2023 Horror Movies for the Holidays
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1. Ghost Note (2017)
102 min | Horror, Thriller
An immortal blues musician terrorizes childhood sweethearts reunited over the Thanksgiving holiday.
Director: Troy Hart | Stars: Alicia Underwood, Justin Duncan, Kenny Gardner, Allyn Carrell
Votes: 973
2. Don't Look (I) (2018)
71 min | Horror
In the tradition of classic horror movies, "Don't Look" is the story of five friends who leave NYC for a weekend they'll never forget.
Director: Luciana Faulhaber | Stars: Luciana Faulhaber, Lindsay Eshelman, Javier E. Gómez, Jeff Berg
Votes: 383
3. Grandma Werewolf (2017)
90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
When a dysfunctional family goes to their recently widowed grandmother's cabin for Thanksgiving, they find out that their grandmother is actually a werewolf.
Director: Zachary Will | Stars: James Wosochlo, Trevor Brooks, America Ramos, Tricia Harmon
Votes: 81
4. The Oath (2018)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Thriller
In a politically divided America, a man struggles to make it through the Thanksgiving holiday without destroying his family.
Director: Ike Barinholtz | Stars: Ike Barinholtz, Tiffany Haddish, Nora Dunn, Chris Ellis
Votes: 4,991 | Gross: $0.40M
5. ThanksKilling (2008)
Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A homicidal turkey axes off college kids during Thanksgiving break.
Director: Jordan Downey | Stars: Wanda Lust, Natasha Cordova, Lindsey Anderson, Lance Predmore
Votes: 5,466
6. ThanksKilling 3 (2012)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Fowl-mouthed villain Turkie carves through the likes of a rapping grandma, a mindless puppet, a wig-wearing inventor, a bisexual space worm, and their equally ridiculous friends on his quest to recover the last copy of "ThanksKilling 2".
Director: Jordan Downey | Stars: Daniel Usaj, Joe Hartzler, Preston Altree, Benjamin Siemon
Votes: 1,287
7.
Into the Dark (2018–2021)
Episode:
Flesh & Blood
(2018)
TV-MA | 93 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Kimberly, a teenager suffering from agoraphobia, has not left the house since her mother's unsolved murder. On the eve of Thanksgiving, she begins to suspect that the safe harbor of home and her doting father may be a dangerous mirage.
Director: Patrick Lussier | Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Diana Silvers, Tembi Locke, Meredith Salenger
Votes: 2,693
8. While She Was Out (2008)
R | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A woman out late for Christmas Eve shopping is soon terrorized by a small gang of troublemakers, and she must fight for her life.
Director: Susan Montford | Stars: Kim Basinger, Lukas Haas, Craig Sheffer, Jamie Starr
Votes: 7,289
9. Calvaire (2004)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Marc, a traveling entertainer, is on his way home for Christmas when his van breaks down in the middle of a jerkwater town with some strange inhabitants.
Director: Fabrice du Welz | Stars: Laurent Lucas, Brigitte Lahaie, Gigi Coursigny, Jean-Luc Couchard
Votes: 13,807 | Gross: $0.00M
10. Night of the Missing (2023)
73 min | Horror
A secretive small town sheriff gets a visit from a mysterious woman who recounts bizarre stories involving MISSING persons.
Directors: Samuel Gonzalez Jr., Matthew Hersh | Stars: Meredith Thomas, Jill Awbrey, Gigi Gustin, Bill Moseley
Votes: 360
11. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
R | 79 min | Horror, Thriller
Little Billy witnesses his parents getting killed by Santa after being warned by his senile grandpa that Santa punishes those who are naughty. Now Billy is 18 and out of the orphanage, and he has just become Santa himself.
Director: Charles E. Sellier Jr. | Stars: Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero, Robert Brian Wilson
Votes: 18,816 | Gross: $2.49M
12. It's a Wonderful Knife (2023)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
After saving her town from a psychotic killer, Winnie Carruthers' life is less than wonderful. When she wishes she'd never been born, she finds herself in a nightmare parallel universe where without her, things could be much, much worse.
Director: Tyler MacIntyre | Stars: Jane Widdop, Joel McHale, Justin Long, Jess McLeod
Votes: 6,239
13. Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)
R | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
The now-adult Ricky talks to a psychiatrist about how he became a murderer after his brother, Billy, died, which leads back to Mother Superior.
Director: Lee Harry | Stars: Eric Freeman, James Newman, Elizabeth Kaitan, Jean Miller
Votes: 9,061 | Gross: $0.15M
14. The Christmas Tapes (2022)
100 min | Comedy, Horror
In this Christmas-Horror Anthology, a family's movie night on Christmas Eve is interrupted by a stranger, insistent on making the next Christmas 'classic' film himself.
Directors: Robert Livings, Randy Nundlall Jr. | Stars: Greg Sestero, Vernon Wells, Dave Sheridan, Janice Angela Burt
Votes: 147
15. Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989 Video)
R | 90 min | Horror
The comatose Ricky Caldwell reawakens and begins to stalk a blind woman, who he shares a psychic connection with.
Director: Monte Hellman | Stars: Samantha Scully, Bill Moseley, Richard C. Adams, Richard Beymer
Votes: 3,400
16. Stuffings (2021)
79 min | Comedy, Horror
A self obsessed social media celebrity couple camp out in the Adelaide Hills on Christmas Eve only to stumble onto a community hiding a secret tradition to protect the 25th of December.
Director: Mathew J. Wilkinson | Stars: Kathleen Halligan, Daniel Moody, Isabella Robinson, Ognjen Trisic
Votes: 113
17. Mother Krampus (2017)
R | 94 min | Horror
Based on the myth of Frau Perchta, a witch that comes on the 12 days of Christmas taking children each night.
Director: James Klass | Stars: Claire-Maria Fox, Tony Manders, Faye Goodwin, Tara MacGowran
Votes: 1,101
18. Mother Krampus 2: Slay Ride (2018)
Not Rated | 96 min | Horror
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... See full summary »
Director: Eddie Lengyel | Stars: KateLynn E. Newberry, Tiffani Hilton, Robbie Barnes, Roger Conners
Votes: 322
19. Alien Raiders (2008)
R | 85 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group enters a supermarket at closing time, shoots around and takes hostages. They believe aliens have arrived there then. Cops arrive outside.
Director: Ben Rock | Stars: Carlos Bernard, Mathew St. Patrick, Rockmond Dunbar, Courtney Ford
Votes: 9,090
20.
Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities (2022)
Episode:
The Outside
(2022)
TV-MA | 64 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Longing to fit in at work, awkward Stacey begins to use a popular lotion that causes an alarming reaction, while an unnerving transformation takes shape.
Director: Ana Lily Amirpour | Stars: Kate Micucci, Martin Starr, Dan Stevens, Kylee Evans
Votes: 11,773
21. Black Christmas (1974)
R | 98 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
Director: Bob Clark | Stars: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon
Votes: 48,384 | Gross: $4.05M
22. Secret Santa (I) (2018)
89 min | Action, Comedy, Horror
Christmas dinner brings tidings of death when someone enacts revenge, and out of the bloody madness rises a hero who must face all odds to stop an outbreak before it's too late.
Director: Adam Marcus | Stars: Michael Rady, Drew Lynch, Debra Sullivan, A Leslie Kies
Votes: 1,023
23. Double Walker (2021)
Not Rated | 71 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A young woman's ghost investigates the mysterious events that led to her own murder.
Director: Colin West | Stars: Sylvie Mix, Justin Rose, Quinn Armstrong, Jacob Rice
Votes: 405
24. The Sacrifice Game (2023)
99 min | Horror
It's bad enough that boarding school students Samantha and Clara can't go home for the holidays, but things take a deadly turn when a murderous gang arrives on their doorstep - just in time for Christmas.
Director: Jenn Wexler | Stars: Mena Massoud, Olivia Scott Welch, Chloë Levine, Gus Kenworthy
Votes: 2,095
25. I'm Dreaming of a White Doomsday (2017)
TV-14 | 71 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A mother and her 8 year old son struggle to survive in a bomb shelter after an unnamed apocalypse.
Director: Mike Lombardo | Stars: Holly Andrew, Hope Bikle, Reeve Blazi, Damian Maffei
Votes: 318
26. Deadly Games (1989)
Not Rated | 92 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
On Christmas Eve, a resourceful young boy has to defend himself and his grandfather from a killer dressed as Santa Claus.
Director: René Manzor | Stars: Brigitte Fossey, Louis Ducreux, Patrick Floersheim, Alain Lalanne
Votes: 2,785
27. Christmas Apparition (2018)
72 min | Thriller
As Emma works to create a beautiful Christmas for the children she is looking after, the warm glow of the Christmas tree and the sparkling of the ornaments are in stark contrast with the hostility of the children in their freezing house.
Director: Colleen Griffen | Stars: Matthew Chappelle, Maura Chappelle, Henry Godinez, Katie O. Jones
Votes: 64
28. Follow (I) (2015)
TV-MA | 74 min | Horror, Thriller
A man who receives an early Christmas present from his girlfriend blacks out only to wake up in a terrifying nightmare.
Director: Owen Egerton | Stars: Haley Lu Richardson, Don Most, Noah Segan, Olivia Grace Applegate
Votes: 785
29. Santastein (2023)
87 min | Comedy, Horror
When Max Causey was six, he accidentally killed Santa. 12 years later, Max rectifies his mistake by resurrecting him, but soon realizes the creature he created is a bloodthirsty killer and it's headed right to his friend's Christmas party.
Directors: Manuel Camilion, Benjamin Edelman | Stars: Jared Korotkin, Michael Vitovich, Ophelia Rivera, Kaylie Heyner
Votes: 55
30.
Into the Dark (2018–2021)
Episode:
A Nasty Piece of Work
(2019)
TV-MA | 77 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
The boss of a private equity company invites a couple of his employees over to a Christmas party that turns out to be an intense competition for a promotion.
Director: Charles Hood | Stars: Molly Hagan, Natalie Hall, Kyle Howard, Dustin Milligan
Votes: 1,999
31. Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990 Video)
R | 87 min | Horror
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.
Director: Brian Yuzna | Stars: Clint Howard, Neith Hunter, Tommy Hinkley, Hugh Fink
Votes: 2,814
32. Adult Swim Yule Log (2022)
TV-MA | 91 min | Comedy, Horror
What starts as a simple yule log feed devolves into a surrealist nightmare, as a couple and a group of podcasters spend the night in a double-booked cabin that is secretly occupied by evil and murderous forces.
Director: Casper Kelly | Stars: Megan Hayes, Tordy Clark, Brendan Patrick Connor, Andrea Laing
Votes: 1,357
33. Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991 Video)
R | 86 min | Horror, Sci-Fi
An elderly toy maker and his son make killer toys designed to kill their customers, children.
Director: Martin Kitrosser | Stars: William Thorne, Jane Higginson, Van Quattro, Tracy Fraim
Votes: 2,651
34. Christmas Evil (1980)
R | 100 min | Horror, Thriller
A toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree.
Director: Lewis Jackson | Stars: Brandon Maggart, Jeffrey DeMunn, Dianne Hull, Andy Fenwick
Votes: 8,575
35. The Lodge (2019)
R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé's two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some strange and frightening events take place.
Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz | Stars: Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Richard Armitage
Votes: 57,917
36. Letters to Satan Claus (2020 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Comedy, Horror
Holly returns to her hometown to make a Christmas special before her promotion to a television anchorwoman, but first she must face Satan Claus and horrible childhood memories of him.
Director: Emma Jean Sutherland | Stars: Karen Knox, Jessica Clement, Joseph Cannata, Alex Harrouch
Votes: 520
37. The Minion (1998)
R | 95 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror
A 1500 year old body of one of the Knights Templar is discovered below New York's subway. Soon, a demonic minion and a modern Templar Knight are drawn to its secrets. So begins a battle for nothing less than the fate of the entire world.
Director: Jean-Marc Piché | Stars: Dolph Lundgren, Françoise Robertson, Roc Lafortune, David Nerman
Votes: 2,075
38. Steel Trap (2007)
R | 92 min | Horror, Thriller
Seven guests are invited to an after party on the abandoned floor of an office building, handpicked to play a series sadistic and deadly puzzles.
Director: Luis Cámara | Stars: Georgia Mackenzie, Mark Wilson, Pascal Langdale, Julia Ballard
Votes: 1,873
39. The Eve (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 79 min | Horror, Thriller
Friends head off to the remote island of Martha's Vineyard to celebrate New Year's Eve and reconnect. As tensions rise, an unforeseen presence halts celebrations and instead turns their holiday into a fight to live through to the new year.
Director: Ritchie Steven Filippi | Stars: Evan Bass, Miriam LaChioma, Al Thompson, Miranda Noelle Wilson
Votes: 436
40. The Millennium Bug (2011)
Not Rated | 88 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
When the Haskin family seeks refuge from Y2K hysteria in the isolated forests of the Sierra Diablos mountains, madness and terror find them there. Abducted by a vicious hillbilly clan, the ... See full summary »
Director: Kenneth Cran | Stars: John Charles Meyer, Jessica Postrozny, Christine Haeberman, Jon Briddell
Votes: 732
41. Terror Train 2 (2022)
TV-MA | 88 min | Horror, Mystery
The remaining survivors are coerced to take a New Year's Eve redemption ride on the very same train, where a new evil awaits and the terrified passengers must once again fight to survive the ride.
Director: Philippe Gagnon | Stars: Robyn Alomar, Nadine Bhabha, Nia Roam, Romy Weltman
Votes: 432
42. Time's Up (I) (2022)
Not Rated | 82 min | Horror
On New Year's Eve, a faculty party for teachers still reeling from the suicide of a bullied student goes horribly wrong when an unexpected guest arrives with an unusual request: participate in a scavenger hunt--or die.
Director: L.C. Holt | Stars: Damian Maffei, Hannah Fierman, L.C. Holt, Jonathan Tiersten
Votes: 120
43. Kristen (2015)
TV-14 | 86 min | Horror, Thriller
"Kristen" is a claustrophobic thriller/horror about Kristen Welling, a fragile woman in her late twenties, who, on January first when cleaning the mess of last night's party, gets ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Weistra | Stars: Terence Schreurs, Poal Cairo, Jet Pagnier, Ronald Top
Votes: 499
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