A Christmas Treat (1985) User Reviews

I Told You Not to Peek!

[Illyngophobia · 7/10 · 10 December 2016]

The first film by director Tim Sullivan; this short tells the story of Jason, a young boy who, after hearing something in his house on Christmas Eve decides to go investigate.

There isn't a lot to say about this, especially because it's only five minutes long. However, I will say that it was a very ambitious first attempt for Sullivan (who was 21 at the time) and that the award he received from Fangoria his efforts were well deserved.

If you want to see an interesting short film centered around the holidays, consider checking this out. It's a fun good time to bring your friends together and make it into a marathon.

6.5/10

An Early Fangoria Magazine Award Winning Christmas Horror Short.

[meddlecore · 3/10 · 22 November 2022]

A Christmas Treat is a 4 minute long short film made by a twenty-one year old Timothy Michael Sullivan (who would later go on to make the film 2001 Maniacs, and help write the script for Troma's Chillerama) in 1985.

And it won him the Short Film Search Award put out by Fangoria Magazine that year.

It effectively works as a music video for the crooner version of Nat King Cole's The Christmas Song.

With a young boy named Jason (his actual name) being put to bed on Christmas Eve, and told "not to peak" at Santa.

Because when he does...he's in for quite a horrific surprise.

Which, humourously, doesn't seem to bother his parents much.

It's all very short and sweet, but it's become a bit of a Christmas horror short film classic...as it predates most of the other Christmas themed short films that we now have in the canon.

And goes to show, that you can start off small and work your way into a career in the industry (even if that career is with Troma haha).

3 out of 10.