DVD Review: Saint | Egbert Jan Weeber

1. Egbert Jan Weeber

2. DVD Review:Saint
3 November 2011 2:54 AM, PDT| Blogomatic3000 | See recent
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Saint (Sint)
Stars: Huub Stapel, Egbert Jan Weeber, Caro Lenssen, Bert Luppes | Written
and Directed by Dick Maas
Ah Christmas, a time for getting together with family and loved ones, sharing
gifts, enjoying a good meal and getting slaughtered by an evil St. Nicholas…
Wait, hold on. That last one doesn’tsound right. Getting slaughtered at
Christmas and not in the good (drunk) senseof the word? That doesn’thappen
right? But wait, I forgot, this is the movies – if there’s a holiday that can be
exploited by a serial killing psycho it will be!
Valentines Day (My Bloody Valentine), New Years Day (New Year’s Evil), even
birthdays (Bloody Birthday), filmmakers really know how to spoilthe festivities.
Christmas is no different, we’vehad films such as Black Christmas, Christmas
Evil, and Silent Night, Deadly Night and its sequels, but all those films have
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- Phil

3. DVD Review - Saint (2010)
31 October 2011 9:11 AM, PDT| Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth
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Saint (a.k.a. Sint a.k.a. Saint Nick), 2010.
Written and Directed by Dick Maas.
Starring Huub Stapel, Egbert Jan Weeber, Caro Lenssen, Bert Luppes, Madelief
Blanken, Escha Tanihatu, Kees Boot and Ben Ramakers.
Synopsis:
A vengeful Saint Nicholas descends on Amsterdam, unleashing a bloody wave
of terror that forces an obsessiveex-cop to take the law into his own hands to
savethe city.
There’s nothing better than sitting down over the festive season with a few
nibbles, some drinks and good Yuletide-themed horror to send shivers down
your spine on those dark nights. Unfortunately, good Yuletide-themed horrors
are hard to come by, with the majority resorting to the tried-and-tested ‘killer
dresses up as Santa and stalks unsuspecting teens’ formula (see Christmas Evil,
Silent Night, Deadly Night and so on). Sadly, when filmmakers decide to take a
risk and havethe real Santa Claus doing the killing, »
- flickeringmyth

4. Interview: Dick Maas, director of 'Saint'
31 October 2011 2:05 AM, PDT| CineVue | See recent CineVue news »
The films of cult Dutch director Dick Maas are as notorious for their difficulty to
see as for their often graphic depictions of murder and mayhem. Released
today on DVD, his latest effort Saint (2010) - starring Huub Stapel, Bert Luppes
and Egbert Jan Weeber - gives a new and murderous twistto the seasonal
legend of St Nicholas. CineVue caught up with the director, and discovered
that some of his personal views can be as controversialas his films.
Read more » » - Daniel Green
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