Santa Jaws

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Director: Misty Talley Year: 2018 Runtime: 88 min IMDb: ⭐ 4.6

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Synopsis

Trying to survive the family Christmas, Cody makes a wish to be alone, which ends up backfiring when a shark manifests and kills his entire family.

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🎄 Holiday Cheer Breakdown

☠️ Takes place on or around a holiday —
☠️ Features holiday symbols and decorations —
☠️ Features a traditional holiday activity —
☠️ Features an iconic holiday character —
☠️ Someone is killed in a festive or holiday-specific way —

Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

someone is sexually assaulted

spoiler The comic shop owner touches the character on the shoulder Georgia without consent, and it is clearly unwelcome

an animal dies

spoiler No corpse shown

there's a dead animal

Yes

there are sharks

spoiler It is Santa jaws, it is about a shark

there's an alligator/crocodile

Yes

a woman is brutalized for spectacle

Yes

there's abusive parents

Yes

the abused forgives their abuser

Yes

someone gets gaslighted

spoiler Very frequently throughout the film by most characters against the main character

someone is stalked

spoiler The main character briefly observes his young neighbor with binoculars

someone is held under water

Yes

there's eye mutilation

spoiler An animal has their eye removed, in a very absurd way

there's excessive gore

Yes

there's genital trauma/mutilation

spoiler The opening scene has a cheesy surreal action scene where a man fistfights Santa Claus. He kicks him in the crotch, and there's a jingle bell sound effect.

someone is burned alive

spoiler An animal is burned alive, in an absurd unrealistic fashion

there's decapitation

Yes

there's amputation

spoiler An unnamed victim loses a portion of their legs and has a brief graphic scene at the marina

a kid dies

spoiler Several young characters die

a non-human character dies

Yes

a major character dies

Yes

someone dies

Yes

someone sacrifices themselves

Yes

A child's dear toy is destroyed

Yes

a parent dies

Yes

a family member dies

Yes

there are jump scares

Yes

there's natural bodies of water

Yes

There's audio gore

Yes

someone is eaten

Yes

there's smoke or haze

Yes

someone suffers from PTSD

Yes

reality is unstable or unhinged

Yes

someone has a mental illness

Yes

someone has a meltdown

Yes

shaky cam is used

Yes

there's flashing lights or images

Yes

there are sudden loud noises

Yes

there's screaming

Yes

there's underwater scenes

Yes

someone is watched without knowing

Yes

there is a baby or unborn child

Yes

someone is misgendered

spoiler Early in the film the 2 boys in the hobby store are misgendered by the owner in a teasing/disparaging way, and again later the same shop owner repeats the remark.

there's a large age gap

spoiler One of the adult men is dating a much younger adult woman. There's no large age gap between the main character and his love interest. She seemed a lot older to me, but the actress is only older by a year.

someone is sexually objectified

Yes

Santa (et al) is spoiled

Yes

there's blood/gore

Yes

there's gun violence

Yes

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