Episode 97: Deadly Games aka Dial Code Santa Claus (1989) (w/special guest Michael Kennedy

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Happy Holidays from Bloodhaus! Today Josh and Drusilla are joined by Freaky and It’s a Wonderful Knife writer Michael Kennedy to discuss the fever dream French Christmas film Deadly Games aka a lot of things. From wiki: “3615 code Père Noël ([tʁɑ̃t.sis kɛ̃z kɔd pɛʁ nɔ.ɛl], "3615 code Father Christmas", referring to a Minitel dialing number; also known as Deadly Games, Dial Code Santa Claus, Game Over, and Hide and Freak) is a 1989 French horror thriller film written and directed by René Manzor.[1][2] It is noted for its similarities to the 1990 American film Home Alone,[3] the makers of which Manzor once threatened with legal action on the grounds of plagiarism,[4] alleging that they had "remade my movie."[5]

Also: Courtney Cox’s Candles, David Arquette, the best holiday horror, Black Christmas (1974), The Problem with the word “camp”, Krampus, Gremlins, Silent Night Deadly Night, Christmas Evil, Jack Frost, Home Alone 2, Love Has Won, MGM musicals on Criterion, Hide and Go Shriek, Story Pirates, cinema du look, Minitel, Don’t Look Now, Ben Franklin, Santa Claus, and more.

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