Santa Claus vs. the Devil

Description

Santa Claus (A.K.A. Santa Claus vs. the Devil) is a 1959 live-action Mexico motion picture featuring Santa Claus. In the film, Santa works in outer space and battles with a demon sent to Earth by Lucifer to ruin Christmas by killing Santa and “making all the children of the Earth do evil.” Santa Claus was directed by René Cardona and written by Cardona and Adolfo Torres Portillo. The original film was produced in Mexico and features primarily Spanish language dialog. A dubbed and slightly edited English language version was produced for United States release in 1960 under the direction of K. Gordon Murray. It was lampooned on an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.