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Cinematical Seven: Cult and Campy Holiday Movies
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(This month we're bringing back some of our favorite holiday-related posts, as well as sharing some new ones. Happy Holidays!)
By: Jette Kernion (reprinted from December 18, 2007)
Do you like a little dark twist with your holiday movies? Maybe you're tired of always seeing Santa as the good guy, or watching some grouchy old holiday hater redeemed at the end of the movie. Perhaps you're a fan of cult movies with early appearances by unusual acting talent, bizarre and inappropriate music, or acting so amateurish you either have to laugh or run screaming from the room. In other words, you need cult films to get you through the holidays, not that contemporary Hollywood blockbuster stuff.
Originally this post was entitled "Cult Christmas Movies," but I got lucky and remembered a certain Hanukkah-related cult favorite from a few years ago. Once I started, there were so many movies to choose from. I had to decide whether Kiss Kiss Bang Bang counted as a holiday cult film (not yet), whether it was worth including Santa Claus: The Movie just because the title character is played by the actor who played the elder Jeffrey Lebowski in The Big Lebowski (David Huddleston), and whether I should include The Poseidon Adventure (or its remake) simply because I didn't have a New Year's Eve movie on the list.
Feel free to share any favorite holiday-themed cult movies that aren't on this list. 'Tis the season for some of us to enjoy some really good bad movies.
Retro Cinema: Babes in Toyland
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Growing up, I was enamored with the classic movies and shows of Disney. I'm not just talking about the animated feats of films like Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella; I'm also talking about all the live-action fare -- the original Mickey Mouse Club and flicks like The Parent Trap, Darby O'Gill and the Little People, Summer Magic, and of course, Babes in Toyland -- the Disney remake of Victor Herbert's operetta and the Laurel and Hardy version in 1934. Now this flick wasn't a total Christmas movie, but considering the fact that part of it concerns making toys in Toyland for Christmas, it always rested in my collection of Santa flicks that were pulled out every year.
It was the 1960s, and Babes in Toyland dealt with a fantasy land where fairy tales and children's rhymes came to life, and inventions followed one's imagination, rather than scientific law. In this world, some people live in shoes, Little Bo Peep tends to her sheep, and Jack likes jumping over his candlestick. Mary Contrary (Annette Funicello) and Tom Piper (Tommy Sands) are two young "lovers" about to get married, although they haven't even shared a kiss. Every time Tom tries, Mary diverts his lippy attention, whether with a subtle turn of the head, or a...carnation? Nevertheless, this couple is to be married the next day.
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