Santa Claus

Santa Claus (1959)

  • 42% of users liked it
    (2,223 ratings)

Yet another oddball Mexican fantasy brought to American audiences by cut-rate exploitation titan K. Gordon Murray, this seasonal tale concerns Santa Claus (Jose Elias Moreno), who we discover doesn't work out of the North Pole after all. Instead, Santa and his friend and associate Merlin the… More

Unrated, 1 hr. 34 min.
Directed By
René Cardona
Genres
Kids & Family, Art House & International, Comedy
In Theaters
Nov 26, 1959 Wide
On DVD
Oct 5, 2004

Critic Reviews

  • John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

    The fact that VCI have reproduced it in a widescreen, high-definition Blu-ray transfer only makes it seem all the more bizarre. (Blu-ray edition)

  • John J. Puccio, Movie Metropolis

    I couldn't help feeling as I watched it that it must have a strong cult following somewhere simply because it's so...strange.

  • Phil Hall, Film Threat

    Ho Ho Horrible!

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    This movie is incredibly bad, I really do not recommend watching this one. The story is silly, I mean Santa lives in space and the devil is trying to stop him from bringing toys to kids by making them behave bad? That's crazy.

  • Lafe F


    On the surface, a cute kids' Christmas film from Mexico. But this has many religious overtones. The Devil whispers in childrens' ears to do bad things; Santa is watching through a telescope from his cloud-castle in the sky and makes note of which kids are good or bad. This… More

  • Sarah P


    This was really weird with having the devil in a movie about Santa Claus and also that Santa doesn't live at the North Pole, but a weird cloud floating in space...

  • Marion R


    Santa Claus, The Devil and Merlin. If that doesn't sound like a recipe for a bad film! Okay, it is pretty bad, but such fun when mocking it.

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