Let's hop in the DTH Time Machine for today's DTH Classic.

After previewing the April movies for 2026, we decided to go back to our very first non-christmas preview show back in 2021.

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A new month is here which means....PREVIEW SHOW!!!

Premieres: Saturday, April 4 at 8/7c
Network: Hallmark Channel
Starring: Emily Tennant, Carlo Marks

A drifting aspiring writer returns home to sell her late grandmother’s bookstore, but its cherished traditions—and her childhood crush—help her rediscover her voice, her roots, and a love worth staying for.

Premieres: Saturday, April 11 at 8/7c
Network: Hallmark Channel
Starring: Laci J. Mailey, Beau Mirchoff

When a piano mysteriously appears in the park gazebo and disrupts important city business, city manager Allie teams up with rookie cop Ryan to remove it—only to discover that both music and love are harder to resist than expected.

Premieres: Saturday, April 18 at 8/7c
Network: Hallmark Channel
Starring: Rebecca Dalton, Stephen Huszar

A teacher and an archivist work together to decode Revolutionary War-era love letters, leading them on an exciting journey through Philadelphia where they uncover hidden history—and a romance of their own.

Premieres: Saturday, April 25 at 8/7c
Network: Hallmark Channel
Starring: Tyler Hynes, Stacey Farber, Christine Ebersole

When a work errand throws Amy’s weekend plans with her grandmother off course, the two set out on a road trip with one meaningful detour—along with the unexpected help of a charming activities director.

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It's Festive Friday and things are getting dark this holiday season!

After seeing his parents killed by someone dressed as Santa, a grown man later wears a Santa suit himself and seeks violent revenge.

December 12, 2025 | Theatrical Release

Director: Mike P. Nelson

Writers: Mike P. Nelson, Michael Hickey, Paul Caimi

Cast:

• Rohan Campbell as Billy Chapman
• Ruby Modine as Pamela Sims
• Mark Acheson as Charlie (Shotgun Santa)
• Erik Athavale as Geoffrey Chapman

We meet this boy who is in an assisted living waiting room and he keeps being creeped out by these random people. The kid goes back to see his grandpa who talks to him about Santa, but he starts coughing like crazy. He goes to get his grandpa some water but it's too late. Grandpa coughs up just an insane amount of blood. Bad news - grandpa is dead. They get on the road and, while at a stop light, a car comes behind them and just slowly taps them. The dad gets out to check and is shot by a Santa Claus. Santa shoots towards the mom. She's able to kick him in the neck with her heel but he gets one last shot in before they both die. The boy, Billy, is there to watch it all.

Years later, Billy is now an adult. He wakes up in a hotel room and we see a dead body in the bathtub. He takes some of the blood from that body and puts it in this weird bloody advent calendar he keeps.

Billy hears this voice that's kind of guiding him. It's a bit like Venom. You know Venom? It's like that. Billy sees a woman that he fancies and follows her to the Christmas shop that she works at. He applies for the job and gets it so that he can be close to her. Her name is Pamela.

It doesn't take long for him to find his next victim - an older dude who hits on Pam. We find out that way back when, after his mom stabbed Santa with her heel, Billy went to check on him and when they touched hands, this electrical surge passes between them. That's the voice we hear.

We find out that there's an urban legend in town - the Snatcher. Someone who takes kids. Pam's dad is like it's just a myth...although, there is an alarming number of missing kids.

Pam gets arrested for sticking up for her nephew. Her ex-boyfriend is a cop and he tells her that she's being released. That's when we find out that they broke up because he punched her in the face. He really wants to get back with her but she's not having it.

Luckily for Billy, he comes across a nazi Christmas party. That makes picking his next kill pretty quickly. He just goes ham on the nazis but the head nazi starts shooting and he ends up getting hit which allows her to get away. But he's ok. It's not his first rodeo.

Tough break for Billy. He's asked to play Santa at work which turns out to be incredibly challenging for him because of what happens to him when he puts on the suit. But he's able to make it through and Pam is very impressed and finds him in the back room and they make out and what not.

We see Pam's dad come across this little girl who is in a van. She had been taken by the Snatcher. The Snatcher comes behind him and kills him. Obviously, Pam is distraught. She tells Billy that she wished Santa was real so that she could ask Santa to kill the guy who killed her dad.

Billy decides to confide in her. He tells her about the electrical surge and how he now is guided by the voice of Charlie, aka Santa. Santa knows who has been naughty and is able to show Billy what they did. So Billy only kills guys that he knows have done real bad stuff. Pam is unfazed.

Charlie leads them to a Christmas tree lot where they find three kids in this bunker with ball pit balls. Pam goes down there and little does she know that the Snatcher is down there too. Guided by Charlie, Billy is able to kill the Snatcher by stabbing him with a box cutter.

When he goes outside, Pam's ex-boyfriend cop is there and he shoots Billy. Pam comes out and sees Billy laying there. He's dying. She grabs his hand and the electrical surge happens. She now has "it". She kills her ex and then hears Billy's voice who will be guiding her. He asks if she's ready for this and she smiles.

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