To All a Goodnight (1980)

Directed by

David Hess

Genre

horror film, slasher film, Christmas film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

R

Rating

4.6 of 10 from 65 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During a Christmas party at a finishing school, a killer dressed as Santa Claus starts murdering the students and their boyfriends. The film follows the remaining survivors as they try to escape or fight back.

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What happens

To All a Goodnight is a 1980 American slasher film directed by David Hess in his directorial debut, and starring Jennifer Runyon and Forrest Swanson. Its plot follows a group of female finishing school students and their boyfriends being murdered during a Christmas party by a psychopath dressed as Santa Claus. Filmed in late 1979 in Santa Barbara, California, To All a Goodnight was given a limited theatrical release in the United States by Intercontinental Releasing Corporation in January 1980. It is the second feature film in history to portray a murderous Santa Claus character as a villain, after the ...And All Through the House segment in the anthology film Tales from the Crypt (1972). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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