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Plot Summary:
A bunch of happy students enjoying themselves at a Christmas party until a sadistic Santa Claus comes and interrupts the festivities. Spruce Green becomes blood red when the plot is different from the naughty children they please.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 149
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 49 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, surprise ending
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Random Acts of Violence (2019)
Plot Summary:
A pair of comic book writers begin to notice scary similarities between the character they created and horrific real-life events.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: slasher, rough, serious, suspense, suspenseful, christmas horror, perverse, spooky
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Meat Grinder (2009)
Plot Summary:
When a noodle stall worker goes missing, her boyfriend goes looking for her at her workplace. The noodle stall owner, Buss (Mai Charoenpura), acts suspiciously jittery and not long after, the boyfriend is kidnapped and tortured. After all, Buss has plenty to be worried about. Her soup stock for her famous noodles contains people she has slaughtered, and she may have just fallen in love with someone who knows nothing about it.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: Thailand
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: slasher, disturbing, controversial, extreme horror, weird
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The Bloody Exorcism of Coffin Joe (1974)
Plot Summary:
The director José Mojica Marins travels to spend Christmas with friends in the small farm where they live and write the story of his next film. However, he observes eerie things in the house, with his friends being possessed one by one by some supernatural evil force. Sooner he learns that the matriarch of the family had made a deal with a local witch Malvina to get pregnant and save her marriage. In return, Malvina should indicate who would marry the girl. However, her daughter Wilma is engaged of her beloved fiancé and Malvina wants her to get married with Eugenio, who is the son of Satan. Further, José Mojica Marins discovers that his fictional creation Zé do Caixão (a.k.a. Coffin Joe) is ready to collect the souls of Wilma's family and only and exorcism may save the doomed family.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 298
Genere: Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, satanic, psychotronic
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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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Eko Eko Azarak II (1996)
Plot Summary:
Kimika Yoshino returns in this prequel to 'Wizard of Darkness' to play Misa Kuroi before she was famous, or at least before she realized she was a witch. 'Birth of the Wizard' begins in Meiji-era Japan, in a village of former witches and wizards. I say former, because someone seems to have slaughtered them. Skip to the present day, and an archaeologist discovers a mummy from the village. Blissfully unaware that the mummy is, in fact, possessed by an evil spirit (naturally), he runs off, leaving his assistant alone. The mummy comes to life, kills her, and the evil spirit takes over her body. This evil spirit is now searching for Misa, who is protected by Kyle Reese, It is Misa's destiny to defeat this evil spirit, but she needs Saiga's help to do it.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 324
Genere: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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Trailer Park of Terror (2008)
Plot Summary:
Based on the Imperium Comics series, Trailer Park of Terror. Six troubled high school students and their chaperon, an optimistic youth ministries Pastor, return from an outdoor character building retreat in the mountains. During a raging storm, their bus crashes, hopelessly stranding them in the middle of the Trucker's Triangle, a forgotten locus of consummate evil in the middle of nowhere.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min
Plot tags: slasher, suspenseful, rough, bleak, serious, suspense, dark, scary, offbeat, psychotronic
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SantaClaus: A Horror Story (2016)
Plot Summary:
A woman who us researching alien abductions for her new book begins to receive reports of a nocturnal attacker whose description matches that of Santa Claus. She enlists the help of a scholar of mythology to see fi there is a darker side to the story of Santa Claus, and what she discovers is more horrifying than anything that she could have imagined.
IMDB Rating: 2.9
IMDB Votes: 107
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, surreal
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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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Toys of Terror (2020)
Plot Summary:
A big family moves into a dusty old house in the snowy woods of Washington with hopes of it being a nice holiday escape. But the kids soon discover a stash of old toys that just so happen to belong to a creepy ghost boy. As stranger and stranger things start to happen, some of the kids begin to sense that something in the house is not quite right….
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, scary, atmospheric, suspenseful, weird, gay cinema
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Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 (1990)
Plot Summary:
A reporter investigating the bizarre death of a woman who leaped from a building in flames finds herself mixed up in a cult of witches who are making her part of their sacrificial ceremony during the Christmas season.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, cult horror, queer horror, independent film, scary, atmospheric, serious, suspenseful, stylized
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Blood Beat (1983)
Plot Summary:
A woman who lives in deer-hunting country in rural Wisconsin is possessed by the spirit of a Japanese samurai warrior.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: slasher, christmas horror, bloody, psychotronic, independent film, weird
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The Nights Before Christmas (2019)
Plot Summary:
A murderous Santa and Mrs Claus play a cat and mouse game with the FBI.
IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 395
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada
Duration: 103 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, scary, bleak, suspense, disturbing, psychotronic
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The Elf (2016)
Plot Summary:
Nick is haunted by night terrors stemming from a tragic murder he saw when he was young. After inheriting an old toy shop, he discovers a cursed elf doll sealed inside an ancient chest with a naughty list of his family's names written on it. He soon discovers that the elf was an evil conduit meant to unleash a supernatural killing spree during the Christmas Holidays by whomever set it free.
IMDB Rating: 2.4
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, psychotronic, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, dark fantasy, slasher horror, scary
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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
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Hosts (2020)
Plot Summary:
On Christmas Eve, an innocent couple become hosts to a malicious entity. Throughout the night they terrorise a family of five in unimaginably violent and disturbing ways.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, suspense, scary, bleak, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, psychological, atmospheric, perverse
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Krampus: The Reckoning (2015)
Plot Summary:
Zoe, a strange child has a not so imaginary friend the Krampus who is the dark companion of St. Nicholas.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, mockbuster, surprise ending, bloody
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Elves (1989)
Plot Summary:
A young woman discovers that she is the focus of an evil nazi experiment involving selective breeding and summoned elves, an attempt to create a race of supermen. She and two of her friends are trapped in a department store with an elf, and only Dan Haggerty, as the renegade loose-cannon Santa Claus, can save them.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, retro, bloody, slasher, spooky, ambiguous ending, psychotronic, independent film, corny, weird
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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
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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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Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989)
Plot Summary:
Ricky Caldwell, the notorious 'Killer Santa Claus', awakens from a six-year coma after being kept alive on life-support by a slightly crazed doctor experimenting with ESP and other special abilities. Ricky targets a young, clairvoyant blind woman, named Laura, whom is traveling with her brother Chris, and his girlfriend Jerri to their grandmother's house for Christmas Eve, and Ricky decides to go after her, leaving a trail of dead bodies in his wake.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: slasher, christmas horror, bloody, cult horror, independent film, cult film
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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
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Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022)
Plot Summary:
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.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, mumblecore, slasher horror
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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
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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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Santa Claws (1996)
Plot Summary:
A young man finds his divorced mother having sex with a man in a Santa Clause hat and shoots them both dead. Years later, now thinking he is Santa Clause, the man develops an obsession with an erotic horror film star named Raven and begins stalking her.
IMDB Rating: 3.0
IMDB Votes: 756
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, bloody, independent film, cult film
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Black Christmas (2006)
Plot Summary:
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. A remake of the 1974 horror movie, Black Christmas.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min
Plot tags: slasher, scary, christmas horror, suspense, rough, suspenseful, disturbing, bloody, cult classic, erotic
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Mother Krampus (2017)
Plot Summary:
Based on the myth of Frau Perchta, a witch that comes on the 12 days of Christmas taking children each night.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, slasher, mystical, suspense, dark, mysterious, suspenseful, disturbing, psychotronic, dark fantasy
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Krampus Unleashed (2016)
Plot Summary:
In pursuit of buried treasure, a group of fortune hunters unearth an ancient demonic summoning stone that holds a terrible curse and awakens a timeless evil, the Krampus. After centuries of slumber, Krampus has awoken with a thirst for blood.
IMDB Rating: 2.5
IMDB Votes: 666
Genere: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: christmas horror, suspense, dark, disturbing, intense