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we can guarantee that this ain’t gonna
be no Holly Jolly Christmas welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 Christmas
horror films we are not going to stay
here and be eaten by song
for this list we’ll be looking at the
best horror films that take place at
Christmas time or at least involve the
most wonderful time of the year see stay
away from there for non horror films
like The Nightmare Before Christmas will
not be included here geudaega
this year Christmas will be number 10
inside what a meal when you think of
Christmas you may think of sweet family
moments tinsel and presents the holidays
don’t get much more depressing and
demented as they are in this French
shocker a film that brings a new twist
to the home invasion movie the recently
widowed and extremely pregnant Sarah is
home alone on Christmas Eve trying to
have a quiet evening waiting for her
water to break at any moment of course
for the deranged woman who breaks into
her home Sarah’s water can’t break fast
enough mystical says hip is on didn’t
you see she wants the child for herself
and will do anything to get it we’ll let
your imagination fill in the rest
pregnant women should steer clear of
this bizarre version of a Christmas
nativity story
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number nine a Christmas horror story I
love Christmas there I said it
a very welcome Canadian entry to the
recent boom of anthology horror movies
from the last decade or so a christmas
horror story offers a diverse selection
of christmas themed terror all taking
place in the small town of Bailey downs
with the killer still at large the
atmosphere here in Bailey Downs is truly
grand this holiday season ranging from
the very scary and dark ghost story in
the basement of the town’s high school
to a hilarious romp about Santa battling
his elves who turned into zombies these
tales are all framed and tied together
by the hilariously drunk town DJ played
by William Shatner oh let’s throw
another eggnog on the fire no wait a
minute that’s it let’s throw another log
on the fire and pour yourself another
eggnog stories of Krampus changelings
vengeful spirits and zombies all scream
out a jolly good time for the whole
family it’s safe now it’s over number 8
Jack Frost hey you left the 710 split
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you may be wondering if by Jack Frost we
mean the Michael Keaton family drama
well that movie is pretty horrifying in
its own right we’re talking about the
bizarre horror film of the same name
released the previous year this movie is
so weird it’s almost impossible to take
it seriously and help why should we the
filmmakers didn’t seem to come on
you’ve got to be shitting come on the
story of a serial killer who gets into a
snowy accident involving chemicals that
turn him into a mutant living snowman
Jack Frost truly defies seriousness
while the sequel Jack Frost to revenge
of the mutant killer snowman delves
deeper into comedy
this low-budget but highly original film
is a pure slasher flick with a bizarre
holiday twist number seven Christmas
evil I have something for you
I have superlatives hast predating other
more popular Santa Claus killings breeze
which you’ll be hearing about later
Christmas evil has become a bit of a
rare gem Merry Christmas
also known as terror in Toyland and you
better watch out
this classic slasher film released at
the genres peak follows Harry a toy
factory worker who becomes more and more
convinced that he will be the next real
Santa Claus it’s me having been
traumatized as a child by seeing his
father in a Santa suit groping his
mother
Harry plans his Santa transformation
carefully he stalks children verifying
whether they’re being naughty or nice
steals toys and kills people with axes
you know he usually jolly old st. Nick
stuff but if you’re bad boys and girls
your name goes in the bad boys and girls
book and I’ll bring you something
horrible number 6 rare exports a
Christmas tale by gala Bulgaria hiring
lunch
coca-cola and mashed one of those rare
foreign films to come out of nowhere and
take the world by storm rare exports
decided to break the rules blend jars
together and rewrite the santa mythology
stories to see that death sorrow stop oh
no Meera gossipy destined aku ok old
book some Tata movie swanee the Hank
left their very waters this dark fantasy
story from Finland one that no child who
still believes in Santa should ever come
across follows a Lapland farmer on
Christmas who stumbles upon an
excavation team in the mountains safa
Mina thy folksy
right welcome to ski
what they’ve unearthed is the real Santa
Claus man he’s not exactly a jolly
rosy-cheeked Saint Santa is going to
find out who’s naughty or nice this
monstrous version of Santa has been
kidnapped and held for ransom but his
elves have also woken up and they are
none too happy yes there you go
number five Krampus
in the last couple of years there’s been
a surge in Krampus related horror films
well we thank the newborn baby Jesus
that the writer of trick-or-treat and
Universal Pictures noticed the trend and
brought us the ultimate Krampus movie
with a very 80s creature feature feel
and darkly humorous vibe to it
Krampus may have major studio backing
and an all-star cast headed by Adam
Scott and Toni Collette but this movie
pulls no punches
starting with one of the funniest
opening scenes in Christmas movie
history and leading up to a non-stop
barrage of terrifying surprises
Krampus may be the most unpredictably
entertaining horror film in recent years
number four Silent Night deadly night
can you believe this it’s Christmas Eve
and we got orders to bring in Santa
Claus the next murder is Santa on our
list but not the last donned the red and
white suit after witnessing his parents
being murdered by a Santa suited
criminal poor Billy is traumatized for
life and the evil Catholic orphanage he
grew up in doesn’t help much either not
to spoil anything but he goes a little
crazy originally titled sleigh ride
Silent Night deadly night has now become
a cult classic spawning a bunch of
sequels including the loose 2012 remake
and box-office bomb silent night
the original received an insane amount
of controversy at its release because
its advertisements depicted a murderous
Santa Claus we yes Christmas evil had
gone completely unnoticed a few years
before she Santa Claus tonight you
better run boy you better run we’re live
number three Santa’s sleigh Santa yes
Virginia there is a Santa Claus once
again we have Santa Claus killing people
left and right but we bet this is in the
kind of evil Santa story you’re
expecting there are no deranged costumed
killers it’s the real Santa Claus played
by pro wrestler Goldberg Santa’s myth is
again reimagined into the most
ridiculous backstory you’ll ever hear in
it the real Santa was the child of Satan
and Christmas was the day of slaying on
the anniversary of his birth
there were always a great number of
unexplained deaths and murders however
losing a curling match to an angel
forced him to be a charitable present
giver for 1,000 years
but that contract just expired he’s now
thirsty for blood and looking for some
mayhem full of black humor and
originality Santa’s sleigh is a bizarre
sleigh ride and unlike any cinematic
experience you’ve ever had Christmas can
sure scare the Dickens out of people
number two gremlins just be careful I’m
gonna be gentle from Steven Spielberg’s
production team and written by Chris
Columbus the filmmaker who helped bring
us both home alone and The Goonies comes
the hugely successful gremlins a movie
that acted as a breath of fresh air for
the 80s horror genre
monster movies had died out and there
were too many masked killers on the
silver screen so the story of Billy
taking care of little gizmo and his
mischievous secrets gave new life to
dark horror comedies
[Music]
holiday chaos erupts when Billy receives
gizmo as a present but sadly he doesn’t
follow the rules to take care of this
strange pet the images of McGwire’s
wreaking havoc at Christmas are as
iconic as Kevin McCallister being home
alone or Jack Skellington dressed as
Santa now I have another recent thing
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions why
don’t you ever do to you all we wanted
was a nice Christmas now that head is
full I wonder where you go number one
black Christmas Santa
please look he’s supposed to be going
away with me for the weekend god damnit
not only the granddaddy of all Christmas
themed horror films
but also considered by many as the
originator of the slasher craves black
Christmas is now a respected classic in
the genre based on a real murder spree
that happened in Montreal Quebec Canada
and directed by Bob Clarke who also
brought us the classic comedy A
Christmas Story this very low-budget
Canadian production became a major
surprise hit and directly inspired
future blockbusters like Halloween
Michael
the creepy story of a killer hiding in
the Attic of a sorority house has found
new life in recent years mostly thanks
to the underappreciated 2006 remake of
the same name do you agree with our list
what other horror films bring you some
holiday cheer there’s a lot of pollution
between here in the North Pole for more
shocking top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
[Music]
we can guarantee that this ain’t gonna
be no Holly Jolly Christmas welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 Christmas
horror films we are not going to stay
here and be eaten by song
for this list we’ll be looking at the
best horror films that take place at
Christmas time or at least involve the
most wonderful time of the year see stay
away from there for non horror films
like The Nightmare Before Christmas will
not be included here geudaega
this year Christmas will be number 10
inside what a meal when you think of
Christmas you may think of sweet family
moments tinsel and presents the holidays
don’t get much more depressing and
demented as they are in this French
shocker a film that brings a new twist
to the home invasion movie the recently
widowed and extremely pregnant Sarah is
home alone on Christmas Eve trying to
have a quiet evening waiting for her
water to break at any moment of course
for the deranged woman who breaks into
her home Sarah’s water can’t break fast
enough mystical says hip is on didn’t
you see she wants the child for herself
and will do anything to get it we’ll let
your imagination fill in the rest
pregnant women should steer clear of
this bizarre version of a Christmas
nativity story
[Music]
number nine a Christmas horror story I
love Christmas there I said it
a very welcome Canadian entry to the
recent boom of anthology horror movies
from the last decade or so a christmas
horror story offers a diverse selection
of christmas themed terror all taking
place in the small town of Bailey downs
with the killer still at large the
atmosphere here in Bailey Downs is truly
grand this holiday season ranging from
the very scary and dark ghost story in
the basement of the town’s high school
to a hilarious romp about Santa battling
his elves who turned into zombies these
tales are all framed and tied together
by the hilariously drunk town DJ played
by William Shatner oh let’s throw
another eggnog on the fire no wait a
minute that’s it let’s throw another log
on the fire and pour yourself another
eggnog stories of Krampus changelings
vengeful spirits and zombies all scream
out a jolly good time for the whole
family it’s safe now it’s over number 8
Jack Frost hey you left the 710 split
[Music]
you may be wondering if by Jack Frost we
mean the Michael Keaton family drama
well that movie is pretty horrifying in
its own right we’re talking about the
bizarre horror film of the same name
released the previous year this movie is
so weird it’s almost impossible to take
it seriously and help why should we the
filmmakers didn’t seem to come on
you’ve got to be shitting come on the
story of a serial killer who gets into a
snowy accident involving chemicals that
turn him into a mutant living snowman
Jack Frost truly defies seriousness
while the sequel Jack Frost to revenge
of the mutant killer snowman delves
deeper into comedy
this low-budget but highly original film
is a pure slasher flick with a bizarre
holiday twist number seven Christmas
evil I have something for you
I have superlatives hast predating other
more popular Santa Claus killings breeze
which you’ll be hearing about later
Christmas evil has become a bit of a
rare gem Merry Christmas
also known as terror in Toyland and you
better watch out
this classic slasher film released at
the genres peak follows Harry a toy
factory worker who becomes more and more
convinced that he will be the next real
Santa Claus it’s me having been
traumatized as a child by seeing his
father in a Santa suit groping his
mother
Harry plans his Santa transformation
carefully he stalks children verifying
whether they’re being naughty or nice
steals toys and kills people with axes
you know he usually jolly old st. Nick
stuff but if you’re bad boys and girls
your name goes in the bad boys and girls
book and I’ll bring you something
horrible number 6 rare exports a
Christmas tale by gala Bulgaria hiring
lunch
coca-cola and mashed one of those rare
foreign films to come out of nowhere and
take the world by storm rare exports
decided to break the rules blend jars
together and rewrite the santa mythology
stories to see that death sorrow stop oh
no Meera gossipy destined aku ok old
book some Tata movie swanee the Hank
left their very waters this dark fantasy
story from Finland one that no child who
still believes in Santa should ever come
across follows a Lapland farmer on
Christmas who stumbles upon an
excavation team in the mountains safa
Mina thy folksy
right welcome to ski
what they’ve unearthed is the real Santa
Claus man he’s not exactly a jolly
rosy-cheeked Saint Santa is going to
find out who’s naughty or nice this
monstrous version of Santa has been
kidnapped and held for ransom but his
elves have also woken up and they are
none too happy yes there you go
number five Krampus
in the last couple of years there’s been
a surge in Krampus related horror films
well we thank the newborn baby Jesus
that the writer of trick-or-treat and
Universal Pictures noticed the trend and
brought us the ultimate Krampus movie
with a very 80s creature feature feel
and darkly humorous vibe to it
Krampus may have major studio backing
and an all-star cast headed by Adam
Scott and Toni Collette but this movie
pulls no punches
starting with one of the funniest
opening scenes in Christmas movie
history and leading up to a non-stop
barrage of terrifying surprises
Krampus may be the most unpredictably
entertaining horror film in recent years
number four Silent Night deadly night
can you believe this it’s Christmas Eve
and we got orders to bring in Santa
Claus the next murder is Santa on our
list but not the last donned the red and
white suit after witnessing his parents
being murdered by a Santa suited
criminal poor Billy is traumatized for
life and the evil Catholic orphanage he
grew up in doesn’t help much either not
to spoil anything but he goes a little
crazy originally titled sleigh ride
Silent Night deadly night has now become
a cult classic spawning a bunch of
sequels including the loose 2012 remake
and box-office bomb silent night
the original received an insane amount
of controversy at its release because
its advertisements depicted a murderous
Santa Claus we yes Christmas evil had
gone completely unnoticed a few years
before she Santa Claus tonight you
better run boy you better run we’re live
number three Santa’s sleigh Santa yes
Virginia there is a Santa Claus once
again we have Santa Claus killing people
left and right but we bet this is in the
kind of evil Santa story you’re
expecting there are no deranged costumed
killers it’s the real Santa Claus played
by pro wrestler Goldberg Santa’s myth is
again reimagined into the most
ridiculous backstory you’ll ever hear in
it the real Santa was the child of Satan
and Christmas was the day of slaying on
the anniversary of his birth
there were always a great number of
unexplained deaths and murders however
losing a curling match to an angel
forced him to be a charitable present
giver for 1,000 years
but that contract just expired he’s now
thirsty for blood and looking for some
mayhem full of black humor and
originality Santa’s sleigh is a bizarre
sleigh ride and unlike any cinematic
experience you’ve ever had Christmas can
sure scare the Dickens out of people
number two gremlins just be careful I’m
gonna be gentle from Steven Spielberg’s
production team and written by Chris
Columbus the filmmaker who helped bring
us both home alone and The Goonies comes
the hugely successful gremlins a movie
that acted as a breath of fresh air for
the 80s horror genre
monster movies had died out and there
were too many masked killers on the
silver screen so the story of Billy
taking care of little gizmo and his
mischievous secrets gave new life to
dark horror comedies
[Music]
holiday chaos erupts when Billy receives
gizmo as a present but sadly he doesn’t
follow the rules to take care of this
strange pet the images of McGwire’s
wreaking havoc at Christmas are as
iconic as Kevin McCallister being home
alone or Jack Skellington dressed as
Santa now I have another recent thing
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions why
don’t you ever do to you all we wanted
was a nice Christmas now that head is
full I wonder where you go number one
black Christmas Santa
please look he’s supposed to be going
away with me for the weekend god damnit
not only the granddaddy of all Christmas
themed horror films
but also considered by many as the
originator of the slasher craves black
Christmas is now a respected classic in
the genre based on a real murder spree
that happened in Montreal Quebec Canada
and directed by Bob Clarke who also
brought us the classic comedy A
Christmas Story this very low-budget
Canadian production became a major
surprise hit and directly inspired
future blockbusters like Halloween
Michael
the creepy story of a killer hiding in
the Attic of a sorority house has found
new life in recent years mostly thanks
to the underappreciated 2006 remake of
the same name do you agree with our list
what other horror films bring you some
holiday cheer there’s a lot of pollution
between here in the North Pole for more
shocking top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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