My final entry in my minixmas horrorthon, rene cardonas 1959 movie santa claus is a wonderment of schmaltz. Santa claus himself stopped by a local dairy queen monday to help spread some joy during this time of uncertainty. The director wanted to make a fantasy movie and thats what he did but it is still a bad movie. In the 1959 mexican fantasy film santa claus featuring primarily spanish dialogue was directed by rene cardona and cowritten with. Aide pedro cesareo quezadas offers the hero jose elias moreno a new toy, leading to a wild narrative turn and the introduction of villain pitch jose luis aguirre, in the k. Santa claus is a 1959 mexican fantasy film directed by rene cardona and co written with adolfo torres portillo. A candy colored fantasy in eastmancolor, santa claus takes traditional xmas myths and mixes things up considerably. I dont mind admitting that labeling santa claus as being of lowimportance is putting things kindly.
Also available on dvd, theres still time to snap up this cult classic before the big man comes down your chimney. Santa claus is a strange companion to night of the bloody apes and wrestling women vs the aztec mummy in his filmography, but its more than a little diverse. At the time,i marveled that the onscreen tint of santa claus was almost pink and white, so much had the color of the sprockettorn prints changed color. Santa claus sometimes also known as santa claus vs. As for 1959s santa claus, as cheesy and bizarre as it may be, its clear that the filmmakers hearts were in the.
Gordon murray import santa claus, 1959, directed by rene cardona. Gordon murray released as a weekend movie marketed directly to. I first discovered santa claus in some vhs bargain bin in the 80s, with very vague and cheap box art, labeled santa claus the feature, presumably to cash in on that awful salkinddudley moore movie. In the film, santa works in outer space and does battle with a demon named pitch, sent to earth by lucifer to ruin christmas by killing santa and making all the children of the earth do evil. Dec 24, 2017 in the 1959 mexican fantasy film santa claus featuring primarily spanish dialogue was directed by rene cardona and cowritten with adolfo torres portillo, although most are probably familiar more with the dubbed and edited englishlanguage version that came out in the u. Rumor has it that this film was made to introduce the concept of santa claus to mexico. Gordon murray production santa claus, 1959 view the tcmdb entry for santa claus 1959. Santa claus is a 1959 mexican fantasy film directed by rene cardona and cowritten with adolfo torres portillo. May 27, 2018 santa in space watches children who are forced to do evil stuff on earth because.
Santas workshop runs on the work of a global collection of children, stereotypically depicted all, some fully racist. Prepare yourself for a big brother santa claus fighting the evil forces of prancing demons with the. With the exception of any cantinflas vehicle, here is the most famous mexican movie of all time. It depicts the adventures of santa claus in preparation for and during his annual christmas rounds. In this picture, santa claus enters the room from the fireplace and proceeds to trim the tree. As soon as it was over, i just sat there with my mouth open, thinking this is the worst movie ever made.
Theres a movie that was made in 1959 about a big fat guy in a red suit named santa claus. Not especially christmasy opening credits and the dubbed english narration introducing the hero jose elias moreno, in the mexicanmade k. Christmas may be months away, but new braunfels wellknown santa and mrs. A description of tropes appearing in santa claus 1959. Then we see santas magical spying machine to watch the children on earth. The original film was produced in mexico and featured primarily spanish dialog. The original film was produced in mexico in 1959 and features primarily spanish dialog.
Santa claus 1959 comedy, family, fantasy video dailymotion. Santa claus, also known as father christmas, saint nicholas, saint nick, kris kringle, or simply santa, is an imaginary figure originating in western christian culture who is said to bring gifts to the homes of wellbehaved children on the night of christmas eve 24 december or during the early morning hours of christmas day 25 december. Then we see santa s magical spying machine to watch the children on earth. Broadcast of the film also became a holiday tradition at several u. It seems that he made anything his studio asked him to, whether he had a clue what it was about or not, even as a cowriter. It is the last major fantasy film produced by the parisbased fatherandson production team of alexander and ilya salkind. The dub was made in 1960 in miami for distribution across the united states.
Some lessthanserious films feature santa claus as a superherotype figure, such as the 1959 film titled santa claus produced in mexico with jose elias moreno as santa claus. Another film called santa claus and the children was made in 1898. If santa claus is surrealist cinema, then so is everything that ever ran on mst3k. The movie, a 1985 alexander salkind film the santa clause film series, a series of movies 1994, 2002, 2006 starring tim allen. Santa claus is a 1959 american liveaction motion picture, directed by rene cardona and written by cardona and adolfo torres portillo. Santa claus sometimes known as santa claus vs the devil is a 1959 mexican film that was released in the u. Rene cardonas santa claus movie from 1959 is so utterly bizarre that it transcends christmas. Directed by rene cardona, a guy from mexico city who also did some wrestling movies, santa claus 1959 concerns a slavedriving santa jose elias moreno who lives up in the sky and has a whole sweatshop army of little kids doing his work for him. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm.
But a central point of the film is for parents to stop ignoring their children, so any child ignored in such a way will have to feel lost in the maelstrom of emotional pain that this movie wields like a scalpel. Santa claus jose elias moreno lives in a huge castle on some clouds hovering above the earth with merlin. As for 1959s santa claus, as cheesy and bizarre as it may be, its clear that the filmmakers hearts were in the right place and understandable that those who grew up with. The movie is a 1985 britishamerican christmas film starring dudley moore, john lithgow, and david huddleston in the title role. This movie is not all that bad if you compare it to santa claus conquers the martians. Dec, 2019 santa claus may have achieved its notoriety for all the wrong reasons, but its far from a train wreck and frankly, ive seen a lot worse. With the machine with lips, telescope with an eye, satellite with an ear, those disturbing robot.
Since the holidays are fast approaching, its time to celebrate with the secular emblem of the season jolly old saint nick. Santa claus is perhaps best known as a wonderful season five episode of mystery science theater 3000, and i certainly do recommend the mst3k version. I guess the elves wanted to stay in the lord of the rings series. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. Dec 03, 2016 this unintentionally horrifying family film from 1959 needed a proper trailer, and i couldnt help myself. And since were in the cult corner, we just have to talk about him in context with the bizarre 1959 mexican fantasy film santa claus throughout the sixties and seventies, millions of american kids were treated to this surreal seasonal delight, courtesy of k. This film is a hilariously campy and surreal look at christmas that serves to fill in lots of previously unknown facts about the jolly man in red. Dec 27, 2012 lets just put it this way, if you love odd, colorful, cheerful and yet disturbing films, run, dont walk, and find a copy of santa claus.
Regarder santa claus 1959 toutes les infos sur le film complet santa claus en francais, streaming gratuit, soustitres et audio dorigine. Santa claus emerges in the 1990s as a party film, simply on the merits of some of the more bizarre elements, which include the fabled jolly old elf spying on unaware children with a sophisticated, wiggly telescope eye, a minor demon tormenting santa with a toy missile launcher, and far more elfin magic than is good for you. The strangest and most disturbing santa claus movie of them all. A winner in the best family film category at the 1959 san francisco film festival, this fantasy story from mexico about a goodhearted saint. Yes, this movie has been made fun of by they mystery science theater crowd, but taking it on face value, it has its own unique charm. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. A winner in the best family film category at the 1959 san francisco film festival, this fantasy story from mexico about a goodhearted saint nick is geared primarily to the younger set. Every year he brings presents to all the good little. Santa claus emerges in the 1990s as a party film, simply on the merits of some of the more bizarre elements, which include the fabled jolly old elf spying on unaware children with a sophisticated, wiggly telescope eye, a minor demon tormenting santa with a toy. A dubbed and slightly edited englishspeaking version was produced for u. I am so glad i took the plunge, this is nothing but pure surreal delight. Santa claus 1959 film sa prevodom online hd filmovi.
The mystery science theater 3000 episode for this film became the trope namer for nightmare fuel. Our quest to pack our calendar with holiday cheer has yielded yet another supreme oddity with this 1959 film, often called santa claus vs the devil. Santa claus 1959 with the aid of merlin, santa claus must defeat the evil machinations of the devil pitch to ruin xmas. Gordon murray, and was annually rereleased for a number of. Santa claus conquers the devil is a 14minute featurette with film historians talking about the film from a cultural perspective and the influence of american holidays traditions. In this movie, santa allies with merlin the magician to battle the devil, who is attempting to trap santa. This unintentionally horrifying family film from 1959 needed a proper trailer, and i couldnt help myself. In the film, santa works in outer space and does battle with a demon sent to earth by lucifer to ruin christmas by killing santa and making all the children of the earth do evil.
Much like his other dubs, the cast is not credited and thus remain unknown. Fortunately the crew at mst3k successor rifftrax have dutifully given them the same treatment under the appropriate title santas village of madness. In a couple of odd as you know moments, pitch exposits to lucifer about how demons eat red hot coals and santa talks to one of his young helpers about how in the fifth dimension they eat pastries and ice cream made from soft clouds. Santa in space watches children who are forced to do evil stuff on earth because. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. A year later, a film directed by george albert smith entitled santa claus or the visit from santa claus in the united kingdom was created. Claus said they want to spread holiday cheer during the uncertain times.