Christmas Horror Movies Ranked by Tomatometer
The latest: Silent Night, Deadly Night is now in theaters! Critics say it might not reinvent the slasher genre, but “this film is bloody, brash and weirdly entertaining.”
Rudolph’s nose isn’t the only thing getting splashed with red this year!
Christmas is known for its tranquility and cheer, a seasonal reprieve from the ills of the world…making it of course a prime target of some nasty, very naughty movies. The killers in our guide to the best- and worst-reviewed Christmas horror movies range from jilted psychos (Black Christmas) to fantastic beasts (Krampus) to artfully murderous clowns (Terrifer 3) to even so-not-jolly St. Nick himself (Rare Exports). And naturally no ho-ho-horror holiday would be complete without the classics (Gremlins), alongside the new contenders banging on the window to get in (Silent Night, Better Watch Out, Anna and the Apocalypse). After gathering all the movies, we ranked them by Tomatometer, with Certified Fresh films first.
For our most recent update, we’d simply go to pieces if we didn’t add Terrifier 3, as we see Art the Clown go slashing through the snow in a new gory genre classic.
Go ahead and make your list, check it twice, chances are you’re not surviving this holiday night!
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