# Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater: Present (2005)

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**Original title**: *楳図かずお恐怖劇場 プレゼント*
**Runtime**: 49 min
**Genres**: Horror
**Directed by**: Yudai Yamaguchi
**Written by**: Kazuo Umezu, Tamio Hayashi
**Starring**: Seiko Iwaido, Takamasa Suga, Yoko Mitsuya, Hitomi Kurihara, Kazuyuki Nishio, Sadayoshi Shimane

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Snow falling. A classroom Christmas party. Then a Santa, but wrong somehow. Not bearing gifts. Instead, the students must prove their innocence, or face his wrath. Yudai Yamaguchi’s entry in the Umezu anthology is nasty fun.

**Mood tags**: 3am-cult, dread, unhinged

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