How many Christmas horror movies can you name? There's a lot more than that. Would you believe that Film School Rejects found and critiqued 79 Christmas horror films? Yeah, there are quite a few that you've never heard of, but you might want to look them up if you're into that sort of thing. Of course, in an age when people are vehemently arguing over what is or is not a Christmas movie, there was the initial problem of defining a Christmas horror movie.
We decided on the following criteria. A Christmas horror movie should be feature-length, set on or around Christmas day, and feature some combination of terror, villains, and/or the threat of death. We also put no limit on tone so horror comedies count every bit as much as torture porn. A handful of titles that fit these guidelines still managed to slip by us due to a lack of availability, but those stragglers aside this remains a holiday miracle and the most comprehensive ranked list of Christmas horror movies ever assembled.
Sequels help a lot. When you have Bikini Bloodbath and its sequel Bikini Bloodbath Car Wash, the next step is to produce Bikini Bloodbath Christmas, which is a real movie. It's a long way from that one to the upper-tier films like Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (shown above). Check out the full list at Film School Rejects. -via Metafilter