Oh yeah, santa also has the help of merlin who lives in outer space along with santa in his crystal castle. Merlin ponders santa fix and comes up with a solution. As for 1959s santa claus, as cheesy and bizarre as it may be, its clear that the filmmakers hearts were in the right place and understandable that those who grew up with the film will still revel in the nostalgia of it all. Dec, 2019 santa claus conquers the devil is a 14minute featurette with film historians talking about the film from a cultural perspective and the influence of american holidays traditions. Eventually, santa and merlin catch up with pitch for a final battle of good vs.
Dec 24, 2017 in the 1959 mexican fantasy film santa claus featuring primarily spanish dialogue was directed by rene cardona and cowritten with adolfo torres portillo, although most are probably familiar more with the dubbed and edited englishlanguage version that came out in the u. With the exception of any cantinflas vehicle, here is the most famous mexican movie of all time. We are first introduced to santas workshop as the jolly old elf inspects some of the children from around the world who help out. May 19, 2010 santa claus is a strange companion to night of the bloody apes and wrestling women vs the aztec mummy in his filmography, but its more than a little diverse. Santa claus 1959 rene cardona, ken smith, felipe palmino. The havanaborn cardona immigrated to new york as the american film industry transitioned from silents to talkies. As for 1959s santa claus, as cheesy and bizarre as it may be, its clear that the filmmakers hearts were in the. The strangest and most disturbing santa claus movie of them all. Dec 04, 2014 santa claus is a 1959 live action mexican motion picture featuring santa claus. Santa claus is a 1959 mexican fantasy film directed by rene cardona and cowritten with adolfo torres portillo. It seems that he made anything his studio asked him to, whether he had a clue what it was about or not, even as a cowriter. Previously, christmas was closely connected to the actual birth of christ as well as the nativity. In the film, santa works in outer space and does battle with a demon sent to earth by lucifer to ruin christmas by killing santa and making all the children of the earth do evil. The mystery science theater 3000 episode for this film became the trope namer for nightmare fuel.
Santa claus jose elias moreno lives in a huge castle on some clouds hovering above the earth with merlin. Santa claus 1959 comedy, family, fantasy video dailymotion. With the aid of merlin, santa claus must defeat the evil machinations of the devil. Well, at least a way to get rid of the dog so santa can come down from the tree and get home before. November 26th, 1959 not yet rated 1 hr 34 min plot summary. Check out disneys three caballeros to see mexican christmas traditions in 1944. Find low everyday prices and buy online for delivery or instore pickup. Gordon murray import santa claus, 1959, directed by rene cardona.
In a couple of odd as you know moments, pitch exposits to lucifer about how demons eat red hot coals and santa talks to one of his young helpers about how in the fifth dimension they eat pastries and ice cream made from soft clouds. But a little over a decade later, mexico needed santa and director rene. The mexican movie santa claus 1959 attempts to update kris cringle to the age of sputnik and the global community with predictably surreal and disturbing results. Prepare yourself for a big brother santa claus fighting the evil forces of prancing demons with the help of child labor and merlin. On the night before christmas, a serial killer dressed in a santa claus suit stalks the streets of new york looking for blood. With jose elias moreno, cesareo quezadas pulgarcito, jose luis aguirre trotsky, armando arriola. Santa claus was directed by rene cardona and written by cardona and adolfo torres portillo. Santa claus, high above the north pole in his cloudborne castle equipped with more surveillance devices than t. It uses the full cut of the film, and includes a christmas cartoon as well as an episode of the old ronald howard sherlock holmes tv series, the christmas pudding. Santa claus is a 1959 american liveaction motion picture, directed by rene cardona and written by cardona and adolfo torres portillo. The fact that he has a hitech palace in space is something i never knew about santa claus. Originally released in mexico, this holiday cult classic from 1959 takes an other worldly twist when the devil tries to meddle with christmas. Unlike santa claus conquers the martians, which has shown up on westlake and other labels.
Santa claus is perhaps best known as a wonderful season five episode of mystery science theater 3000, and i certainly do recommend the mst3k version. Nicks weight, eating habits, and mode of transportation. Just because a story is aimed at children doesnt mean it is actually safe for them to experience it. Satan claus is a 1996 low budget horror christmas film directed by massimiliano cerchi and written by simonetta mostarda summary. Anyway, merlin hears santas cries for help and rushes to the magic talking thingee. Santa claus is a strange companion to night of the bloody apes and wrestling women vs the aztec mummy in his filmography, but its more than a little diverse. The film is a mexican production that features santa claus fighting a devil named pitch for the future of christmas. Gordon murray import santa claus, 1959, directed by rene cardona view the tcmdb entry for santa claus 1959. Rene cardonas santa claus movie from 1959 is so utterly bizarre that it transcends christmas. Regarder santa claus 1959 toutes les infos sur le film complet santa claus en francais, streaming gratuit, soustitres et audio dorigine. Best jerry lewis dean martin movies 2,503,697 views.
Santa claus 1959 written and directed by rene cardona. Santa claus sometimes known as santa claus vs the devil is a 1959 mexican fantasy film directed by rene cardona and cowritten with adolfo torres portillo. Broadcast of the film also became a holiday tradition at several u. Directed by rene cardona, a guy from mexico city who also did some wrestling movies, santa claus 1959 concerns a slavedriving santa jose elias moreno who lives up in the sky and has a whole sweatshop army of little kids doing his work for him. In the 1959 mexican fantasy film santa claus featuring primarily spanish dialogue was directed by rene cardona and cowritten with. Much like his other dubs, the cast is not credited and thus remain unknown. The dub was made in 1960 in miami for distribution across the united states. Our quest to pack our calendar with holiday cheer has yielded yet another supreme oddity with this 1959 film, often called santa claus vs the devil. Santa claus is a 1959 mexican fantasy film directed by rene cardona and co written with adolfo torres portillo.
This is a very different movie based on santa claus duties during christmas eve in mexico city. A winner in the best family film category at the 1959 san francisco film festival, this fantasy story from mexico about a goodhearted saint nick is geared primarily to the younger set. A candy colored fantasy in eastmancolor, santa claus takes traditional xmas myths and mixes things up considerably. Since the days of the brothers grimm, adults have been scaring the bejesus out of childr. Santa in space watches children who are forced to do evil stuff on earth because. Santas workshop runs on the work of a global collection of children, stereotypically depicted all, some fully racist. Gordon murray, and was annually rereleased for a number of. Trailers, tv and radio spots complete the package including an episode of howdy doody while snippets from producer k. Gordon murray released as a weekend movie marketed directly to. Now, even disneyproduced films can have touches of low humor and things. With the aid of merlin, santa claus must defeat the evil machinations of the devil pitch to ruin xmas.
Edition discs price new from used from dvd may 20, 2011. Santa claus conquers the devil is a 14minute featurette with film historians talking about the film from a cultural perspective and the influence of american holidays traditions. The original film was produced in mexico in 1959 and features primarily spanish dialog. Santa claus sometimes known as santa claus vs the devil is a 1959 mexican film that was released in the u.
Santa claus 1959 jose elias moreno actor, cesareo quezadas actor format. Dec 11, 20 santa claus is perhaps best known as a wonderful season five episode of mystery science theater 3000, and i certainly do recommend the mst3k version. The atomic laboratory requested in one childs letter to santa is actually a real thing. Rock a bye baby 1958 jerry lewis dean martin full length comedy movie duration. Dec 27, 2012 rumor has it that this film was made to introduce the concept of santa claus to mexico. I dont mind admitting that labeling santa claus as being of lowimportance is putting things kindly. Since the holidays are fast approaching, its time to celebrate with the secular emblem of the season jolly old saint nick.
Search, discover and share your favorite santa claus 1959 gifs. This unintentionally horrifying family film from 1959 needed a proper trailer, and i couldnt help myself. If santa claus is surrealist cinema, then so is everything that ever ran on mst3k. Well, at least a way to get rid of the dog so santa can come down from the tree and. Aide pedro cesareo quezadas offers the hero jose elias moreno a new toy, leading to a wild narrative turn and the introduction of villain pitch jose luis aguirre, in the k. My final entry in my minixmas horrorthon, rene cardonas 1959 movie santa claus is a wonderment of schmaltz. Santa claus is a 1959 live action mexican motion picture featuring santa claus. Santa claus sometimes also known as santa claus vs. And since were in the cult corner, we just have to talk about him in context with the bizarre 1959 mexican fantasy film santa claus throughout the sixties and seventies, millions of american kids were treated to this surreal seasonal delight, courtesy of k. Funniest movie ever made saw this film on mst3k so many times and uncut on. Santa from outer space does battle with satan while children toil as slaves in santas sweatshop. Amazing there was a mexican film industry in 1959 the film was considered to be a financial success over several holiday season theatrical releases in the 1960s and 1970s. A winner in the best family film category at the 1959 san francisco film festival, this fantasy story from mexico about a goodhearted saint. As you are hypnotized into a dreamlike state of horror, just remember one thing.
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