The Daily Beasts

For theme projects (like #Kaijuly, #Mocktoberfest, and #SeasonsBeatings—for example),
a new film/show is profiled every day by a different writer.

Heather Wixson 12/28/21 Heather Wixson 12/28/21

SANTA WITH MUSCLES (1996)

Hulk Ho-Ho-Hogan Spreads Holiday Cheer In This Much Maligned Children’s Holiday Movie.

Kiley Fox 12/9/21 Kiley Fox 12/9/21

DEADLY GAMES (1989)

Unfairly (and inaccurately) dismissed as “French HOME ALONE”, DEADLY GAMES is a much darker film full of dread and ‘80s charm.

Jeremy Lowe 12/8/21 Jeremy Lowe 12/8/21

FATMAN (2020)

Jeremy Lowe finds great delight in FATMAN’s choice to take its bonkers world completely seriously.

Rob Dean 12/3/21 Rob Dean 12/3/21

REINDEER GAMES (2000) [Director’s Cut]

In what may be the most Christmas-centric action film ever, the mixed REINDEER GAMES still boasts a great cast and significantly improves with a director’s cut.

Rob Dean 12/2/21 Rob Dean 12/2/21

Rambo: The Force Of Freedom, “When SAVAGE Stole Santa” (1986)

Yes, there was a Rambo cartoon. Yes, there was a Christmas episode. And yes, it is awesome.

Keevin Miller 12/1/21 Keevin Miller 12/1/21

FIRST BLOOD (1982)

A monster built for brutality takes on an overzealous fat man’s iron fist of control. Is this Krampus vs. Santa? No, it’s 1982’s FIRST BLOOD.