6. Santa With Muscles (1996)
Back in the mid-1990s, Hulkamania was on the decline. As the Hulkster found himself at a loose end, he turned to making several bizarre movies, many of which have been all but lost to the annals of time. However, we’ll always remember Santa With Muscles, partly for its weird and uninteresting premise (and also its terrible title).
Santa With Muscles follows a distinctly unpleasant millionaire (played by Hulk Hogan) who develops amnesia after taking a knock to the head. After coming to, he believes himself to be Santa Claus – so far, not that weird, admittedly. However, the film also features an evil scientist attempting to destroy an orphanage in order to harness the power of magical crystals underneath it. It also features a very young Mila Kunis, just to make it seem even more surreal.
Santa With Muscles is undeniably one of the most half-baked Christmas movie ideas of all time. That said, it’s not without a certain charm, if only because it’s so nonsensical that it comes full circle to actually become enjoyable. Perhaps the only thing more ridiculous than Santa With Muscles’ premise is the idea that Hulk Hogan could ever actually build a successful acting career making movies with such weird premises.