Cranky Caesar (a delightfully manic turn by writer/director David Campfield) and his lovable oaf half brother Otto (an engaging performance by Paul Chomicki) find work for the corporation Xmas Enrterprises as Santa and his elf. However, unhinged fellow Santa Demian (a gloriously deranged portrayal by Deron Miller) develops a vendetta against the daffy duo and decides to gruesomely bump off various folks that they know. Campfield relates the enjoyably screwball story at a snappy pace, maintains an amiable tongue-in-cheek tone throughout, delivers oodles of outrageous over-the-top gore, and milks plenty of huge belly laughs from the hysterical sense of good-natured off the wall humor, with the great gonzo climax in particular rating as an absolute sidesplitting riot. Moreover, Campbell not only pokes merry fun at cornball slasher clichés and the immortal sicko Santa slice'n'dice classic "Silent Night, Deadly Night," but also tosses in a spot-on wicked caricature of Dr. Phil and parodies the infamous garbage day scene from the second "Silent Night, Deadly Night" outing for good measure. This film further benefits from neat cameo appearances by familiar genre names Linnea Quigley (as a washed-up scream queen turned agent), Brinke Stevens, Lloyd Kaufman (in a perfectly loopy send-up of the nutty grandpa from the first "Silent Night, Deadly Night"), Joe Estevez, Felissa Rose, Shawn C. Phillips, Debbie Rochon, and even Robert Z'Dar in a surprise ending credits bit as himself. Joey Rassool's slick cinematography makes snazzy use of split screen and overlapping visuals. Kevin MacLeod's bouncy score hits the spirited spot. An absolute hoot.
Review of Caesar and Otto's Deadly Xmas
