‘Slay bells ring’
Secret Santa is a 2017 American horror film directed by Adam Marcus (Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday; co-writer of Texas Chainsaw 3D) from a screenplay co-written with Debra Sullivan (Texas Chainsaw 3D). It stars Michelle Renee Allaire, Petra Areskoug and Scott Burkett.
Not be confused with the 2015 Canadian movie of the same name directed by Mike McMurran.
The holidays are a time for backstabbing and silent, annihilating judgment; but for the Pope family the time-honored tradition of passive-aggressive snark is always masked with a smile.
But not this year. April Pope, the family’s golden child, is clean and sober and working her twelve steps. She has a new life and an amazing boyfriend, and she’s ready to make amends with her sister, Penny, for a horrible prank she pulled on her when they were in high school.
April figures her mother, Shari’s, Christmas Eve party, complete with Secret Santa game, will be the perfect moment for forgiveness. Her gift and act of confession will help heal the tensions of all her loved ones. But there’s someone else with a different idea…
The Popes run one of the country’s largest pharmaceutical companies, and someone’s going to give them a taste of their own medicine. Literally. And with a military grade truth serum spiking the holiday punch, anyone who has a cup will lose their mask of civility.
And before they know it, saying what they wanted to say turns into doing what they want to do; and the holiday table soon runs red. It’s a Christmas massacre as those who haven’t drunk the punch try to control the ones who have…
Reviews:
Wow, if anything, Secret Santa is less brutal when they shut-up and start stabbing each other. Think of it as The Ref, but with more bloodletting, if we can still safely reference a movie starring you-know-who. Regardless, this is one of the most wickedly funny horror films of the season.” Joe Bendel, J.B. Spins
Main cast:
Michelle Renee Allaire, Petra Areskoug, Scott Burkett, Melissa Corkern, Pat Destro, William Dixon, Tracy Drolet, Curtis Fortier, John Gilbert, Joyce Greenleaf, Nathan Hedrick, Megan Helbing, Joe Howard, Freddy John James, Jeff Karr.
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