Five of the best Christmas inspired horror movies for your 2022 festive viewing, according to Rotten Tomatoes
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Tired of the constant influx of holiday season rom-coms and melodramas that seem to permeate television over the Christmas period? Is Die Hard not enough of a palate cleanser over the likes of Love Actually or Frozen? Or are you just wanting a little white knuckle entertainment to add some excitement to your Christmas holidays?
We hear some of you - and we can appreciate that despite the goodwill among men the season is meant to bring, sometimes you just want that little dose of Christmas carnage to cut through the sugary-sweetness of Christmas TV viewing and the deluge of mince pies one might consume across the festive period.
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Hide AdThe idea of a Christmas themed horror movie isn’t a recent concept; rewind to Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and you’ll see death and ghosts rear their ugly heads, as Ebeneezer Scrooge is shocked into changing his ways. Santa has also played the villain in a number of movies - be it the controversy surrounding 80s grindhouse flick Silent Night, Deadly Night or the Z-movie Santa’s Slay starring one Bill Goldberg (of WCW fame) playing the titular character.
Though away from the more obscure movie titles, some are quick to forget that the ever popular Gremlins, featuring Gizmo the Mogwai, was a Christmas horror movie upon its first release, while recently the movie Krampus starring Adam Scott (of Parks and Recreation/Severance fame) managed to trump all expectations and end up becoming a number one hit in the US box office.
We’ve scanned through movie review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes to bring you an alternative selection of Christmas scares (that don’t involve ruining Christmas dinner) to shudder your way through Christmas this year.
Top five Christmas horror movies, according to Rotten Tomatoes
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010 - 90%)
Synopsis: It’s the eve of Christmas in northern Finland, and an ‘archeological’ dig has just unearthed the real Santa Claus. But this particular Santa isn’t the one you want coming to town. When the local children begin to mysteriously disappear, young Pietari and his father Rauno, a reindeer hunter by trade, capture the mythological being and attempt to sell Santa to the misguided leader of the multinational corporation sponsoring the dig.
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