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<\/a><\/p>\nOne Magic Christmas (1985)<\/strong> <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Many have never seen this film and shouldn\u2019t bother to. It is a Spanish film where Santa is up against one of Satan\u2019s imps, Pitch. Pitch is seen encouraging children to do wrong and even sends in some \u201cnaughty\u201d boys to trap Santa. The lines, acting and special effects are terrible. Since when has Santa become the opposite of the devil?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\n1985 was an awkward year for Disney. One Magic Christmas is truly depressing and that takes forever to get to the \u201cmagic\u201d part. Poor Ginny Grainger (Mary Steenburgen) has no Christmas spirit. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that her husband had just been shot and killed and her two children were kidnapped and drowned. Then, it turns out that the two kids are alive and well. Then, one child is kidnapped again and brought to the North Pole. Finally, with a bit of magic from Santa, all of the tragic events appear to not have happened after all, revealing it to be a \u201cmagic Christmas.\u201d A Wonderful Life this is not.<\/p>\n<\/a>The Santa Clause 3 (2006)<\/strong>
\nDisney got is right in 1994 with the Tim Allen comedy, The Santa Clause where an out-of-touch dad transforms into Santa Claus. In 2002, the studio tried out a sequel where Santa needs to find a wife. Not as good as the first film, it still features one of Hollywood\u2019s best Christmas scenes. Then it happened: 2006\u2019s The Santa Clause 3 where Santa is up against the jealous Jack Frost (Martin Short). He also needs to contend with his wife\u2019s pregnancy, a visit by his ex-wife and new husband, and his in-laws. Nominated for five \u201cGolden Raspberries\u201d for worst film, the third time proves that it is no charm.<\/p>\n<\/a>Gremlins (1984)<\/strong>
\nWritten by Chris Columbus, directed by Joe Dante and executively produced by Steven Spielberg, what could go wrong? While \u201ctechnically\u201d not a \u201cChristmas\u201d movie, the story takes place during the holiday. Today, many stores carry the DVD of this movie alongside children\u2019s fare, but this is no children\u2019s movie. The biggest mistake a parent can make is buying a Furby and a copy of this movie. The comedy\/horror film is about cute little critters that turn downright demonic with an over-arching message that \u201cChristmas sucks.\u201d The weirdest anti-Christmas part of the movies comes when a teenage girl tells her boyfriend that the reason she hates Christmas is because her father died while pretending to be Santa Claus. He broke his neck while climbing down the chimney. The film is filled with madness and mayhem with gremlins landing in blenders and blowing up microwaves. In the end, the town is saved but not after much damage. Merry Christmas everybody!<\/p>\n<\/a>Batman Returns (1992)<\/strong>
\nAgain, not a \u201cChristmas\u201d movie, but director Tim Burton, who appears to be a fan of Christmas with other movies (Edwards Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory), does his best to destroy the holiday with a very dark storyline. The beginning shows a couple throwing their deformed baby into the sewer while it is snowing. Raised by penguins, he grows up to become Danny DeVito. Next in line is sweet and mousey Michelle Pfeiffer who gets thrown out of a window and left to die in the middle of the street. She becomes Catwoman. Later, Gotham\u2019s \u201cice princess\u201d who is tasked with turning on the lights of the town\u2019s Christmas tree, is scared into jumping off a building and dies. She becomes dead. The movie gets a biblical-like treatment as the Penguin decides to kidnap all of the town\u2019s first-born baby boys and drowning them.<\/p>\n<\/a>Scrooged (1988)<\/strong>
\nBill Murray took his turn playing a modern version of Scrooge as Frank Cross, a television executive. During the night, he is visited by New York cabbie (from the past), a fairy who likes to punch (from the present) and a very tall headless creature (from the future) in this uneven comedy. It is essentially the same \u201cChristmas Carol\u201d story with lines that should be a lot funnier and a plot that should have been paced faster.<\/p>\n<\/a>Santa Claus (1959)<\/strong><\/p>\n