Night of the Comet (1984)

 

Directed by Thom Eberhart. Found on Tubi. Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran, Mary Woronov. Set during Christmas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Comet

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s4596come.html

https://nerdist.com/article/night-of-the-comet-horror-history-ode/

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2923

Nintendo NES commercial from Christmas 1985

 

Trancers (1984)

 

Directed by Charles Band. Found on Tubi. Also free on Youtube. Tim Thomerson, Helen Hunt. Must have a Christmas component b/c I saw a pic of Helen Hunt in a Santa outfit. I remember liking this one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trancers

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=984 

https://craneshot.blogspot.com/2011/09/trancers.html

Two women in an automobile.

 

Holiday postcards

Christmas

Date Issued: 1907 (Approximate)

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a8fbf8b0-c5c2-012f-98c0-58d385a7bc34

Lionel Trains 'Christmas Tradition' Commercial (1979)

 

Milton Bradley Travel Games holiday ad, 1995

 

Hess Truck holiday ad, 1988

 

Tyco Toy Trains Commercial (Christmas, 1973)

 

Suspense - Out for Christmas

 

The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe - The Case of the Slaughtered Santas

 

Sydney Greenstreet.

Radio Shack Walkie-Talkies Commercial (Christmas, 1976)

 

Night Flight

 

Welcome to Night Flight. Your weekend open thread. More Xmas.

Night Flight

 

Welcome to Night Flight. Your weekend open thread. The Night Stalker. 

Johnny Cash For Lionel Trains (Xmas, 1976)

 

Night Flight

 

Welcome to Night Flight. Your weekend open thread. Season's Greetings. 

Night Flight

 

Welcome to Night Flight. Your weekend open thread. Xmas.

Gremlins (1984)

 

Directed by Joe Dante. DVD I bought just for this time of year. Monster hit. Inspiring many imitators, most of which I've seen. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gremlins

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gremlins-1984

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/gremlins-1984-lookbackreview/

https://trailersfromhell.com/gremlins-4k-ultra-hd/

https://nerdist.com/article/gremlins-novelization-wackier-weird-movie/

https://thedissolve.com/features/movie-of-the-week/837-gremlins-unleashed-cartoon-hell-on-frank-capras-am/

Merry Christmas

 

c1930s.

https://www.loc.gov/item/ihas.200216489/

Santa Medley

Found in the Kinja archive. I thought this was lost. The most involved Gif collection. I spent a couple of days working on this. Complete with Christmas music accompaniment. 

Arpad Okay

12/19/15 9:59pm

This post is a-fucking-mazing.

WGN Channel 9 - "Merry Christmas" (Bumper #2, 1979)