# Inappropriate holidays movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 3, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851 "2004-12-03T04:39:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/1 "2004-12-03T04:39:01Z")
In [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=289255&page=1&pp=50), our dear Eve is complaining about the media pablum offered for the holidays and I offered her a solution in post # 94. > [@](#): > > **Originally Posted by Eve** > • TV gets all heartwarming. If I want my heart to be warm, I will rip it out of my ribcage and thrust it, still beating, into a microwave. > > **Originally Posted by Me** > I agree with you on that one. My solution, watching depressing, scary or ultraviolent movies instead. This year, I’m thinking about watching _In the Mouth of Darkness, Straw Dogs, The Wild Bunch, Schindler’s List_ and/or \*The Dirty Dozen \* on Christmas Eve Now it seems that it started a hijack. First **gobear** suggested two other movies to watch, then **Anne Neville** made her suggestion and now **The Punkyova** added her. Rather than continuing hijacking **Eve** ’s thread, I decided to open up one in the proper forum. So what would you suggest as highly inappropriate Christmas Eve movies ? Keep in mind that I have already done that on previous year and among them :[ul] [li]The _Die Hard_ trilogy[/li][li]the _Alien_ tetralogy[/li][li]the _Evil Dead_ trilogy[/li][li]A Vietnam special _Platoon, Hamburger Hill, Apocalypse Now_[/li][/ul] So what other inappropriate movies would you recommend ? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/2 "2004-12-03T04:45:21Z")
_Das Boot_ is always a “pick-me-up” for the Yule-tide. Or put the last 20 minutes of _Requiem for a Dream_ on a repeating loop, with festive music dubbed over on the old BetaMax and let it entertain the troops. Watch the “Jellied Eels” disappear! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/3 "2004-12-03T04:49:56Z")
\*Helter Skelter The Executioner’s Song Silence of the Lambs The Diary of Anne Frank Birth of a Nation Natural Born Killers Sybil\* ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/4 "2004-12-03T05:36:28Z")
If it wasn’t for the cop out ending, _Bad Santa_ would be good. How about a threesome with Robert de Niro? [ul] [li]The Deer Hunter[/li][li]Taxi Driver[/li][li]Raging Bull[/li][/ul] Full of festive cheer! ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/5 "2004-12-03T05:56:42Z")
What can be more heart-warming and, in this time of holy nights, more spreadful of the joy of human love than popping in the VCR your favorite porn tape? Use the home-made one from last year’s Christmas eve. Peace. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/6 "2004-12-03T06:09:05Z")
According to the critics, [**Christmas with the Kranks**](http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/christmas_with_the_kranks/) is about as un-Christmas a movie as you can get. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/7 "2004-12-03T06:17:21Z")
\*Leaving Las Vegas Boogie Nights American History X South Park’s Passion of the Jew \* ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/8 "2004-12-03T06:41:47Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > What can be more heart-warming and, in this time of holy nights, more spreadful of the joy of human love than popping in the VCR your favorite porn tape? Use the home-made one from last year’s Christmas eve. > > Peace. No can do. Although I have 1300 movies, I pride myself that I don’t have a single porn movie. Not that I am a prude, I just find porn boring. ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/9 "2004-12-03T07:56:23Z")
A David Lynch trilogy: _Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead_ Haven’t seen it, but from what I’ve heard _Happiness_ would probably be pretty inappropriate. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/10 "2004-12-03T08:15:47Z")
How about an end of the world double-bill. _The Day After_ & _Threads_ _Silent Night, Deadly Night_ about an axe-weilding manic who dresses as Santa would fit right in. _On the Beach_ or _Grave Of The Fireflies_ to quash any lingering Yule sprit thats left. ---
**Author:** ![MacTech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MacTech](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacTech)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/11 "2004-12-03T14:37:30Z")
Well, in keeping with the spirit of the season, how about a movie with bright, intense reds… Freddy Vs. Jason ---
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/12 "2004-12-03T15:12:29Z")
To repeat my suggestions from the Pit thread, **Rosemary’s Baby** and **The Omen** would be ideal holiday viewing for Antichristmas. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/13 "2004-12-03T15:22:23Z")
Well I have replaced _It’s a Wonderful Life_ with _Bad Santa_ and I’m sure I am right. When the DVD comes out in Australia I will get a screen capture of drunken Santa vomitting in the alley. It will be my Christmas card for many years to come. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/14 "2004-12-03T15:55:55Z")
A few years ago, Independent Film Channel had a “Christmas with Cronenberg” festival. A random pick of any of his movies is horribly inappropriate. On the other hand, Lynch’s ERASERHEAD is horribly ironically appropriate for Christmas- there is a whole “Babe in Swaddling Clothes” imagery that I can’t help but see a deliberate. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![N.Sane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@N.Sane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N.Sane)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/15 "2004-12-03T15:58:07Z")
_The Sum of All Fears_ ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/16 "2004-12-03T16:35:38Z")
Keep’em coming guys, lots of great ideas so far. So many, that I seriously contemplate adding Easter to this tradition 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/17 "2004-12-03T16:44:31Z")
> [@](#): > > The Die Hard trilogy Oh, I disagree! These are fantastic Christmas time movies, since the first two take place on Christmas Eve. They usually appear on USA/TNT/etc. around this time. They’re violent, but they’re fun. I’m going to add \*\*Gummo \*\* to the list. Mainly, because there are few lists you can actually add that “movie” to. ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/18 "2004-12-03T16:47:29Z")
First, puncture all that peace on earth crap with “Lord of the Flies.” Then go after all that resurrection nonsense (okay, that’s Easter, but WTH) with “Night of the Living Dead.” In the world of wonderfully appropriate, finish off with “Life of Brian.” ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/19 "2004-12-03T16:56:31Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Oh, I disagree! These are fantastic Christmas time movies, since the first two take place on Christmas Eve. They usually appear on USA/TNT/etc. around this time. They’re violent, but they’re fun. What can I say ? It was my first attempt and my movie collection was not as extensive at that time. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2004, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851/20 "2004-12-03T19:11:55Z")
What was the name of that movie about the tired young woman seeking shelter at an inn, and the wise men who come to find her? Oh yeah. **Psycho** [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inappropriate-holidays-movie/277851.md?page=2)