Genre: | Family Fantasy |
Director: | Yvonne Mackay |
Starring: | Paul Farrell Leona Hatherly Paul Jenden |
Theme Music Composer: | Dave Fraser |
Country: | New Zealand |
Language: | English |
Num Episodes: | 1 |
Producer: | Dave Gibson |
Editor: | Simon Reece |
Cinematography: | Peter James |
Runtime: | 47 minutes |
Company: | New Zealand National Film Unit |
Network: | TVNZ |
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]