Critics, on the whole, have reacted negatively to the inexplicable plot, the absence of a flying scene and the sight of dismembered women. The remake sees Michael Fassbender play a bemused boy, who discovers that his Xmas pal has embarked on a grisly killing spree. Wrapping a pink scarf around an ominous-looking snowman, the boy brings the snowman to life; only for this frozen psychopath to start slaying reindeer.
Similarly, the film’s PG rating seems optimistic, given the sight of so much blood and Val Kilmer's withered snowballs. Children of a nervous disposition may a prefer a more family-friendly movie – like Jo Nesbø’s ‘Fungus the Head-hunter’, a loveable character, whose job it is to scare people…before butchering their families.
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