three or four others to fill in for him, with one only holding Purdom's former position for a mere two days before being fired. During this time, there was reshoot after reshoot, reshoot and rewrite after rewrite, which resulted in more gore, and more continuity and editing problems than you can shake a stick at. When the film finally lurched its way to theatres, it was to too little fanfare (presumably due to ''Film/SilentNightDeadlyNight'', released around the same time, and the controversy it caused) before fading into obscurity, nowadays living on through multiple mediocre DVD releases, each one differing in content and length. In summation, it's worth viewing ([[BileFascination to some]]) due to its weirdness, to see WhatCouldHaveBeen, and if you hate Christmas and want to watch Santas be killed through increasingly bizarre means every six or seven minutes.
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* SexySantaDress: Sharon wears a revealing Santa cloak, along with thigh high boots and a leather thong.
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* UnexplainedRecovery: Giles somehow survives being hurled off a balcony and falling at least five storeys with no explanation given.
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* UnexplainedRecovery: Giles somehow survives being hurled off a balcony and falling at least five storeys stories with no explanation given.
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Death By Sex is no longer a trope per this TRS thread
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* DeathBySex: The couple engaging in some AutoErotica, and Sherry and her peep show patron. Oddly averted with Sharon the porn star, though.
