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Plot Summary:
“The holidays are a time for backstabbing and silent, annihilating judgment, but for the Pope family, the time-honored tradition of passive aggressive snark is always masked with a smile. But not this year. April Pope, the family’s golden child, is clean and sober and working her twelve steps. She has a new life and an amazing boyfriend and she’s ready to make amends with her sister, Penny for a horrible prank she pulled on her when they were in high school. April figures her mother Shari’s Christmas Eve party, complete with Secret Santa game, will be the perfect moment for forgiveness. Her gift and act of confession will help heal the tensions of all her loved ones.” “But there’s someone else with different idea…” “It’s going to be a bloody good Christmas!”.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 977
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, humorous, suspense, suspenseful, semi serious, horror comedy, slasher
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Nutcracker: An American Nightmare (2001)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 85
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: suspense, christmas horror, psychological, rough, suspenseful
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Mercy Christmas (2017)
Plot Summary:
When Michael Briskett meets the perfect woman, his ideal Christmas dream comes true when she invites him to her family's holiday celebration. Dreams shattered, Michael struggles to survive once he realizes HE will be Christmas dinner.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 987
Genere: Action, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, light, feel good, unusual plot structure, humorous, entertaining
Similar in 75%
Home for the Holidays (1972)
Plot Summary:
An ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who he suspects is poisoning him.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 73 min
Plot tags: slasher, christmas horror, bloody, suspense, spooky, crime thriller, scary, mind bending, serious, realistic
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Dead by Christmas (2018)
Plot Summary:
Reunited for the holidays, a group of friends raised together in a troubled Louisiana orphanage are stalked by a killer from Christmas Past.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 87
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, psychotronic
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Massacre on Aisle 12 (2016)
Plot Summary:
A hardware store employee's first night on the job is disrupted by the discovery of a dead body and a duffel bag full of cash.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, suspense, humorous, scary, slasher, dark comedy, neo screwball comedy
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Cabin Fear (2015)
Plot Summary:
A group of friends is stalked by a killer at an isolated destination wedding.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 454
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, teen horror, horror comedy, surprise ending, twist ending
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Serial Killing 101 (2004)
Plot Summary:
Casey Noland, a high school kid with no direction in life, decides to pursue the serial killing profession. Only problem...he can't bring himself to kill anybody. Will the help of a gothic chick named Sasha, he attempts to learn the ways of a mass murderer. Meanwhile, a real serial killer is at work in their town and Casey thinks he might know who the maniac is.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 791
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, humorous, semi serious, horror comedy, suspense, black comedy, dark comedy, independent film, scary
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XII (2008)
Plot Summary:
A man found guilty of a crime against a minor is released from prison and returns to get revenge on the jury who sent him there.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 611
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, tense, captivating, suspense, psychological, christmas horror, scary, rough, serious
Similar in 79%
Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival (2015)
Plot Summary:
After a death in the family, siblings Angelica and James Zacherly travel to the small town of East Willard on Christmas Eve to pay their respects. They stay at a homely bed and breakfast where they learn the legend of Black Peter, Santa Claus' vengeful brother. But when they find the lost journal of Jeffrey Butler, they discover the town has its own sordid history - one more rooted in reality.
IMDB Rating: 2.6
IMDB Votes: 189
Genere: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, independent film
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Feeders 2: Slay Bells (1998)
Plot Summary:
Aliens invade Earth over the Christmas holidays, and it's up to Santa Claus and his elves to save the world.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 450
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, independent film, cult film
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Game Over (1989)
Plot Summary:
Thomas, a very intelligent and resourceful child, is left alone with his beloved and fragile granddad on Christmas Eve, when a psychopath dressed as Santa Claus breaks into their mansion and starts chasing them. Thomas will do whatever he can to save himself and his granddad, leaving much of his childhood innocence behind.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, bloody, suspense, scary, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Red Christmas (2016)
Plot Summary:
A mother must protect her family on Christmas Day from a demented stranger who is hell bent on tearing them apart.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, psychotronic, scary, bleak, mumblecore, perverse, independent film
Similar in 77%
To All a Goodnight (1980)
Plot Summary:
It's Christmas break at the Calvin Finishing School for Girls, and the students are planning a big party while the president of the school is away. A group of boys show up and the fun begins, until mysterious killer starts bumping off couples one by one. The police show up and promise to keep everyone safe, but they prove ineffectual against the crazed psycho. Could the killings have anything to do with the girl who was killed in an initiation stunt at the school a few years earlier?.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, christmas horror, suspense, bleak, bloody, suspenseful, independent film, slasher horror
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Ghoulish Tales (2014)
Plot Summary:
On a cold December night Logan's babysitter tells him three tales of unspeakable horror. But the most terrifying tale of all is lurking right outside their door.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 54
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, anthology, christmas horror, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, horror comedy
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Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming (2013)
Plot Summary:
The abandoned home of Wilfred Butler, a wealthy but troubled man who committed suicide in 1987, has been willed to his grandson, Jeffrey. The house has sat in disarray since Wilfred's death, standing in the way of developers who want to turn the property into residential homes. Just before Christmas 2012, many years after Wilfred's death, Jeffrey and his lawyer appear in town to negotiate the sale of the property. But an Axe wielding maniac has set up residence in the house, and he doesn't take kindly to strangers.
IMDB Rating: 3.1
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slasher, christmas horror, psychotronic, tense, scary, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, psychological horror
Similar in 75%
Mrs. Claus (2018)
Plot Summary:
Students attending a Christmas party at a sorority house with a sinister past are stalked by a bloodthirsty killer disguised as Mrs. Claus.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 681
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, scary, psychotronic, bleak, suspense, disturbing
Similar in 81%
The Toybox (2005)
Plot Summary:
It all began so innocently for two children growing up in the deepest countryside, their imaginations set ablaze by a book on local myths and legends. Berenice convinces her younger brother Brian that she is the reincarnation of a witch with the powers to put everything right. As they grow up Brian becomes emotionally dependent on his sister, so that when she returns to the family home for Christmas with her new boyfriend he feels totally betrayed. At the same time a man strongly resembling the mythical Jake the Mid-Folker is closing in. An overwhelming sense of impending horror surrounds the house, but is the enemy outside - or is the enemy within?.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 385
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: scary, suspenseful, christmas horror, slasher, brutal, suspense, serious
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Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)
Plot Summary:
A man inherits a mansion, which once was a mental home. He visits the place and begins to investigate some crimes that happened in old times, scaring the people living in the region.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, psychological, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, scary, tense, mind bending, realistic, slasher
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Mother Krampus 2: Slay Ride (2018)
Plot Summary:
It's Christmas time in Cleveland, Ohio and four young ladies are on the verge of completing their mandatory thirty days of community service. With only one night to go, they are required to make a series of in-home visits to the older and less fortunate. Upon arriving at their final stop for the night, they become introduced to a pleasant older woman who graciously welcomes them into her home for the evening. However, as darkness falls and the cold settles in, they begin to realize that there is far more to their seemingly innocent host than meets the eye.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 304
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, psychotronic, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing
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All Through the House (2015)
Plot Summary:
A deranged masked Santa-Slayer comes to town for some yuletide-terror. He leaves behind a bloody trail of mutilated bodies as he hunts his way to the front steps of the town's most feared and notorious home.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, rough, suspense, scary, queer horror
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Christmas Cruelty (2013)
Plot Summary:
We follow a serial killer and his victims as they all prepare for Christmas in their own ways. This year it doesn't matter if you have been naughty or nice, Santa is coming to town no matter what, and he knows where you live.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 291
Genere: Horror
Country: Norway
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, scary, bleak, bloody, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic, slasher horror
Similar in 81%
Dismembering Christmas (2015)
Plot Summary:
At a vacation winter lake house, seven high school seniors are attacked by a madman out for revenge.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 225
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, scary, psychotronic, suspense, disturbing, bloody, independent film
Similar in 79%
Bikini Bloodbath: Christmas (2009)
Plot Summary:
Jenny and Sharon are stalked by a killer chef ... again? This time ... It's Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 187
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, horror comedy, psychotronic, independent film, black comedy, dark comedy, horror spoof
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Deadly Xmas (2012)
Plot Summary:
Caesar and Otto are employed with Xmas Enterprises and have run into a little problem. It seems a disgruntled Santa (employee) has a new list this year…instead of checking who’s Naughty or Nice…he has Who’s Next on the Kill List. That’s right Santa is on a Killing Spree and looks to blame Caesar and Otto!.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 197
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, christmas horror, scary, parody, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, horror comedy
Similar in 78%
Secret Santa (2015)
Plot Summary:
Secret Santa tells the story of a group of eccentric college kids, struggling to get through the hectic exam period. A liquor filled party is planned. Adding a Secret Santa exchange for fun. Little do our characters know - A killer is in town and has a special present for all the good (and bad) girls and boys.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 334
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, suspenseful, horror comedy
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A Cadaver Christmas (2011)
Plot Summary:
United by terrifying and bizarre circumstances, the janitor, the drunk, the bartender, the cop, his perp, and the student security guard must fight to undo the professor's work. A dark force is at work in the cadaver lab this Christmas and this unconventional band of heroes are the only hope the world has against an army of living corpses that are quickly recruiting new members. The undead have been given the gift of life and it's up to the janitor to take it back.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 835
Genere: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, scary, exciting, humorous, suspenseful, semi serious, horror comedy, offbeat, splatter, bizarre
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Silent Night (2012)
Plot Summary:
The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, christmas horror, serious, suspenseful, bloody, scary, realistic, black comedy, retro
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Krampus: The Christmas Devil (2013)
Plot Summary:
Jeremy, a local police officer leads a life of a confusing past, spending his current time searching for his kidnapper as a child. After other children begin missing, Jeremy pieces together the truth and realizes that his childhood kidnapper could be a creature of ancient yuletide lore, Krampus, who is the brother of St. Nick, and punisher of children who perform acts of unspeakable evil without repercussion. Can Jeremy kill Krampus and prevent more missing children?.
IMDB Rating: 1.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, dark, disturbing, scary, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, dark fantasy
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Better Watch Out (2016)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia, USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, suspense, suspenseful, horror comedy, enigmatic, psychological, slasher, scary, disturbing, surprise ending
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Santa's Slay (2005)
Plot Summary:
Santa Claus is actually a demon who lost a bet with an Angel, so he becomes the giver of toys and happiness. But when the bet is off, he returns to his evil ways.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, suspenseful, semi serious, scary, black comedy, suspense, horror comedy, bloody, cult classic