# Violent Night-amazing upcoming Christmas movie with David Harbour **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [October 6, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817 "2022-10-06T10:48:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/1 "2022-10-06T10:48:11Z")
[The trailer is here.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a53e4HHnx_s) I’m pretty interested. He’s no [Bill Goldberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%27s_Slay) of course, but he can do a good Kris “Krusher” Kringle. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/2 "2022-10-06T11:04:09Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > He’s no [Bill Goldberg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%27s_Slay) of course, but he can do a good Kris “Krusher” Kringle. To be fair, even Bill Goldberg is no Bill Goldberg these days - he’s been a shadow of his former self ever since he unretired from wrestling a few years back. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/3 "2022-10-06T11:04:51Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > To be fair, even Bill Goldberg is no Bill Goldberg these days - he’s been a shadow of his former self ever since he unretired from wrestling a few years back. Yeah, keeping up that level of intensity and fitness can’t be easy. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/4 "2022-10-06T13:51:15Z")
I’m sure the steroids helped. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/5 "2022-10-06T14:21:58Z")
This might be worth going to a theater. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/6 "2022-10-06T14:25:40Z")
So, Santa Claus is ripping off _Die Hard_ now? I’ll forgive them if Bruce Willis has a cameo. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/7 "2022-10-06T14:29:36Z")
I’ve seen a killer rabbit movie recently ([Kottentail](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361724/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)) so that crosses off the Easter Bunny. Halloween is obviously easy to take care of nowadays, and this will handle Christmas. Just need to work on the rest of the holidays for horror movies. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/8 "2022-10-06T14:45:59Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > So, Santa Claus is ripping off _Die Hard_ now? I just saw the trailer an hour ago and that was my first thought. Couldn’t stop laughing. > [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I’ve seen a killer rabbit movie recently ([Kottentail](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361724/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)) so that crosses off the Easter Bunny. Halloween is obviously easy to take care of nowadays, and this will handle Christmas. Just need to work on the rest of the holidays for horror movies. How could you forget? > **[Leprechaun (film)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leprechaun_(film))** > > Leprechaun is a 1993 American comedy horror film written and directed by Mark Jones, and starring Warwick Davis in the title role, with Jennifer Aniston supporting. Davis plays a vengeful leprechaun who believes a family has stolen his pot of gold. As he hunts them, they attempt to locate his gold to mollify him. > Originally intended as straight horror, Davis injected humor into his role, and reshoots added increased gore to appeal to older audiences. Leprechaun was the first in-house producti... ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/9 "2022-10-06T14:49:58Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I’ve seen a killer rabbit movie recently ([Kottentail](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361724/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)) so that crosses off the Easter Bunny. Halloween is obviously easy to take care of nowadays, and this will handle Christmas. Just need to work on the rest of the holidays for horror movies.- Arbor Day is covered by [The Happening](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happening_(2008_film)). ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/10 "2022-10-06T18:18:18Z")
Excellent! That’s two more down! I know there’s [a Thanksgiving slasher film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThanksKilling) out there, but I’ve yet to see it. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/11 "2022-10-06T19:48:35Z")
The “ripping off” _Die Hard_ ship has sailed [a long, long time ago](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DieHardOnAnX). If anything, it’s an R-rated _Home Alone_ ripoff with an adult. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2022, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/12 "2022-10-06T20:07:19Z")
[It’s literally one of the gags from the opening of _Scrooged_ turned into a full length film.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofq0qVBN3Iw&t=4s) Lee Majors better have a cameo. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/13 "2022-10-07T03:25:28Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > The “ripping off” _Die Hard_ ship has sailed [a long, long time ago](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DieHardOnAnX). Yes, but this one is specifically set at Christmas time (obviously with the intent of finally settling [The Debate](https://theconversation.com/nine-reasons-why-die-hard-really-is-a-christmas-film-173801)), so it’s clearly a better ripoff homage than all that other crap! ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/14 "2022-10-07T07:30:11Z")
That’s a great trailer. Santa and Krampus in the same movie. How could that not be awesome? Looks like Santa may win the body count. Looks like John Leguizamoramadingdong has put on a bit of weight in his dotage. Until he spoke I couldn’t quite place him. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/15 "2022-10-07T08:38:07Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > Krampus I didn’t see the Krampus? ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/16 "2022-10-07T14:55:05Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I didn’t see the Krampus? He’s listed on the [IMDB](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12003946/) page. I didn’t see him in the trailer. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/17 "2022-10-07T15:35:36Z")
> [@mordecaiB](#): > > He’s listed on the [IMDB](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12003946/) page. I didn’t see him in the trailer. Ah. In the sequel perhaps his family will get involved. Then Santa will face…The Grampus! ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/18 "2022-10-07T15:46:28Z")
This looks SO good! Santa goes medieval on a bunch of bad guys! Definitely going to see that. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/19 "2022-10-07T16:22:59Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > I’ve seen a killer rabbit movie recently ([Kottentail](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361724/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)) so that crosses off the Easter Bunny. Crossed off a long time ago! [![](https://i0.wp.com/abacstallion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NightOfTheLepus_WebA.jpg?fit=450%2C600&ssl=1) ](https://i0.wp.com/abacstallion.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/NightOfTheLepus_WebA.jpg?fit=450%2C600&ssl=1) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817/20 "2022-10-08T12:51:15Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Arbor Day is covered by [The Happening](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Happening_(2008_film)). I was just about to make the same joke until I checked all the replies… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/violent-night-amazing-upcoming-christmas-movie-with-david-harbour/972817.md?page=2)