Every year seems to bring at least one movie (usually "made-for-tv") that is a modification off of "Miracle on 34th Street." Basically a town experiences either the discovery or a visit from an old man with a beard that seems to be family-less. Most of the time they have him 'play' Santa Claus while they try to help him (find his family, or cure his insanity, or simply take him in).
Now the bearded old man - sometimes he says he is the real Santa Claus and people think he's crazy, other times he has a cleverly disguised name like "Nicholas" or "Kris" and he does good deeds...
My premise for my movie would start out just like that, but the the twist would be that just when people begin to believe - as soon as he enters their hearts and minds - he goes on a killing spree using his ruse of Santa Claus to enter people's homes and pick them off one by one. "Look what I have in my bag for you," as he pulls out a semi-automatic.
Ok, so it wouldn't be a "Christmas movie" but more of a horror movie/ thriller. I think that would be surprising and definitely a departure from the norm. But I wouldn't market it like that...
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So much for Christmas spirit!
Nice. He would say, "say hello to my little friends." then there would be toy soldiers that have machine guns to help him.
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