Top Best Christmas Horror Movies 2020 To Watch For A Scary Holiday

Halloween isn’t the only holiday when horrors take place. Christmas is not only about cheerfulness and happiness. These are the top best Christmas horror movies 2020 you can watch to bring some fear to your family this holiday season.

In the last quarter of 2020, fans have the chance to witness the release of some holiday horror movies. These new holiday horror films are for a celebrating holiday filled with fear rather than cheer. These new releases will keep the spooky season alive well into the winter months.

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I. Holiday Christmas Horror Movies Releasing in 2020

Commonly, stories crafted in the holiday season like Christmas are assumed to surround the most joy of the holiday. In recent years, directors tend to turn traditionally joyful celebrations into nightmare scenarios. Obviously, 2020 is exactly the time when horror has an impressive way of taking the happiest holidays and making them into the most horrific by morphing innocent traditions and customs into something more sinister. Now let’s check out the top holiday Christmas horror movies 2020 list below.

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1. All The Creatures Were Stirring

All the creatures were stirring
All the creatures were stirring

First released in 2018, the horror movie All The Creatures Were Stirring follows a couple on Christmas Eve as they venture into a bizarre theater where they are greeted with several horror stories all pertaining to the holiday season. It features demons, ghosts, and a threatening game of White Elephant at an office Christmas party. While providing ample amounts of scares, All The Creatures Were Stirring has the additional element of being a horror-comedy, which may appeal to some who like moments of levity with their holiday chills. It was available to stream on Shudder on November 30, 2020.

2. Christmas Presence

Chrismas Presence 2018
Chrismas Presence 2018

Just like All The Creatures Were Stirring, Christmas Presence was also first released in 2018. And this one of the best Christmas horror movies 2020 was available for streaming on November 30, 2020, exclusively on Shudder. The horror movie is about a group of friends, who rent a lodge for the holidays rather than spending time with their families. And here they uncover that their remote location has a sinister plan for their stay in mind.

3. Deathcember

Deathcember 2020
Deathcember 2020

This might be the most anticipated movie in the Christmas Horror Movies 2020 list. The thriller movie features 24 short movies compiled together to create one gruesome story pertaining to cheer, fear, and the holiday spirit. With two dozen directors, all of whom bring different perspectives on the sub-genre, contributing to the movie, Deathcember has the opportunity to provide fans with holiday-themed horrors they may not have seen before. While Christmas is a major contributor to the sub-genre, it is possible that this new addition could feature stories surrounding Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and other less often explored celebrations. Deathcember was available on November 24, 2020, on major digital streaming platforms in the U.S. and Canada.

4. The Nights Before Christmas

The Nights Before Christmas 2020
The Nights Before Christmas 2020

Santa Claus returns to a new holiday horror movie, The Nights Before Christmas. This time, he has partnered up with his beloved and equally as a murderous wife, Mrs. Claus. The two go on a killing spree, all while evading the FBI. Santa and Mrs. Claus have a relationship similar to Harley Quinn and Joker in this holiday horror movie that is available for streaming everywhere on December 6, 2020. It is currently offered for VOD viewing through Amazon as well as on DVD for residents in the United Kingdom.

II. Other Chrismas Horror Movies List To Watch This Holiday

No Movie name Year Director
5 Anna and the Apocalypse  2017 John McPhail
6 Better Watch Out 2016 Chris Peckover
7 Black Christmas 2019 Sophia Takal
8 Christmas Evil (aka You Better Watch Out) 1980 Lewis Jackson
9 A Christmas Horror Story 2015 Brett Sullivan, Steve Hoban, Grant Harvey
10 Dead of Night 1945 Alberto Cavalcanti, Robert Hamer, Basil Dearden, Charles Crichton
11 Eyes Wide Shut 1999 Stanley Kubrick
12 Gremlins 1984 Joe Dante
13 Holidays 2016  Kevin SmithGary ShoreScott StewartKevin KolschMORE
14 Jack Frost 1997 Troy Miller
15 Krampus 2015 Michael Dougherty
16 The Nightmare Before Christmas  1993 Henry Selick
17 Rare Exports 2010 Jalmari Helander
18 Santa Claws 1996 Glenn Miller
19 Santa’s Slay  2005 David Steiman
20 Silent Night, Deadly Night 1984 Charles Sellier
21 Sint 2010 Dick Maas
22 Tales From the Crypt: And All Through the House 1972 Robert Zemeckis
       
Chrismas Horror Movies List To Watch This Holiday

 

Do you have any other frightening Chrismas horror movies to add to the list? Let us know if we miss any.

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Posted by LuuLy on Dec 22, 2020 8:04:03 PM
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