13: Alonso Duralde Has Strong Feelings About the Scary French Home Alone

Alone in a house on Christmas eve, a kid is the victim of a home invasion, so he resorts to booby traps to save himself. That’s Home Alone, right? It is, but it’s also a bonkers French thriller known as 36.15 code Père Noël, among many other names. Film critic and Christmas movie expert Alonso Duralde comes in to talk about this oddity, which was released a year before Home Alone and the director of which alleged that Home Alone’s creators had plagiarized his work. (They didn’t, we decide.) All this plus a special appearance by a pull-string talking Kevin McCallister doll. Use the code THISMOVIE upon checkout at http://www.jungalow.com to get a 15 percent discount on your purchases. Alonso on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ADuralde Alonso’s podcast Linoleum Knife: https://www.linoleum-knife.com Alonso’s other podcast Who Shot Ya?: https://www.maximumfun.org/shows/who-shot-ya Buy Alonso’s book about Christmas movies: https://www.amazon.com/Have-Yourself-Movie-Little-Christmas/dp/0879103760 Tony on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetonyrodrig Drew on Twitter: https://twitter.com/drewgmackie Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/havetowatchpod Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/havetowatchpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/havetowatchpod iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/you-have-to-watch-this-movie/id1435968370 Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen?u=0#/ps/Irdypyqe5y7djr6h77a4cqidltq Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5JEvH446fTsK2jKHV77cbp Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/drew-mackie/you-have-to-watch-this-movie?refid=stpr SoundCloud: @youhavetowatchthismovie TableCakes Productions: https://www.tablecakes.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tablecakes

Alone in a house on Christmas eve, a kid is the victim of a home invasion, so he resorts to booby traps to save himself. That’s Home Alone, right? It is, but it’s also a bonkers French thriller known as 36.15 code Père Noël, among many other names. Film critic and Christmas movie expert Alonso Duralde comes in to talk about this oddity, which was released a year before Home Alone and the director of which alleged that Home Alone’s creators had plagiarized his work. (They didn’t, we decide.) All this plus a special appearance by a pull-string talking Kevin McCallister doll.

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