Top 10 Rated Christmas Horror Movies to Give You a Chill Christmas This Year

Running time: 100 minutes
Plot Keywords: Christmas, Child, Serial Murder, Lift Skirt, Toy Factory
Country: USA
Language: English
Motion Picture Rating: Rated R for alcohol, violence, profanity, some sexuality/nudity, smoking, and brief drug use
Story:
On Christmas Eve 1947, a little boy named Harry Stadling sees his mother being sexually groped by his father, who is dressed up as Santa Claus. He is scarred as a boy when he learns that Santa is not real. 33 years later, the adult Harry now works at the Jolly Dreams toy factory. But at home, he sleeps in Santa costume and his apartment is adorned with Christmas decorations. He even spies on neighborhood children to see if they are being good or bad.

Watch the movie on YouTube - Christmas Evil (1980)

Running time: 98 minutes
Plot Keywords: Christmas, Scantily Clad Female, Cleavage, Psychopath, Mysterious Killer
Country: Canada
Language: English
Motion Picture Rating: Rated R for fighting, violence, profanity, sex/nudity, alcohol, and drug use
Story:
Christmas is approaching and a bunch of people is celebrating with a Christmas party in a sorority house. However, an anonymous phone call is beginning to put them on edge. One of the girls, Jess, answers the phone call and she summons all people into the room. They all hear the caller, who screams and curses them on the phone. After then, Clare disappears and a 13-year-old girl is found dead in the park.

Watch the movie on YouTube - Black Christmas (1974)

Running time: 84 minutes
Plot Keywords: Christmas, Animation, Halloween, Psychopath, Mysterious Killer
Country: Finland, Norway, France, Sweden
Language: Finnish, English
Motion Picture Rating: Rated R for some nudity and language
Story:
A British research team from Subzero is taking drill core samples on a fell in the Finnish province of Lapland. The fell is believed to be the home of Joulupukki, a figure in Finnish folklore that helped shape modern day versions of Santa Claus. But soon after, children start disappearing, leading a boy and his father to capture Santa.

Running time: 99 minutes
Plot Keywords: Christmas, Zombie, Krampus, Crucifixion, Radio Host
Country: Canada
Language: English
Motion Picture Rating: Not Rated
Story:
Dangerous Dan is a radio DJ at the Bailey Downs radio station during Christmas. During his broadcast, a series of four stories are witnessed. In the fourth story, while Santa Claus is preparing for a busy Christmas, he discovers that all of his elves and his wife have turned into zombies after one of the infected elves dies following a fit of rage. He manages to kill them all but is then forced to fight against Krampus.

Running time: 85 minutes
Plot Keywords: Christmas Eve, Forest, Woods, Black Comedy, Radio Host
Country: France
Language: English
Motion Picture Rating: Rated R for violence, language, sexual content, and some drug use
Story:
For the past 20 years, Frank Harrington has driven his family to celebrate Christmas with his mother-in-law. This year, he decides to take a shortcut through a remote location and it is a big mistake. As Frank drives, he begins to fall asleep. But he is woken by the screams of his family, warning him of an oncoming car. After that, he claims he even sees a mysterious woman in white wanders through the forest.

Running time: 84 minutes
Plot Keywords: Christmas, Locked In A Room, Death, Child Murders An Adult
Country: UK
Language: English
Motion Picture Rating: Rated R for disturbing bloody violent content, terror, language and brief drug use
Story:
Elaine and Jonah decide to spend New Year holiday at the isolated home of Elaine's sister, Chloe. They bring their children together and shortly after arriving, one of the children steps near some bushes and begins vomiting, which the adults believe is due to travel sickness. But as the night falls, other children also begin to show symptoms of an illness.

Running time: 94 minutes
Plot Keywords: Christmas Horror, Masked Killer, Porn Shoot, Holiday Season
Country: Canada, USA
Language: English
Motion Picture Rating: Rated R for bloody violence, some sexuality/nudity, language, and brief drug use
Story: A mysterious man dresses in a Santa Claus suit, complete with a mask. He captures and kills a police officer in a small town. The masked Santa killer goes on a murder spree, killing those who have done something he considers "naughty". Now, the police force of this remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is hunting citizens on Christmas Eve.

Watch the movie on YouTube - Silent Night (2012)

Running time: 78 minutes
Plot Keywords: Santa Claus, Angel, Wager, Revenge, Christmas
Country: Canada, USA
Language: English
Motion Picture Rating: Rated R for violence, language, and some sexuality/nudity
Story:
Bill Goldberg lost a wager with an angel and was forced to deliver presents like Santa Claus on Christmas for 1000 years. But now the wager comes to its end and he starts to kill people. The good old Santa isn't so joyful anymore. He is making a list and he says "Who's next?"

Watch the movie on YouTube - Santa's Slay (2005)

Running time: 79 minutes
Plot Keywords: Santa Claus, Serial Killer, Christmas Horror, Revenge, Axe Murderer
Country: USA
Language: English
Motion Picture Rating: Rated R for violence, sexuality/nudity, frightening and intense scenes
Story:
In 1971, five-year-old Billy Chapman and his family go to visit a nursing home where his catatonic grandfather stays. But when they are on the way back, a criminal who dresses in a Santa suit murders Bill's parents in front of him. When Bill grows up, he turns into a Santa serial killer.

Watch the movie on YouTube - Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

Running time: 82 minutes
Plot Keywords: Christmas Horror, Violence, Family Crisis, Psychopath
Country: Australia
Language: English
Motion Picture Rating: Not Rated
Story:
It's Christmas in Australia and a family gathers together to celebrate the holiday. During the celebrations, a mysterious stranger named Cletus arrives at the house but he is eventually forced to leave. It turns out that 20 years ago, Cletus survived the abortion procedure and now he has returned to the family to exact revenge.

Watch the movie on YouTube - Red Christmas (2016)

Watching Christmas horror movies is another way to spend the holiday with your friends and family. If you both love Christmas and horror movies, why don't you try something new this year? We wish you a scary Christmas!

Published on December 26, 2018