Christmas Creeps

This week, guest Drew Meyer drops by to force-feed us a big steaming bowl of Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever, a Lifetime Original Movie tailor-made for shilling Grumpy Cat merch to all you hapless holiday shoppers. Mreow. Questions/Comments?Email us at XmasCreeps@gmail.comTweet us @ChristmasCreepsVisit us on the web at ChristmasCreeps.com! Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

This week, the Creeps attempt to wrestle some sense out of Peewee Herman's 1988 Christmas special, resulting in one of our least coherent episodes to date. I'm sorry, Santa. If you think this episode is really some dumb bad nonsense, why not email us and tell Johnny 5 all about it? Questions/Comments?Email us at XmasCreeps@gmail.comTweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

This week we're embarking on a ridiculous mission to watch the entire Home Alone series backwards, starting with 2013's made-for-TV Home Alone 5: The Holiday Heist. A kid who's not Kevin McCallister defends a home that's not in Chicago, IL from burglars (and Malcolm McDowell) who aren't trying to steal everything in the house. It goes about as well as you'd expect. Questions/Comments?Email us at XmasCreeps@gmail.comTweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

On this week's episode, the Creeps take a rocketship to the dopiest sci-fi Christmas movie ever made: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians! Not gonna lie, this episode starts running out of steam once we realize there really isn't a whole lot worth discussing about this movie. It's that transparent and terrible. But the conversation careens into some weird topics, so gird your loins and stick it out! No, not like that, you weirdos! Questions/Comments?Email us at XmasCreeps@gmail.comTweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Hooray for Santa Claus! (Milton Delugg featuring Roy Alfred)

This week, the Creeps discuss the Christmas movie that set the template for all other movies in which a complete idiot rescues a holiday from the clutches of despair. That's right, Ernest saved Christmas before it was cool. Deal with it. Questions/Comments?Email us at XmasCreeps@gmail.comTweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

It's Birthday Boy's Choice this week as we celebrate Johnny-5's birthday by watching and discussing the granddaddy of all holiday heist movies starring Bruce Willis. That's right, we're watching Hudson Hawk, but for some reason the conversation immediately reverted back to Die Hard. Go figure. Questions/Comments?Email us at XmasCreeps@gmail.comTweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 Outro: Die Hard (Guyz Nite)

A special guest drops by for this week's episode, in which we honor the memory of Robin Williams by watching and discussing one of his last feature films: A Merry Friggin' Christmas. Hold on tight, folks, it's about to get real up in this 'cast. Questions/Comments?Email us at XmasCreeps@gmail.comTweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

It had to happen sooner or later. This week, the Creeps tangle with the most notoriously terrible holiday program ever made: The Star Wars Holiday Special.  Questions/Comments?Email us at XmasCreeps@gmail.comTweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

This week, the Creeps dive head-first into The Asylum with a remake of Home Alone starring a talking dog and Kevin Sorbo, fittingly titled "Bone Alone". Great. Cool. We love it. Merry Christmas ya filthy animals. Questions/Comments?Email us at XmasCreeps@gmail.comTweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

This week, the gang takes the polar plunge into the icy waters beneath Gotham City. That's right, we're talking about Tim Burton's 1992 holiday classic summer blockbuster Batman Returns. Questions/Comments?Email us at XmasCreeps@gmail.comTweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

To take the edge off the cloying feelgoodery of Christmas Shoes, this week we're talking about Danny Boyle's Millions, a film that also features a precocious kid, dead parents, God, Jesus, Christmas, and all the pizza money can buy. Questions/Comments?Email us at XmasCreeps@gmail.comTweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

This week we dig way down to the bottom of the barrel and find a filthy pair of Christmas Shoes. Yup, that's right. We actually made ourselves watch the Rob Lowwe-starring, made-for-CBS TV movie based on the most feel-bad holiday song of all time: CHRISTMAS SHOES. Questions/Comments?Email us at XmasCreeps@gmail.comTweet us @Xmas_Creeps Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

This week, we decide to give ourselves a reprieve and actually watch a good movie. So we watched Bad Santa and now we want to crawl inside a bottle of vodka and die. Questions/Comments?Email us at XmasCreeps@gmail.com Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

This week, we dissect the incoherent holiday charms of Reindeer Games, and come to the conclusion that some heist movies are too stupid to live. Questions/Comments?Email us at XmasCreeps@gmail.com Intro/Outro: Happy Christmas, You Guys! (Simon Panrucker) / CC BY-NC-SA 3.0

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me Tim Allen destroying his neighbor's Chrismtas tree! Welcome to Christmas Creeps, a podcast dedicated to celebrating Christmas all year long through the magic of terrible holiday movies. On our show's maiden voyage, our hosts tackle the 2004 holiday classic Christmas with the Kranks. Questions? Comments? Recommendations?Tell us what you think at XmasCreeps@gmail.com