2023 Christmas Horror Films for a Frightful Night

The season of joy and goodwill takes a sinister turn with the chilling genre of Christmas horror. These films weave together festive traditions with spine-tingling scares, offering a unique and unsettling viewing experience. From haunted gingerbread houses to killer Santas, Christmas horror explores the darker undercurrents of the holiday season, challenging our perceptions of what lurks beneath the surface of cheer. So, grab a warm blanket, dim the lights, and prepare to be transported to a world where holiday cheer takes a terrifying twist.

Haunted Mansion

Release Date

2023-07-28

Rate : 6
Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Rideback
Director : Justin Simien, David H. Venghaus Jr., George Cottle
Stars : Rosario Dawson , Chase W. Dillon , LaKeith Stanfield
A woman and her son enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.

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There's Something in the Barn

Release Date

2023-11-10

Rate : 5.5
Production Companies : Don Films, 74 Entertainment
Director : Danielė Zavadskytė, Elise Martin, Jon Are Uhnger
Stars : Martin Starr , Amrita Acharia , Kiran Shah
An American family fulfills their dream of moving back to their roots after inheriting a remote cabin in the mountains of Norway. But there's a surprise waiting for them.

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It's a Wonderful Knife

Release Date

2023-11-10

Rate : 5.2
Production Companies : Divide / Conquer, Fourth Culture Films
Director : Kaldy Blanchard, Jill Wilson, David Thomson
Stars : Jane Widdop , Jess McLeod , Joel McHale
Winnie's life is less than wonderful one year after saving her town from a psychotic killer on Christmas Eve. When she wishes she was never born, she finds herself magically transported to a nightmarish parallel universe. With the murderous maniac now back, she must team up with a misfit to identify the culprit and get back to her own reality.

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Black Christmas

Release Date

2006-12-25

Rate : 4.7
Production Companies : Dimension Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Director : Jack Hardy, Roger Scott Russell, Glen Morgan
Stars : Katie Cassidy , Michelle Trachtenberg , Mary Elizabeth Winstead
An escaped maniac returns to his childhood home on Christmas Eve, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one.

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Black Christmas

Release Date

2019-12-13

Rate : 3.5
Production Companies : Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions
Director : Sophia Takal, Rachael Rowe, Andrew Burfield
Stars : Imogen Poots , Aleyse Shannon , Lily Donoghue
During Christmas break, the women at Hawthorne College start being preyed upon by an unknown stalker. Riley, a girl dealing with her own trauma, decides to take matters into her own hands before her and her friends are murdered too.

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Anna and the Apocalypse

Release Date

2018-11-30

Rate : 6.1
Production Companies : Parkhouse Pictures, Blazing Griffin
Director : Katharine K.K. Kennedy, Cristin Mackenzie, Raluca Staruiala
Stars : Ella Hunt , Sarah Swire , Malcolm Cumming
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.

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The Sacrifice Game

Release Date

2023-12-07

Rate : 5.5
Production Companies : Slater Brothers Entertainment, Red Sea Media, Inc.
Director : Jenn Wexler
Stars : Georgia Acken , Mena Massoud , Olivia Scott Welch
Christmas break, 1971. Samantha and Clara, two students who are staying behind for the holidays at their boarding school, must survive the night after the arrival of uninvited visitors.

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Night of the Missing

Release Date

2023-11-30

Rate : 4
Production Companies : Tremendum Pictures
Director : Samuel Gonzalez Jr.
Stars : Meredith Thomas , Jill Awbrey , Gigi Gustin
Set on a stormy night on Christmas Eve, a small town female sheriff who secretly is a serial killer gets a visit from a mysterious woman who tells four bizarre stories.

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Christmas Bloody Christmas

Release Date

2022-10-05

Rate : 5.1
Production Companies : Channel 83 Films
Director : Joe Begos
Stars : Riley Dandy , Sam Delich , Jonah Ray
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.

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Silent Night

Release Date

2021-12-03

Rate : 5.7
Production Companies : Marv, Maven Screen Media
Director : Tony Aherne, Silvia Bellitto, Giles Barron
Stars : Keira Knightley , Matthew Goode , Roman Griffin Davis
Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.

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Krampus

Release Date

2015-12-04

Rate : 6.2
Production Companies : Universal Pictures, Legendary Pictures
Director : Kristin Voumard, Guy Campbell, Michael Dougherty
Stars : Emjay Anthony , Adam Scott , Toni Collette
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.

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Better Watch Out

Release Date

2017-10-06

Rate : 6.5
Production Companies : Best Medicine Productions, Storm Vision Entertainment
Director : Chris Peckover, John Duong, Neil Sharma
Stars : Olivia DeJonge , Levi Miller , Ed Oxenbould
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.

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