2023 Christmas Horror Films for a Frightful Night

The season of joy and goodwill takes a sinister turn with the chilling genre of Christmas horror. These films weave together festive traditions with spine-tingling scares, offering a unique and unsettling viewing experience. From haunted gingerbread houses to killer Santas, Christmas horror explores the darker undercurrents of the holiday season, challenging our perceptions of what lurks beneath the surface of cheer. So, grab a warm blanket, dim the lights, and prepare to be transported to a world where holiday cheer takes a terrifying twist.

Release Date
2023-07-28
  • Rate : 6
  • Production Companies : Walt Disney Pictures, Rideback
  • Director : Justin Simien, David H. Venghaus Jr., George Cottle
  • Stars : Rosario Dawson , Chase W. Dillon , LaKeith Stanfield
  • A woman and her son enlist a motley crew of so-called spiritual experts to help rid their home of supernatural squatters.
Release Date
2023-11-10
  • Rate : 5.5
  • Production Companies : Don Films, 74 Entertainment
  • Director : Danielė Zavadskytė, Elise Martin, Jon Are Uhnger
  • Stars : Martin Starr , Amrita Acharia , Kiran Shah
  • An American family fulfills their dream of moving back to their roots after inheriting a remote cabin in the mountains of Norway. But there's a surprise waiting for them.
Release Date
2023-11-10
  • Rate : 5.2
  • Production Companies : Divide / Conquer, Fourth Culture Films
  • Director : Kaldy Blanchard, Jill Wilson, David Thomson
  • Stars : Jane Widdop , Jess McLeod , Joel McHale
  • Winnie's life is less than wonderful one year after saving her town from a psychotic killer on Christmas Eve. When she wishes she was never born, she finds herself magically transported to a nightmarish parallel universe. With the murderous maniac now back, she must team up with a misfit to identify the culprit and get back to her own reality.
Release Date
2006-12-25
  • Rate : 4.7
  • Production Companies : Dimension Films, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Director : Jack Hardy, Roger Scott Russell, Glen Morgan
  • Stars : Katie Cassidy , Michelle Trachtenberg , Mary Elizabeth Winstead
  • 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.
Release Date
2019-12-13
  • Rate : 3.5
  • Production Companies : Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions
  • Director : Sophia Takal, Rachael Rowe, Andrew Burfield
  • Stars : Imogen Poots , Aleyse Shannon , Lily Donoghue
  • During Christmas break, the women at Hawthorne College start being preyed upon by an unknown stalker. Riley, a girl dealing with her own trauma, decides to take matters into her own hands before her and her friends are murdered too.
Release Date
2018-11-30
  • Rate : 6.1
  • Production Companies : Parkhouse Pictures, Blazing Griffin
  • Director : Katharine K.K. Kennedy, Cristin Mackenzie, Raluca Staruiala
  • Stars : Ella Hunt , Sarah Swire , Malcolm Cumming
  • A zombie apocalypse threatens the sleepy town of Little Haven – at Christmas – forcing Anna and her friends to fight, slash and sing their way to survival, facing the undead in a desperate race to reach their loved ones. But they soon discover that no one is safe in this new world, and with civilization falling apart around them, the only people they can truly rely on are each other.
Release Date
2023-12-07
  • Rate : 5.5
  • Production Companies : Slater Brothers Entertainment, Red Sea Media, Inc.
  • Director : Jenn Wexler
  • Stars : Georgia Acken , Mena Massoud , Olivia Scott Welch
  • Christmas break, 1971. Samantha and Clara, two students who are staying behind for the holidays at their boarding school, must survive the night after the arrival of uninvited visitors.
Release Date
2023-11-30
  • Rate : 4
  • Production Companies : Tremendum Pictures
  • Director : Samuel Gonzalez Jr.
  • Stars : Meredith Thomas , Jill Awbrey , Gigi Gustin
  • Set on a stormy night on Christmas Eve, a small town female sheriff who secretly is a serial killer gets a visit from a mysterious woman who tells four bizarre stories.
Release Date
2022-10-05
  • Rate : 5.1
  • Production Companies : Channel 83 Films
  • Director : Joe Begos
  • Stars : Riley Dandy , Sam Delich , Jonah Ray
  • 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.
Release Date
2021-12-03
  • Rate : 5.7
  • Production Companies : Marv, Maven Screen Media
  • Director : Tony Aherne, Silvia Bellitto, Giles Barron
  • Stars : Keira Knightley , Matthew Goode , Roman Griffin Davis
  • Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.
Release Date
2015-12-04
  • Rate : 6.2
  • Production Companies : Universal Pictures, Legendary Pictures
  • Director : Kristin Voumard, Guy Campbell, Michael Dougherty
  • Stars : Emjay Anthony , Adam Scott , Toni Collette
  • When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers.
Release Date
2017-10-06
  • Rate : 6.5
  • Production Companies : Best Medicine Productions, Storm Vision Entertainment
  • Director : Chris Peckover, John Duong, Neil Sharma
  • Stars : Olivia DeJonge , Levi Miller , Ed Oxenbould
  • 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.