Self described as a "transgender holiday horror", Carnage For Christmas is a queer Christmas themed slasher from Australia.
The story revolves around Lola, a true crime podcaster, who became obsessed with the topic after finding the skeletal remains of their small town's most famous missing person...the young victim of "the toymaker".
Upon returning home to visit her sister for Christmas, she gets caught up in a real life cat and mouse game, with a slasher clad in a Santa suit...after her sister's lesbian roommate and her girlfriend are found murdered.
The killer targets the podcaster as the player in his game, by sending her a cryptic Christmas card, and series of clues, that lead her to suspect that it's the work of "the toymaker"...or, at least, some kind of copycat.
But the police don't take it seriously...so she, and her sister, are left to solve the crimes themselves.
With suspects abound in a small town that has a predominant history of hate.
And they best act fast...because the bodies are really starting to pile up.
For such a low budget production...it's actual pretty decent.
The special effects are particularly well done.
And- alongside the good storyline- more than make up for the, otherwise, mediocre acting.
At just under 70 mins, it also benefits from it's relatively short runtime.
As it allows them to avoid saturating the film with unnecessary filler.
All-in-all...I quite enjoyed it.
And would definitely say it's worth a watch.
Because as far as drama and gore goes...it works.
But I did feel like the ending was a bit rushed, and ridiculous, though.
4 out of 10.
