Catastrophic Christmas Films

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December 17, 2021
As Christmas comes upon us, so too does the horde of oh-so-many movies, both good, and terrible… Mainly the latter. Not to say all Christmas movies are bad, anybody can name at least one classic: Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph, Die Hard, The Christmas Without Santa Claus, the list goes on.


Santa With Muscles (1996): Hulk Hogan Plays Santa Claus… Need I Say More?
Some may remember the famous wrestler Hulk Hogan, who achieved status on the internet for his over-the-top performance on the verge of irony. Hogan had a shockingly extensive 0career, though his performance in some of his earlier pieces especially is shaky at best.
The film is full of shoddy editing, with explosions that look like they were produced from an early 2000’s movie-maker video and lazy cinematography that nearly made me sick at times with the shaky cam. The writing itself is also questionable, with enough plot holes to make swiss cheese ashamed, and plenty of laughably bad acting, between line deliveries, to awkward interactions. However, it should be stated clearly: I did not have a bad time watching the movie. In fact, I enjoyed myself from start to finish, with the film properly earning the title of ‘So bad it’s good’, and legendarily so. In full earnest, it gives Tommy Wiseau’s “The Room” a run for its money, on how impressively terrible it is. Overall, “Santa With Muscles” is a silly, light-hearted film that’s good to laugh at with friends, and despite being terrible in production, it’s worth at least one watch for the sheer experience alone. And unfortunately, that’s where the lighthearted side of this review ends. The following is genuinely bad, and shockingly so.

Love Hard (2021): The Romanticism of Dysfunctional Love.
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Regardless of your thoughts towards the holidays, it is indisputable that there are a lot of movies. And, with it, there’s bound to be at least a few bad ones. The most we can do is sit back, and try and have a laugh at some of the ones we find, as the ones here were only scratching the iceberg. We hope you have a good holiday, and that you can relax after such an… Interesting, last 2 years.