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The Monster's Christmas

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The Monster's Christmas
GenreFamily
Fantasy
Written byBurton Silver
Directed byYvonne Mackay
StarringPaul Farrell
Leona Hatherly
Paul Jenden
Theme music composerDave Fraser
Country of originNew Zealand
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes1
Production
ProducerDave Gibson
CinematographyPeter James
EditorSimon Reece
Running time47 minutes
Production companyNew Zealand National Film Unit
Original release
NetworkTVNZ
Release25 December 1981 (1981-12-25)

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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References

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  1. ^ "About". Gibson Group.
  2. ^ "The Monster's Christmas". Amazon.
  3. ^ The Monster's Christmas on RiffTrax
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