People often give Kirk Cameron's SAVING CHRISTMAS (2014) the title of "Worst Christmas Movie Ever". As bad as that one is, at least it stuck to one "story" and was at least the type of bad where you could get a few laughs out of the sheep loopiness of the whole thing! That said, if SAVING CHRISTMAS is THE ROOM (2003) of Christmas movies, then SANTA CLAUS AND THE ICE CREAM BUNNY is MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE (1966).
The "plot" of the movie is that Santa Claus gets stranded on a Florida beach and can't get his sleigh out of an inch of sand. A bunch of kids show up to try to get the sleigh out with random stuff like a sheep, a donkey, and some guy in a gorilla suit. After a while, the plot just stops and A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MOVIE STARTS. It just lazily cuts to an adaptation of THUMBELINA, coincidentally directed by Barry Mahon (a man whom MST3K fans may know as the director of the incompetent 1961 Cold War snorefest ROCKET ATTACK U.S.A.) as well, opening credits and everything.
What about the Ice Cream Bunny you may ask? Doesn't show up until the final minutes of the film. The ICB is a guy in a scary dime store rabbit suit who he uses an ancient fire truck to pull the sleigh out of the sand and drives off into the woods with Santa never to be seen again. Then the sleigh just vanishes, I DREAM OF JEANNIE/BEWITCHED style.
It also features pointless cameos by Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and some kid jumping from a balcony while clinging to a patio umbrella. I don't get it.
The "plot" of the movie is that Santa Claus gets stranded on a Florida beach and can't get his sleigh out of an inch of sand. A bunch of kids show up to try to get the sleigh out with random stuff like a sheep, a donkey, and some guy in a gorilla suit. After a while, the plot just stops and A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MOVIE STARTS. It just lazily cuts to an adaptation of THUMBELINA, coincidentally directed by Barry Mahon (a man whom MST3K fans may know as the director of the incompetent 1961 Cold War snorefest ROCKET ATTACK U.S.A.) as well, opening credits and everything.
What about the Ice Cream Bunny you may ask? Doesn't show up until the final minutes of the film. The ICB is a guy in a scary dime store rabbit suit who he uses an ancient fire truck to pull the sleigh out of the sand and drives off into the woods with Santa never to be seen again. Then the sleigh just vanishes, I DREAM OF JEANNIE/BEWITCHED style.
It also features pointless cameos by Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn and some kid jumping from a balcony while clinging to a patio umbrella. I don't get it.
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