In the opening scenes of Richard Donner’s Christmas comedy Scrooged, a trailer for a fake Christmas TV film plays depicting terrorists seizing Santa’s workshop, forcing Santa to become an action hero with the help of The Six Million Dollar Man’s Lee Majors. The fake film, aptly titled The Night the Reindeer Died might have seemed like nothing more than a joke afterthought at the time. … Continue reading ‘Violent Night’ An Odd But Fitting Balance of Sadism and Sentimentality – ScreenHub Entertainment