The Monster's Christmas
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The Monster's Christmas | |
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Genre | Family Fantasy |
Written by | Burton Silver |
Directed by | Yvonne Mackay |
Starring | Paul Farrell Leona Hatherly Paul Jenden |
Theme music composer | Dave Fraser |
Country of origin | New Zealand |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 1 |
Production | |
Producer | Dave Gibson |
Cinematography | Peter James |
Editor | Simon Reece |
Running time | 47 minutes |
Production company | New Zealand National Film Unit |
Original release | |
Network | TVNZ |
Release | 25 December 1981 |
The Monster's Christmas is a 1981 New Zealand Christmas fantasy television film produced by Television New Zealand.
The movie tells the tale of a young girl who is approached by a monster from one of her storybooks to help him and other monsters regain their voices that have been stolen by a wicked witch. According to distributor Gibson Group, it was "deliberately written and planned as a location film, it incorporates many of New Zealand’s beautiful scenic spots".[1] A region 1 DVD was released in 2004.[2]
On December 23, 2022, Rifftrax released a commentary on the film.[3]
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