Perfect cast and a good story

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

A horror film that depicts St. Nicholas as a murderous bishop who kidnaps and murders children when there is a full moon on December 5.I have to say, this may possibly be the first Dutch horror film I have ever seen. Probably even one of the first Dutch films of any genre (the only other coming to mind is "Spoorloos"). I prefer to judge a film on its own merits rather than the merits of the country... but it is interesting to place a film in the context of its own film industry. And, frankly, I did not know the Netherlands really had much of an industry.Many horror films have focused on Santa Claus, and a few have had the Easter Bunny, Jack Frost, or have focused on just about every holiday imaginable. This is the first (and only) film about the Feast of St. Nick, and for that originality they deserve some praise.I loved the coloration, the camera angles, the "black Petes" as evil minions... I was worried about this one, but it turned out being pretty great. The obsession with the characters' infidelity in the first act (which has no bearing on the plot) is a little odd, as is the fact a teacher would allow sex toys to be given out in class. But this is easy to overlook.In style and tone, this goes alongside "Dead Snow" and makes for a great party movie. If possible, though, get the subtitled version, as the English dubbing is horrible.

In 1492 on December 5th during a full moon Saint Nick raids a town stealing children, we see his henchmen crawling down chimneys to get into homes, nice touch. Well the locals are having none of this and thus burn him and his boat to the ground. Every 32 yeas on December the 5th there is a full moon and ST Nick comes back for more children. ludicrous but yet great fun. The acting is great and the scenes well made. The set pieces are good with great gore deaths. The film is not quite sure what it wants to be. At first it looks like ST Nick is here for the children but then kills off a certain band of students. Is it a slasher flick? and why go for these particular teens? Then St Nick is galloping across rooftops mummy-like getting chased by the coppers. It all adds to the charm. Hopefully the next film will have more of a budget. Ride On

What I was expecting when I went into this movie was exactly what I got. Bad stuff vs. good stuff: There are somethings that are essential to the plot that are never explained, problems which could have been overcome with relative ease, so that was a bummer. Also, there are three main plots, and one of them, if it wasn't there I wouldn't miss it. Lastly, it is a short movie. This wouldn't be a point of criticism if it wasn't for the fact that it does tend to stretch itself out, like it was looking for feature length. The good stuff? It still is a lot of fun, being both original as well as something else compared to other St. Nicholas movies, the acting is good with most characters, the dialog is pretty solid, it's funny when it wants to be and scary when it needs to be. If you are into the St. Nocholas myth, you can't miss this one.

What a problem this flick had. I understand that so many people have problems with changing Santa Claus from a good man into something evil. But there were so many forums about destroying this flick just because the poster used to promote Sint had an evil Sint on a horse. Naturally, some were also afraid that children were going to ask questions about Sint. It was finally released last year (2010) with the so-called evil poster but once it was out of the cinema's there were troubles again releasing it on DVD. Finally, all the troubles are over and Sint saw it's final release last week.I knew that it was going to be a horror and I know the director Dick Maas from his flicks The Lift and Amsterdamned. But what he did here was for me really excellent. For people not living in Belgium or the Netherlands the actors will be unknown and they all speak Dutch but I guess that they will release it with English subs.Also the score used will have some rarities in it, most of them are famous Dutch chants to celebrate Sinterklaas. I would say, just think of Santa Claus. First we get to know what happened many years ago with the Holy man and what he is doing as revenge. And let me say, he does some revenge. It's sometimes just on the border of gore but you will see decapitations and axes and machetes going into bodies. The red stuff do flows, sometimes it's syrup sometimes it's CGI. And naturally there's a lot of CGI but I don't have any problems with it because Sint is running on roofs with his horse. For me it's one of the better 'Nederhorrors" for the moment. Just let's hope that it isn't going to be full moon when Sint is visiting our country...Gore 3/5 Nudity 0/5 Story 4/5 Effects 4/5 Comedy 1/5