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This strange children's film was partially directed by exploitation filmmaker Barry Mahon (The Beast That Killed Women). Santa Claus sits in Florida, sweating and dejected until some kids bring animals to help him get his sleigh out of the sand. It doesn't quite work, but Santa tells the teens a story anyway, which is actually Mahon's 1970 film Thumbelina, featuring Shay Gardner, also one of the beach kids here. Eventually, a man in a bunny suit gets Santa's mission operational again, bringing
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Wow oh wow oh wow. Santa's sled gets stuck in the Florida sand. After the neighborhood children fail to get him out using their livestock (?), the Ice Cream Bunny (I guess) comes in a fire truck to save Christmas. In the middle, Santa pauses to tell the kids a story, and we watch an entirely different short movie (complete with credits): it looks like a high-school production of the fairy tale "Thumbellina"! Shot like a home movie with horrible children's singing and a dud of a Santa, the whole mess is actually terribly depressing, and may put you off Christmas for a while. A short list candidate for the worst movie ever made; it makes you admire the professionalism and continuity of PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE.
December 19, 2011
Greg S
Super Reviewer
Does anyone remember Santa Claus Conquers the Martians, that wretched sci-fi piece of crap that MST3K did? Well, they should have done this one, too, because "Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny" is one of the worst productions I have ever seen in my own eyes. The camerawork makes the film look like a crappy home movie and the writing is just terrible. It's a weird trippy film, and perhaps I should cap-lock the words TRIPPY.
Santa Claus' sleigh is stuck in the hot beaches of Florida, which is the best spot for the producers to not get kicked out of. Some kids notice he's getting really hot in the sleigh so they save him by getting a whole bunch of animals to help him out, like a wild pig and even an idiot in a gorilla suit. Although Santa could have just stepped out of the sleigh, some stupid rabbit who has nothing to do with ice cream whatsoever saves him and lets him ride with some kids on a miniature fire engine. Whenever we think Santa is going to hang out with the Ice Cream Bunny or at least know why he is called the ICE CREAM Bunny, we cut short to mini-movie inside the movie, like intermission. It's a trippy version of Thumbellina that is way too long. It's got trippy scenery and people in rodent suits. It's just too low budget. We don't go back to the Ice Cream Bunny or Santa again, so there's our hour and a half right there, folks. I think this is a promotional film for a former amusement park called Pirate World because the film was taped there and it is mentioned a lot in the film. It's a stupid and weird movie that should have never been made. It's even worse than Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
Santa Claus' sleigh is stuck in the hot beaches of Florida, which is the best spot for the producers to not get kicked out of. Some kids notice he's getting really hot in the sleigh so they save him by getting a whole bunch of animals to help him out, like a wild pig and even an idiot in a gorilla suit. Although Santa could have just stepped out of the sleigh, some stupid rabbit who has nothing to do with ice cream whatsoever saves him and lets him ride with some kids on a miniature fire engine. Whenever we think Santa is going to hang out with the Ice Cream Bunny or at least know why he is called the ICE CREAM Bunny, we cut short to mini-movie inside the movie, like intermission. It's a trippy version of Thumbellina that is way too long. It's got trippy scenery and people in rodent suits. It's just too low budget. We don't go back to the Ice Cream Bunny or Santa again, so there's our hour and a half right there, folks. I think this is a promotional film for a former amusement park called Pirate World because the film was taped there and it is mentioned a lot in the film. It's a stupid and weird movie that should have never been made. It's even worse than Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
December 25, 2012
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