Episode 97: Deadly Games aka Dial Code Santa Claus (1989) (w/special guest Michael Kennedy

Happy Holidays from Bloodhaus! Today Josh and Drusilla are joined by Freaky and It’s a Wonderful Knife writer Michael Kennedy to discuss the fever dream French Christmas film Deadly Games aka a lot of things. From wiki: “ 3615 code Père Noël ( [tʁɑ̃t.sis kɛ̃z kɔd pɛʁ nɔ.ɛl] , "3615 code Father Christmas ", referring to a Minitel dialing number; also known as Deadly Games , Dial Code Santa Claus , Game Over , and Hide and Freak ) is a 1989 French horror thriller film written and directed by René Manzor. [1] [2] It is noted for its similarities to the 1990 American film Home Alone , [3] the makers of which Manzor once threatened with legal action on the grounds of plagiarism , [4] alleging that they had "remade my movie." [5] Also: Courtney Cox’s Candles, David Arquette, the best holiday horror, Black Christmas (1974), The Problem with the word “camp”, Krampus , Gremlins , Silent Night Deadly Night, Christmas Evil, Jack Frost, Home Alone 2, Love Has Won, MGM musicals on Criterion, Hide and Go Shriek , Story Pirates, cinema du look, Minitel, Don’t Look Now , Ben Franklin, Santa Claus, and more. NEXT WEEK: Psycho (1960) Website: http://www.bloodhauspod.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/BloodhausPod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bloodhauspod/ Email: bloodhauspod@gmail.com Drusilla's art: https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/ Drusilla's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hydesister/ Drusilla's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/drew_phillips/ Joshua's website: https://www.joshuaconkel.com/ Joshua's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/joshuaconkel.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshua_conkel/ Joshua's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/joshuaconkel