Down the Chimney with a Shotgun (2022)
This loose Christmas anthology centers on an escaped lunatic who kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage as he tells her twisted Christmas tales while dressed as Santa. Down with the Chimney has an odd assortment of hand-drawn scenes and live-action segments presented randomly as the hostage listens to her captor's tales. The tales feature live-action shorts with animated stills serving as the story breaks that often seem more interesting than the segments. One story has an abused wife taking out her spouse but facing a scarier threat. Another feature is a man receiving a creepy doll that seems to speak to him and encourage him to do terrible things. The live-action stories could be more inspired and Christmas-centered, especially the seemingly out-of-season Christmas Scarecrow. The other more Christmas-centric stories are told as cartoons and feature Krampus and Frau Perchta, but they would have been better in live-action segments. Down the Chimney with a Shotgun offers little to recommend and will fall into the abyss of holiday horror releases that seem to get dumped onto streaming platforms.
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