The best cult Christmas horror films to scare you this festive season
For those who prefer their holiday season with a little more edge...
By Joshua Haigh
It’s the time of year when romantic, feel-good comedy films are shoved down our throats – and honestly, we’ve had enough.
Christmas might be about festive joy, cuddling with your loved ones and drinks by the fire, but sometimes all those movies on TV can get a bit samey.
So for those of you who want something a little more…. alternative, here’s our list of Christmas horror films with an edge you might enjoy instead…
Black Christmas (2006)
From Final Destination director James Waan, Black Christmas brought together a staple cast of some of our favourite noughties actresses – Buffy‘s Michelle Trachtenburg and Final destination 3′‘s Mary Elizabeth Winstead to name just a few – and set a serial killer loose to off them one by one in the most gruesome way possible.
With a witty script and plenty of cover your eyes moments, Black Christmas is a fun ride from start to finish. You’ll never hear ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Faries’ in the same way again.
P2 (2007)
A female-driven survival thriller, P2 sees an over-worked 20-something office worker Angela (Rachel Nichols) trapped in her work’s parking lot and taken hostage by a psychotic security guard on Christmas Eve.
With an incredible performance by American Beauty‘s Wes Bentley as the obsessed stalker hell-bent on spending Christmas with his crush, Angela must fight to escape her captive by any means necessary.
It’s not for the faint-hearted, let’s just say that.
Krampus (2015)
If you want something a little more family-orientated, then Krampus is the film for you. When a little boy loses his Christmas spirit, a mythical creature hell-bent on murdering him and his family comes to town and a full-blown war for survival ensues.
Okay, so when we said family-orientated, we meant in the loosest sense.
While She Was Out (2008)
An abused suburban housewife, played by Oscar-winner Kim Basinger, is forced to fend for herself when she becomes stranded in a desolate forest with four murderous thugs. Festive!