The feature film ‘Santastein’ is an American horror-comedy, co-directed by ‘Manuel Camiliot’ & ‘Benjamin Edelman’, which was released in 2023. The film puts a humorous spin on Christmas traditions with gore elements.
Synopsis
Max Causey was six years old when he killed the Santa Claus. More than a decade has passed and his character has grown up who tries to redeem his childhood mistakes by resurrecting the Santa Claus. Instead, he turns into a vicious maniac and heads to Max’s friends’ Christmas dinner.
Cast
- Jared Korotkin as Max Causey: The resurrecter of Santa who gets more than he bargained for.
- Michael Vitovich as Santastein: Attacking Santas traditional attributes.
- Ophelia Rivera as Paige Byers: One of Max friends who gets affected in the aftermath.
- Kaylie Heyner as Mikayla Miller: One of the friends of Max entangled in in monstrosities.
Themes and Style
This film reminds us of other movies donning the same genre because Santastein carries the hallmark of dark comedy infused with mellow drama. All sentiments expressed within Santastein concern the core of Christianity. The darkness of themes extends itself towards guilt, reparation for ones’ deeds and the complications that derive from antagonizing the order of things.
Reception
According to IMDb, the film has a rating of 4.9 out of 10, therefore depending on the audience it may be favorable and unfavorable as well. For their part, however, critics as well as the audience have recognized the originality of the idea and the mixture of horror and comedy, although the reviews about the realization itself are divergent.
Availability
The movie “Santastein” can be streamed online in Prime Video of Amazon. On the platforms Apple TV and Vudu, it can also be rented or bought.