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24 Days Of Christmas Horror Movies

As our thirst for horror becomes ever more insatiable; there is a surprisingly long list of horror Christmas movies to watch, with several being made every year now.

Tap the links to take you to the film pages where you can read our review, watch the movie trailers, and find out where you can watch them.

Merry Horror-mas!

Black Christmas movie poster. In this retro hand drawn poster from the 1970's, a man with a plastic bag over his head sits in a chair.

Black Christmas movie poster. A terrified side profile of a woman's face is entangled in multi-coloured Christmas lights.
Gremlins movie poster. A small brown and white furry creature looks scared, it is surround by lizard like hands with claws.

During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls spending the holiday at their sorority house are stalked by a stranger, will any of them survive this reign of terror?

This film is an underrated remake of the film of the name from 1974. 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.

Gremlins (1984)

A Christmas gift gone terribly wrong! After receiving an exotic small animal as a Christmas gift, a young man inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet, which unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous creatures on a small town.

Krampus movie poster. The Krampus stands on the snowy roof of a house in front of a full moon.
The Advent calendar movie poster. The movie title is written in French. We look down upon a woman in wheelchair rolling through the snow, she leaves behind red wheel tracks, a wood box in her lap.

Christmas Bloody Christmas movie poster. Christmas lights sparkle behind the face of an evil looking Santa, his eyes glow green, and he holds a bloody axe.

Krampus (2015)

When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers.

Eva, an ex-dancer, is now a paraplegic living in a wheelchair. When her friend Sophie gifts her an old wooden antique advent calendar before Christmas, she realizes each window contains a surprise that triggers repercussions in real life.

It's Christmas Eve and Tori just wants to get drunk and party, but when a robotic Santa Claus at a nearby toy store goes haywire and begins a rampant killing spree through her small town, she's forced into a battle for survival.

Anna And The Apocalypse movie poster. A teen girl holds a decorative oversized candy cane above her head, the end sharpened. She is wearing a school uniform splattered in blood.
The Day Of The Beast movie poster. The name of the movie is written in Spanish, in large red letters, the letter I is in white, a miniature devil that casts a Christian cross shaped shadow.
Red Snow movie poster. A cabin sits in the snow on the edge of a forest, red footsteps leading up to it. In the overcast sky above there are the eyes of a woman, red irises, blood trickles from the left eye.

A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven - at Christmas - forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.

Red Snow (2021)

Olivia, a struggling vampire romance novelist, is spending Christmas in snowy Lake Tahoe, she seems to step into the pages of one her novels, coming face to face with real-life vampire.

Bent on committing as many sins as possible to avert the birth of the beast, a Catholic priest teams up with a Black Metal aficionado and an Italian connoisseur of the occult. Now, he must become an unrelenting sinner. Is there still hope?

Silent Night, Deadly Night movie poster. On a snowy roof, Santa's arm hangs out of an icy brick chimney holding an axe.
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale movie poster. In a snowy setting, a young boy wearing a helmet looks in awe at the face of Santa, some old men stand behind him holding a gun.

Better Watch Out movie poster. A young girl and boy cower by a Christmas tree, the girl holds a large kitchen knife.

Billy Chapman, who was traumatized by his parents' Christmas Eve murder, then brutalized by sadistic orphanage nuns, grows up to dress as jolly St. Nick for a yuletide rampage to punish the naughty.

On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a normal home invasion.

A subversive Christmas fable that changes everything you thought you knew about Santa Claus. There's an ancient frozen secret in the Finnish mountains, as children vanish and eerie elves emerge, a boy and his father must stop a deadly force before Christmas. This Christmas, everyone will believe in Santa Claus.

A Christmas Horror Story movie poster. In a snowy outdoor setting, Santa Clause holds a harpoon, facing the horned Krampus that wields a hook on a long chain.
Terrifier 3 Movie Poster. The franchise villain Art The Clown stands in front of a fireplace next to a Christmas tree. He is dripping in blood wearing a Santa hat, holding an axe, with the cut off face of Santa hung around his neck.

Christmas Evil movie poster. Santa stands with a bloody axe in front of a fireplace, toys in bag over his shoulder.

Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy, peace and goodwill. But for some folks in the small town of Bailey Downs, it turns into something much less festive.

Five years after surviving Art the Clown's Halloween massacre, Sienna and Jonathan are still struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and leave the horrors of the past behind. But just when they think they're safe, Art returns, determined to turn their holiday cheer into a new nightmare. The festive season quickly unravels as Art unleashes his twisted brand of terror, proving that no holiday is safe.

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.

Creepshow Holiday Special movie poster. The Creepshow Skeleton narrator stand outside a festively decorated window in the snow.

Carnage For Christmas movie poster. A red and white decorated Christmas wreath with bow in a retro style reminiscent of 1970's movie posters.

Silent Night movie poster. Santa's head, with red and white traditional hat, long flowing white moustache and beard. The tip of a flame thrower in front of him shooting flames. Santa's eyes look black, frightening and mysterious.

An anxious man who is trying to figure out his disorder enlists into an organization called Shapeshifters Anonymous without realizing that Santa Clauses are after him.

Lola, a true-crime podcaster, returns home for Christmas only to face a vengeful ghost reenacting the murders of a historical killer. With her community at risk, she must confront the town's buried secrets to stop the slaughter.

As their small Midwestern town prepares for its annual Christmas Eve parade, a sheriff and his deputy discover that a maniac in a Santa suit is murdering those he judges as naughty.

It's A Wonderful Knife movie poster. A mysterious figure wearing a white mask and white glove stabs a dagger into a clear glass Christmas ball that contains a town, as if it were a snow globe. The glass is shattered where the knife penetrates it.
Violent Night movie poster. A traditional and handsome Santa looks menacing, his face bloodied, a candy cane hangs from the corner of mouth, the end of which is lit as if it were a stick of dynamite.
Silhouetted man stands in parking garage labeled "P2." A woman looks fearful. Text: "THE ONLY THING MORE TERRIFYING THAN BEING ALONE..."

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.

When an elite team of mercenaries breaks into a family compound on Christmas Eve, a disgruntled Santa Claus must take them out to save both the hostages and his Holiday.

P2 (2007)

A businesswoman finds herself locked in with a security guard in the parking garage of her office tower after choosing to work late on Christmas Eve.


Figures in winter clothing appear distressed in a snowy landscape under a full moon. Text: There's Something In The Barn. Mood: tense.
Four serious individuals stand under a full moon. Below, two women walk into an arched building. Text reads: "The Sacrifice Game."

A man holds a bloody axe and gift outside a snowy house at night. "Slay Bells Ring" and "Secret Santa" text is visible under a full moon.

An American family fulfills their dream of going back to their roots after inheriting a remote cabin in the mountains of Norway. But there's more than a culture shock waiting for them at their new home.

It's bad enough that boarding school students Samantha and Clara can't go home for the holidays, but things take a deadly turn when a murderous gang arrives on the doorstep of their boarding school- just in time for Christmas.

When one of the dinner guest enacts revenge, the Christmas gathering brings tidings of death for this dysfunctional family, and the bloody chaos is rapidly escalating. Will there be any survivors of this unintentional murder spree?


** Bonus! This remake will release December 11th **


Bloody axe wrapped in Christmas lights against dark background. Text: "This Christmas... you’d better be good." "Silent Night, Deadly Night in Cinemas 2025."
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)

This film is a remake of the film of the same name from 1984. After witnessing his parents’ brutal murder on Christmas Eve, Billy transforms into a Killer Santa, delivering a yearly spree of calculated, chilling violence. This year, his blood-soaked mission collides with love, as a young woman challenges him to confront his darkness.

We hope you enjoy our 24 Days Of Christmas Horror Movies.

Our Best Horror Movies of 2025 blog will be up soon, as well as our 2025 Winter Horror Movies blog.




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