The Best Holiday Horror Movies
Rafael Motamayor on the six holiday horror movies you need to watch at Christmas…
It’s almost Christmas, and many are mid-way through their Holiday marathons. Christmas lights are up, and carollers are out and around singing merry tunes. Tacky Christmas sweaters can be seen in the streets, but some of us prefer Christmas light illuminating scenes of bloody horror. After all, don’t Christmas sweaters and Christmas decorations look brighter and cooler covered in blood? Killer Santas, devilish elves, kids being awful and kind of psychopathic, you named it.
What better way to take a break from all the pompous glee than watch some horror movies that still maintain some Christmas spirit? Honouring the spirit of the arbitrary-ranking-list-season, here are the best Christmas horror films that will likely piss you off because I omitted your personal favourite.
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Recommended ages: 3 years and up
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Merry Christmas, ya filthy animals:
Home Alone
Kevin gets accidentally left at home all by himself during Christmas vacation, and what would normally be a nice staycation away from the folks turns into an all-out battle when he has to protect the house from a pair of burglars. Home Alone 2 and 3 are available on Disney+ as well.Watch at Disney+
Kidnap the Sandy Claws:
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Jack Skellington, bored with the routine celebrations of Halloween year after year, decides that he wants to spread Christmas cheer this year instead. But when Santa (and Jack s girlfriend Sally) gets taken captive by the evil Oogie Boogie, it s up to Jack to save them and Christmas itself.Watch at Disney+
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Saturdays Thru Christmas
The City of Edmonds may just throw the closest thing this year has to a normal holiday event: Yes, there are still capacity limits; yes, you ll be asked to sanitize your hands as you stroll through tables of jewelers, cideries, and wreath-makers. But the festive drinks and the big red mailbox where kids can stop to send letters to Santa feel blessedly unchanged.Â