Overall rating: 4.653595 / 5 from 306 reviews.
This Blu-ray edition offers a unique holiday experience with a mix of classic and quirky films. It includes fantastic extras, beautiful packaging, and a great transfer, though opinions on the picture quality and the main film vary.
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"Very pleased with this Vinegar Syndrome Blu-ray. It’s another fantastic title to add to my ever-growing collection and I’m extremely happy with the purchase. Customer service has been excellent and everything has been handled perfectly. I haven’t had a chance to watch all of my recent purchases yet because I keep buying more releases than I can keep up with, but I’m certainly enjoying building the collection. Another great release!"
"Finally we get a beautiful remastered Blu Ray of this camp classic. I love this movie and it makes great holiday viewing along with the usual. This release is amazing. So many Christmas shorts and movies as extras too you'll be spending days watching all the extras. The AGFA touch is all over this one. Totally recommended!"
"The main feature is a campy sci-fi classic, but the real draw here is the collection of rare, vintage seasonal shorts packed alongside it. It is a wonderfully strange and nostalgic watch that makes for perfect alternative December viewing."
"Santa Claus Conquers the Martians and Other Holiday Hallucinations is a perfect holiday oddity package: cheap, colorful, silly, and genuinely hypnotic in that Something Weird / AGFA way. The roadshow-style treatment gives the infamous 1964 feature the right context, turning it into more than just a public-domain punchline. The Martian Santa plot is still wonderfully ridiculous, but pairing it with drive-in snipes, trailers, and hours of shorts makes the whole disc feel like a warped seasonal TV broadcast from another planet. It is kitschy, messy, and very funny, but also surprisingly charming as a preservation object. The print source, presentation, artwork, and deep pile of bonus material make it a fun annual watch for anyone who likes their Christmas viewing strange, cheap, and radioactive."
"Already a "fan" of this ridiculous episode in Xmas madness AND already an owner of the Kino Blu, I knew I needed to purchase this AGFA/SWV copy for the buckets of extra features. Plus, SWV releases are a must for me. This is great! Local parades, brain-ending Christmas oddities & a lovely package make for an excellent release!"
"Packed with lots of Christmas fun, this will get pulled out every year and already have a few favorites that I want to revisit on December. Nice artwork, the selection is spot on and the restorations looks good!"
"Odd fun holiday film. Nice edition. Worth a watch"
"needed more Holiday movies but strange"
"Great release as always Stunning transfer"
"This is an excellent collection of holiday wackiness. Too bad the slip sold out so quickly. If only the Rene Cardona "Santa Claus" (1959) could get an amazing VS release at this point."
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