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12 Terrifying Christmas Horror Movies for People Who Miss Halloween

December 24, 2021

Sometimes the peace, love and happiness of the holiday season can be overwhelming, to the point where we’d rather just kick back and watch a gore-filled horror movie. From holiday horror classics to festive hidden gems, here are 12 Christmas horror films to watch to remind yourself of Halloween.

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Pooka! The 2018 episode of Hulu's Into the Dark horror anthology series is a perfect bite sized choice for holiday horror fans with poorly managed schedules. Fair warning; if costumed mascots scare you, then avoid at all costs. CRACKED.COM — Source

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A Christmas Carol Yeah, it's not technically a horror movie, but Robert Zemeckis's 2009 take on the Dickens story may as well be thanks to its ungodly, uncanny valley motion capture animation. The creative visuals and Jim Carrey's lively performance however save it from being fully skippable. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Anna and the Apocalypse Described as Shaun of the Dead meets La La Land, 2018's Anna and the Apocalypse is the zombie horror comedy musical you didn't know you needed. Man, that's way too many genres! CRACKED.COM — Source

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Holidays WARNING CHILDREN LEFT UNATTENDED WILL BE This anthology horror film comprises eight shorts, each based on a different holiday. Legion director Scott Stewart tackles the Christmas segment, which follows a man terrorized by a cursed pair of glasses. It's good, festive fun. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Thing Really any movie with snow counts as a holiday movie in our eyes. If nothing else, it at least gives us an excuse to watch John Carpenter's The Thing again. The scene where the guy's chest turns into a big mouth is kind of like opening presents on Christmas morning. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Dead Snow Though not strictly about the holidays, this Norwegian zombie slasher still has enough holiday vibes to satisfy any festive horror fan. The zombies aren't normal shamblers either; they're jackboot wearing, goose-stepping Nazi Zombies! CRACKED.COM — Source

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Silent Night, Deadly Night What would happen if instead of delivering presents, Santa Clause delivered axe blows to the face? 1984's Silent Night, Deadly Night (and its many, many sequels) answer that very question. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Black Christmas Though the 2019 update is a solid slasher, the original Black Christmas (1974) is a great holiday horror stabathon the original that Halloween will entertain and Texas fans of Chainsaw director Bob Clark helmed 1983's twist, A Massacre. In weird a Christmas Story. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Nightmare Before Christmas Tim Burton and Henry Selick's 1993 animated film gets everything right, from Danny Elfman's endlessly catchy score to the masterful stop-motion animation and character designs. Only a true Scrooge would skip this one. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Lodge The true horror of this 2019 claustrophobic psychological horror film is of the thought kids of having to take care All of the your supernatural step on stuff Christmas. takes a back seat. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Gremlins Who doesn't love Gremlins? Joe Dante's legendary 1984 film was one of the first true horror/holiday hybrids. It's not as batshit crazy but it as Gremlins 2: The New Batch, still has a place in our hearts. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Krampus A new Christmas horror classic from Trick 'r Treat director Michael Dougherty, 2015's Krampus brings the ancient holiday demon from German folklore into a modern day setting. As much a comedy as it is a horror film, Krampus works so well thanks to its all-star cast, which includes Adam Scott, David Koechner and Hereditary's Toni Collette. CRACKED.COM — Source

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