The Ultimate Christmas Horror Movies Marathon Guide
The stockings are hung, the carols are playing, and the scent of pine fills the air… but something sinister lurks beneath the festive cheer.
For those of us who prefer our holidays with a side of screams, a traditional Christmas movie marathon just won’t cut it. That’s why I’ve compiled the ultimate Christmas horror watchlist, a chilling collection that spans the spectrum of spooky cinema. From classic slashers to darkly comedic creature features and modern tales, this list has something to satisfy every horror fan looking for a festive fright. So grab some hot cocoa (or maybe something stronger), dim the lights, and prepare for a holiday season you won’t soon forget!
Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?
Available on Video On Demand
A demented widow lures unsuspecting children into her mansion in a bizarre “Hansel and Gretel” twist.
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Home for the Holidays
Available on YouTube
An ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who he suspects is poisoning him.
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Silent Night, Bloody Night
Available on Prime Video
A man inherits a mansion which once was a mental home. He visits the place and begins to investigate some crimes that happened in old times, scaring the people living in the region.
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Black Christmas (1974)
Available on Prime Video
During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
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Christmas Evil
Available on Tubi
A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree.
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Gremlins
Available on MAX
A young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.
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Silent Night, Deadly Night
Available on Video On Demand
Little Billy witnesses his parents getting killed by Santa after being warned by his senile grandpa that Santa punishes those who are naughty. Now Billy is 18 and out of the orphanage, and he has just become Santa himself
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The Nightmare Before Christmas
Available on Disney+
Jack Skellington, king of Halloween Town, discovers Christmas Town, but his attempts to bring Christmas to his home causes confusion.
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Dead End
Available on Prime Video
Christmas Eve. On his way to his in-laws with his family, Frank Harrington decides to try a shortcut, for the first time in 20 years. It turns out to be the biggest mistake of his life.
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Black Christmas (2006)
Available on Tubi
On Christmas Eve, an escaped maniac returns to his childhood home, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one.
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P2
Available on Prime Video
A businesswoman is pursued by a psychopath after being locked in a parking garage on Christmas Eve.
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Krampus
Available on MAX
A boy who has a bad Christmas accidentally summons a festive demon to his family home.
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A Christmas Horror Story
Available on Shudder
Interwoven stories that take place on Christmas Eve, as told by one festive radio host: A family brings home more than a Christmas tree, a student documentary becomes a living nightmare, a Christmas spirit terrorizes, Santa slays evil.
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Better Watch Out
Available on Tubi
On a quiet suburban street, a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from intruders, only to discover it’s far from a normal home invasion.
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It’s a Wonderful Knife
Available on Shudder
After saving her town from a psychotic killer, Winnie Carruthers’ life is less than wonderful. When she wishes she’d never been born, she finds herself in a nightmare parallel universe where without her, things could be much, much worse.
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Terrifier 3
Available on Video On Demand
Art the Clown is set to unleash chaos on the unsuspecting residents of Miles County as they peacefully drift off to sleep on Christmas Eve.
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