Tommy Wirkola allows Santa Claus, as played by David Harbour, to bring the brutality in Violent Night.
The star of Stranger Things focused more on swinging sledgehammers than learning how to convincingly ride a sleigh.
Reimagining the portly present-giver in wonderfully weird ways, these out-there winter sagas care little for tradition ... and, in some cases, even less for lucidity. “Bad Santa,” “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians,” “Christmas Evil,” and more.
Story tells of a workalike NYC detective who has a strained relationship with his son. The only thing that may be able to repair the father-son relationship is the one true Santa, who has to make the man believe in Christmas magic.