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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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