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adultsitecms · 2011-12-05, 09:58 AM

Sorry, but this article is one of the best showcases of Xmas movies to watch during the holidays.

http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?bl...&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

Black Christmas

Ignore the 2006 remake, this 1974 Canadian slasher is one of my favourite films ever, horror, Christmas or otherwise. Based on a series of real murders that took place in Quebec around Christmas time, it follows a group of college students being stalked by a deranged serial killer lurking within their sorority house. He’s a polite killer - he always calls in advance of a kill - but deranged really is the key word here. You never learn why the killer wants to kill off the residents of the house, unless I’m missing something in the translation of “YuCKAUgGAGAGAUNT”

FACT: Black Christmas is the very definition of a cult classic, yet comedian Steve Martin once claimed to have watched it twenty-five times.

Die Hard

“It’s Christmas eve in L.A…” and John McClane just wants to shoot bad dudes while wearing a vest. Weirdly enough, I actually met someone who had never seen Die Hard the other day. Didn’t catch their name, didn’t really want to know them after that. Yet if you do happen to fall into the category of ‘person whose never seen Die Hard’, I’d recommend John McTiernan’s 1988 film as the quintessential action movie of the eighties for the following reasons: it’s still the role that defines bad guy Alan Rickman for me, as well as lead Bruce Willis. Not only that, but it’s still the movie that makes me ponder buying a vest whenever I’m in Primark.

FACT: John McClane’s catchphrase “Yippee kai yay, motherfucker” was recently voted number ninety-six in Premiere Magazine’s ‘100 Greatest Movie Lines’. As any boy who was eight in 1986 will tell you, that’s ninety-six places too low.

Santa Claus Conquers The Martians

A perennial fixture of most ‘worst movies ever’ lists, this 1965 science-fiction film, in which Santa is kidnapped by Martians for the purpose of handing out presents to Martian children, is a pretty kooky viewing experience. There’s no denying that it’s basically terrible, but it’s pretty damn funny in places too, and it’s adoption by the brilliant nineties comedy series Mystery Science Theatre 3000 has only served to grow its cult. There’s a musical based on the movie that runs in both Chicago and California. Someday I will attend. I will be truly happy to do so.

FACT: Rumours of a remake have been circulating since 2000, with David Zucker as producer and Jim Carrey attached. The project is rooted in development hell. It’d be happy for it to stay there, truth be told.

Read more here.

2011-12-05, 09:58 AM	#1
adultsitecms Banned Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 226	NME's Alternative Christmas Movie List Sorry, but this article is one of the best showcases of Xmas movies to watch during the holidays. http://www.nme.com/blog/index.php?bl...&c=1&tb=1&pb=1 Black Christmas Ignore the 2006 remake, this 1974 Canadian slasher is one of my favourite films ever, horror, Christmas or otherwise. Based on a series of real murders that took place in Quebec around Christmas time, it follows a group of college students being stalked by a deranged serial killer lurking within their sorority house. He’s a polite killer - he always calls in advance of a kill - but deranged really is the key word here. You never learn why the killer wants to kill off the residents of the house, unless I’m missing something in the translation of “YuCKAUgGAGAGAUNT” FACT: Black Christmas is the very definition of a cult classic, yet comedian Steve Martin once claimed to have watched it twenty-five times. Die Hard “It’s Christmas eve in L.A…” and John McClane just wants to shoot bad dudes while wearing a vest. Weirdly enough, I actually met someone who had never seen Die Hard the other day. Didn’t catch their name, didn’t really want to know them after that. Yet if you do happen to fall into the category of ‘person whose never seen Die Hard’, I’d recommend John McTiernan’s 1988 film as the quintessential action movie of the eighties for the following reasons: it’s still the role that defines bad guy Alan Rickman for me, as well as lead Bruce Willis. Not only that, but it’s still the movie that makes me ponder buying a vest whenever I’m in Primark. FACT: John McClane’s catchphrase “Yippee kai yay, motherfucker” was recently voted number ninety-six in Premiere Magazine’s ‘100 Greatest Movie Lines’. As any boy who was eight in 1986 will tell you, that’s ninety-six places too low. Santa Claus Conquers The Martians A perennial fixture of most ‘worst movies ever’ lists, this 1965 science-fiction film, in which Santa is kidnapped by Martians for the purpose of handing out presents to Martian children, is a pretty kooky viewing experience. There’s no denying that it’s basically terrible, but it’s pretty damn funny in places too, and it’s adoption by the brilliant nineties comedy series Mystery Science Theatre 3000 has only served to grow its cult. There’s a musical based on the movie that runs in both Chicago and California. Someday I will attend. I will be truly happy to do so. FACT: Rumours of a remake have been circulating since 2000, with David Zucker as producer and Jim Carrey attached. The project is rooted in development hell. It’d be happy for it to stay there, truth be told. Read more here.