All Through the House (2015)

Not a bad Christmas slasher flick, I was surprised to find. It's nothing earth shattering and is highly unoriginal, but it keeps the kills coming at a pretty good clip so I was kept fairly entertained throughout.

Three chicks are helping a crazy old lady neighbor decorate her home for Christmas as a Santa-clad killer, with garden shears as his weapon of choice, prowls around town offing people. He eventually makes his way to our main characters and we close out with the usual 'final girl' shit...

The 'reveal' in the end is beyond predictable and rips off "Sleepaway Camp" quite a bit. The characters are devoid of likability or personality (the ginger boyfriend was totally unnecessary...) and the film greatly lacks the holiday 'feel' due to the snowless California locale. The killer, however, is cool looking with his haggard Santa mask with the crazy hair and the kills are bloody and plentiful - the very first one in the movie being the definite stand-out. "All Through the House" was better than I expected, though nothing great. Worth a look for those into holiday horror.