Don't Open Till Christmas

Don't Open Till Christmas
Directed by	Edmund Purdom
Written by	Derek Ford Al McGoohan
Starring	Edmund Purdom Alan Lake Gerry Sundquist
Music by	Des Dolan
Cinematography	Alan Pudney
Editing by	Ray Selfe
Distributed by	Vestron Video
Release date(s)	December 1984
Running time	86 min.
Country	USA UK
Language	English

Don't Open Till Christmas is a 1984 horror film directed by Edmund Purdom.^[1]

Plot

A murderer is running loose through the streets of London, hunting down men dressed as Santa and killing them all in different, and extremely violent, fashions. Inspector Harris has decided to take on the unenviable task of tracking down the psychopath, but he's going to have his work cut out for him. Only the suspicious reporter, Giles, seems to offer the Inspector any promising leads.

Cast

• Edmund Purdom as Inspector Ian Harris
• Alan Lake as Giles
• Belinda Mayne as Kate Briosky
• Mark Jones as Sergeant Powell
• Gerry Sundquist as Cliff Boyd
• Kelly Baker as Sherry Graham - Experience Girl
• Kevin Lloyd as Gerry
• Wendy Danvers as Housekeeper
• Nicholas Donnelly as Doctor Bridle (scenes deleted)
• Pat Astley as Sharon
• Laurence Harrington as Kate's father
• Ken Halliwell as Restaurant Commissionare
• Ray Marioni as Maitre d'hotel
• Wilfred Corlett as Experience Santa Claus
• Ricky Kennedy as Theatre Santa Claus
• Sid Wragg as Dungeon Santa Claus
• Max Roman as Store Santa Claus
• George Pierce as Market Santa Claus
• Ashley Dransfield as Drunken Santa Claus
• Derek Ford as Circus Santa Claus
• Adrian Black as Circus Santa
• John Aston as Santa Claus in car
• Maria Eldridge as Girl in car
• Des Dolan as Detective Constable
• Derek Hunt as Police Constable
• Paula Meadows as Dungeon secretary
• Caroline Munro as Herself
• Dick Randall as Party Guest (uncredited)

Release

Mondo Macabro will release on 6 December 2011 in association with Danger After Dark Films the film on DVD in the United States.^[2]

Release in UK

It was released in the UK on 19 December 1984.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ B-Notes - Don't Open 'Til Christmas (1985)
2. ^ Danger After Dark Announces New Releases and Distribution Deal
3. ^ Don't Open Till Christmas | 1984

External links

• Don't Open Till Christmas at the Internet Movie Database