Mercy Christmas

I put Mercy Christmas on my watchlist and kept skipping over it to watch a few other horror movies, but thought I'd get this one over with. It was such a surprise to be this entertained. While not laugh-out-loud funny, it kept me smiling. There were some good twists and an ending that will cap off this crazy ride wonderfully.

I was expecting a horrible movie but DJ Hale made this movie. He was hilarious and his part is unforgettable. Great acting, good story. Pleasantly surprised by this sleeper.

Michael Briskett is your typical corporate office geek. The CEO picks on him, he throws Christmas parties where nobody comes, and he's the only one in the company who receives dull work with a deadline on Christmas Eve. When he spends a wonderful evening with Cindy, the prettiest girl at the office, and she then also invites him to spend Christmas with her and her family, it seems too good to be true. And it is...

Ah, Christmas traditions! Some people drink eggnog and eat stuffed turkey, others sing Carols. The tradition of yours truly is to watch at least one holiday-themed horror movie around the Christmas period; - the bloodier the better.

"Mercy Christmas" isn't a very good movie. In fact, it's a highly unoriginal and predictable movie, and if I wasn't in such a festive mood, I probably would have flunked it big time! Buy hey, it's the season to be jolly, and thus I can even tolerate another umpteenth horror story about a cannibalistic family that looks perfectly normal from the outside, victims strung up with colorful Christmas lights, and shrieking grannies. The middle-section seemingly takes forever, with irrelevant padding footage and dull conversations, but the final 15-20 minutes luckily are gory and sadistic.

This must be the most underrated horror/comedy film ever. The summary let's us know this is likely the first ever Christmas, slasher, cannibalism comedy/horror film. The action is relentless humor and much horror related to a run-of-the-mill Xmas cannibalism flick

I often view the final 16 minutes of the film. It is riveting/memorizing, unique in film annals and unforgettable.

Do you recall Monty Python's Black Knight fighting on even after he loses one limb and then another and another. That was one of the greatest comedy blood letting scenes ever put on film. The final 16 minutes of this film pays great homage to the black knight in ways you must see for yourself. The editing of the final scenes, with gore galore, is done in such a bloody tasteful manner that no one need turn from the scene despite the absolute carnage. Amazingly delightful. This entire film should be a cult classic for some of the most unique, crazy, FUN death battles ever filmed including the role of a 'punch bowel.'

If you don't 'get' this film be sure to at least view, you guessed it, the final 16 minutes. Odds are you will never forget it!

If The Texas Chain Saw Massacre were a Hallmark holiday movie, it would be Mercy Christmas, which celebrates the importance of Christmas traditions - in the company of a wonderfully deranged family of suburban cannibals!

Lonely downtrodden office worker Michael Briskett (Steven Hubbell) is given a ton of work to do before Christmas by his overbearing boss Andy Robillard (Cole Gleason). When Mr. Robillard's sexy assistant Cindy (Casey O'Keefe) invites Michael to her family home for Christmas, he accepts, providing he can take his work with him. Michael is welcomed in with open arms by Cindy's family, but passes out after knocking back an eggnog, waking up to find himself tied up in the basement, just one of several unfortunates destined to become dinner for Cindy and her kin.

I knew nothing about Mercy Christmas going in, having picked it at random from numerous low-budget Christmas horrors on Amazon Prime; I was very happy, then, to find that the film was not only very entertaining, but easily one of the most original and fun festive horrors I have ever seen. Forget the over-rated Black Christmas - this film is about as black as it gets, a deliciously demented tale with a really warped sense of humour and a mean-streak a mile wide. It takes a while to get going, and the low budget is evident, but stick with it 'cos it gets progressively more crazy and bloody as it goes along, culminating in a gory final act that is as funny as it is jaw-droppingly violent.

8.5/10, rounded up to 9 for IMDb.