History Film / ChristmasEvil

* HeroicBSoD: While getting ready in the morning, Harry has one of these when he notices the amount of shaving cream he applied to his face resembles a Santa beard.

* AlloftheOtherReindeer: Harry clearly doesn't have a lot of people in his life. His brother Phil doesn't want much to do with him while his co-workers constantly make fun of him and regard him as a schmuck.

* ProtectedByAChild: Bunch of children surround Harry to protect him from their parents who realize that he is the killer Santa responsible for the deaths at the church.

* PetTheDog: Harry has a few moments of this in his attempts to fulfill the role of Santa - he delivers toys for his nephews and the children at a hospital, and later goes to a neighborhood Christmas party where he dances and brings everyone's spirits.

As a young boy, Harry Stadling was mentally scarred when he found out that SantaClaus wasn't real. Years later, he's grown up to become a Christmas-obsessed ManChild who works at a toy factory, surrounds himself with holiday decorations and songs all year long, and even keeps his own private list of "nice" and "naughty" children in his neighborhood. He eventually decides to take on the role of Santa, giving presents to children and hurting the naughty.

* BookEnds: The film opens and ends with reading of lines from ''Literature/TwasTheNightBeforeChristmas''.

* EyeScream: Harry stabs a smartass churchgoer to the eye with a toy soldier, followed by a death by a toy axe to him and his two companions.

* HorrorDoesntSettleForSimpleTuesday: Harry starts his Santa business on Christmas eve.

** If the film's ending is taken for what it is and nothing less, Harry receives no proper punishment whatsoever for stealing from his place of work, sabotaging the company's products and killing four people. The most punishment he recieves is being choked unconscious by his brother in a fit of rage.

* PsychopathicManchild: Harry, albeit with more emphasis on the "manchild" half. He gets extremely hung up on children's toys, and his SanitySlippage was all over his discovery that Santa Claus isn't real. Of course, he lives up to the "psychopath" half in the climax, where he brutally murders four people.

* TorchesAndPitchforks: Harry's actions causes the people arm themselves and go look for him. And yes, they do carry torches.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Moss Garcia's mom doesn't seem think a strange man hiding in their bushes with mud on his face clearly making a grab for her son warrants any concern whatsoever.