With Merlin's aid, Santa Claus must defeat the evil machinations of the devil Pitch to ruin Christmas.With Merlin's aid, Santa Claus must defeat the evil machinations of the devil Pitch to ruin Christmas.With Merlin's aid, Santa Claus must defeat the evil machinations of the devil Pitch to ruin Christmas.
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- 1 win total
- El Diablo
- (as José Luis Aguirre 'Trosky')
- El mago Merlín
- (as Armando Arriola 'Arriolita')
- La niña pobre (Lupita)
- (as Lupita)
- Padre despertado
- (as Leopoldo Ortín Jr.)
- Padre de Billy
- (as Manolo Calvo)
- Niño malo
- (as niño J. Carlos Méndez)
- Niño malo
- (as niño Jesús Brook)
- Madre despertada
- (as Enriqueta Lavat)
- El herrero Llavón
- (as Ángel D'Stefani)
- Abuelo despertado
- (as Gmo. Bravo Sosa)
- Narrator
- (English version)
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRiffed on Mystery Science Theater 3000 on December 24, 1993. Season 6, episode 21. Then riffed years later by Rifftrax LIVE.
- GoofsThe text on the burning newspaper changes from English to Spanish between shots.
- Quotes
Evil Doll: Why don't you steal us. We can all be yours!
Lupita: No, you know that stealing is bad, and I want to be good.
Evil Doll: But you must learn to steal!
Lupita: No. You know stealing is bad, and I want to be good.
Evil Doll: We dolls don't like good little girls!
Lupita: No. To steal is evil, and I don't want to be evil.
Evil Doll: You must be evil if you want a doll!
Lupita: No, you know stealing is evil, and I don't want to be evil.
Evil Doll: Steal, fight, and we will all be yours!
Lupita: No. I don't want to be evil, and stealing is evil.
Evil Doll: You want to good, eh, you don't want to be bad?
Lupita: No, you know stealing is bad, and I want to be good.
Evil Doll: Well then, you'll never have a doll! HAHAHAHAH!
- Alternate versionsA 1989 U.S. home video release was "substantially re-edited and abridged" to "remove all seemingly objectionable material." This version is missing all material involving Pitch. The running time was reduced to 63 minutes and the film retitled "Santa Claus: The Motion Picture" in order to cash in on the big budget production Santa Claus (1985).
- ConnectionsEdited into Santa's Enchanted Village (1964)
- SoundtracksNoche de Paz (Stille Nacht)
Music by Franz Xaver Gruber (uncredited)
Lyrics by Joseph Mohr (uncredited)
Public Domain
Santa lives in space with little kids and a senile magician (Mrs. Claus probably filed for divorce decades ago!) He uses listening devices (made up of applainces and human organs. I am not kidding!!!) to spy on children on earth. he also pauses to watch a frightening puppet show, a Mexican glamour gal go shopping, etc. etc. Then we meet Santa's enemy- Pitch. Pitch is a prissy devil who dances alot, complains of stomach cramps, and uses wild hand gestures when he talks. Pitch has to destroy Christmas or Satan will make his ulcer worse!
The plot gets crazier when Santa moonlights as a bartender, children have dreams that look like cheaply rendered LSD trips (with nagging dolls, parents that arrive in coffin-like boxes) I am not making any
of this up. This is possibly the strangest Christmas movie ever made. Box up that CD of old Chrsitmas caroles. This Christmas, this loopy wonder should be on your TV.
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- Santa Claus vs. The Devil
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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