December 22, 2004, 12:41:20 'Santa Claus Conquers the Martians' has been voted the worst Christmas movie of all time.
The black and white flop, starring Pia Zadora, topped a poll to find film fans least favourite festive movies.
The 1964 stinker beat off stiff competition from a host of seasonal turkeys including 'A Christmas Romance', starring 'Grease' actress Olivia Newton John, which came second, and 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2', which starred Chevy Chase, coming seventh.
Other entries in the top-ten included 'Jingle All The Way', starring actor-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger, which finished in eighth position, and 'Home Alone 4', a cynical sequel to the original, which catapulted Macaulay Culkin to stardom, coming in at nine.
The survey was conducted by internet movie rental firm LOVEFilm.com and marketing manager Fliss White admits he was not surprised by the poor films in the list.
He said: "For every 'White Christmas' several stinkers are released."
Top-Ten Worst Christmas Films:
1) 'Santa Claus Conquers the Martians' (1962)
2) 'A Christmas Romance' (1994)
3) 'Don't Open 'Till Christmas' (1984)
4) 'A Christmas Without Snow' (1980)
5) 'Black Christmas' (1974)
6) 'A Christmas Carol' (1999)
7) 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2' (2003)
8) 'Jingle All the Way' (1996)
9) 'Home Alone 4' (2002)
10) 'Eight Crazy Nights' (2002)
Home Alone 4 I've seen. It was the crappiest, corniest piece of shiznit I've ever seen. All about Kevin's parents getting divorced and him staying in his dad's girlfriend's house with all these voice activated functions and stuff. Everyone in it over acted beyond anything I'd seen before, and by the end of it I just wanted to snap the DVD in half.
National Lampoons Christmas Vacation 2, no idea
"I'm for it so we can put Nuclear power plants up there, and then beam the power back to earth on a laser beam." ~ Whidden
HECK said this in post #3 : They made 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2' ?????
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I was about to say the same thing....
When did that happen??
Jingle all the way...deserves to be on this list...geez that was horrible!
I didnt know anything about a Home Alone 4 either....
The first 2 were good...the third one was just a copy of the first, and the kid in that one was horrible! You cant remake a Home Alone without Pesci and Culkin...terrible choice whoever decided on that.
I wonder what the top Christmas movies are....do they have a list of those?
Of course thats just my opinion....I could be wrong. (Dennis Miller)
"You might be the toughest little whacker. . .but in my world, you're about as worrisome as a cloudy day." (Dutch Dooley)
HECK said this in post #3 : They made 'National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation 2' ?????
-HECK!
I saw it on TV last year. It went way past sucking, it blew! Oh the horror! Randy Quaid and co get stranded on an island for Christmas. AHHHH! I may have nightmares tonight!
12-23-2004 08:41 AM
