'Tis the Season to Watch Horror!

Ho ho ho, Merry Christmastime everyone!


Just when I thought I was sick of holiday-themed horror films, I decided to shove twelve more down my throat! There was a positive-enough response to last year's Twelve Slays of Christmas that I felt it only appropriate to go ahead and to Twelve More Slays of Christmas. So here we are!

Just a note: I may decide otherwise in eleven months but I'm pretty sure this is the last time I'll be doing twelve Christmas-themed horror films in December. There's still a huge list of them on Wikipedia, so like, it's definitely possible to keep doing it, but the problem is that I basically already watched all of the ones I knew or cared about last year. (Most of the ones last year were hand-picked by me, specifically because I had already seen them and wanted to share them with others.) This time around, though, I was sifting exclusively through movies I'd never even heard of, so with one or two exceptions I knew nothing about any of this year's entries. I guess that's not necessarily a problem, but it made me a lot less excited to do it again this year. I could see myself doing it again either if I have a really good time watching this year's entries, or if I get a really big response from my loyal fans. (Considering I don't even have fans, let alone loyal ones, I think it's unlikely I'll want to do another round of these. But hey, we'll see.)

Anyway, I may change the lineup slightly, but here's the selection for December 2025:

1. Black Christmas (2019)

2. Christmas Evil (1980)

3. Red Snow (2021)

4. Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman (2000)

5. Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989)

6. Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990)

7. Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)

8. The Christmas Tapes (2022)

9. A Christmas Horror Story (2015)

10. Elves (1989)

11. Better Watch Out (2016)

12. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)


Thanks for following along, and I hope you all have a wonderful holiday season!



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