I t’s teenager Zach (Chris Cavalier)’s birthday and he plans to spend it watching Highlander and, well, masturbating – but an army of miniature demon snowmen have other ideas. It is the perfect jumping off point for a mashup of Gremlins and American Pie, and for quite a chunk of time the film manages to coast along on that kind of silly guilty pleasure energy, with zippy pacing and plenty of jokes so stupid they’re funny, plus cameos from icons such as Joe Dante (director of Gremlins).

Unfortunately the comedy writing isn’t quite there, and the jokes rapidly revolve back around to so stupid they’re stupid. Similarly, the introduction of a couple of sexy nymphomaniac nuns initially seems promising – you wonder what their deal is going to be, assuming they will be more than one-dimensional

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