While Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale may be a Yuletide film, don't expect to see stockings hung by the chimney with care or visions of sugarplums dancing in anyone's head. Instead, this Finnish import approaches the holiday with macabre glee, positing that Santa Claus and his elves are rather fearsome fellows. Rare Exports is being presented locally as part of the Back Alley Film Series; catch this wicked picture before you OD on the seasonal saccharine overdose.
$8. Dec. 19, 7:30 p.m. Crownpoint Cinemas, 9630 Monroe Road. 704-847-2024. www.backalleyfilmseries.com. www.movietickets.com.
