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Along with exclusives like Secret Santa And The night of the missing And classics like Black Christmas And Silent Night, Deadly Night 2Here are five recommendations for Christmas horror you can stream on SCREAMBOX right now.
Evil Christmas
Not to be confused with Santa’s countless warriors, Evil Christmas (Also known as You better pay attention) is more in keeping with the tone taxi driver from Silent night, deadly night. Writer-director Lewis Jackson clearly wasn’t interested in making a body count movie; Instead, it explores the psyche of a mentally unstable man who happens to dress up as Santa and kill people. Low budget grit adds to the dark atmosphere.
The 1980 film tells the story of a man’s descent into madness by making the killer – an unmistakably human figure – as the protagonist. Everyone seems to go a little crazy around the holidays, but not like Harry Stadling (Brandon Maggart, Dressed to kill). Childhood trauma leads him to believe he is a modern-day Santa, who casually dresses up, works in a toy factory, and spies on the neighborhood kids to see who’s naughty or nice.
The company’s Christmas party proved to be his breaking point, as he decided to steal the toys and deliver them to children at a local hospital. His Robin Hood-like intentions are good, even admirable, but a series of bloodshed follows on Christmas Eve. His psychosis seeps into the film’s surreal ending. You can see why John Waters cites this as his favorite Christmas movie.
Day of the beast
Stop me if you’ve heard this before: a priest, a metalhead, and a psycho team saving the world. This is no joke setup. It’s a conspiracy Day of the beast. Favorite Spanish horror Álex de la Iglesia (30 Coins, The Oxford Murders) The crazy 1995 horror-comedy leads from a script he co-wrote with frequent collaborator Jorge Guericachevarria and features cinematography by Flavio Martinez Labiano (Jungle Trip, Shallows).
In his efforts to prevent the impending apocalypse on Christmas Eve, a rogue priest (Alex Angulo, Pan’s maze) enlists the help of a kindly devilish record store employee (Santiago Segura, Blade II) and twisted TV occultist (Armando de Raza) out to sell his soul to the devil. “Putting the Antichrist in Christmas” is a satanic meme Shaun of the Dead meet Omen.
rare exports
From the original land of Santa Claus, Finland shares a unique take on Christmas mythology rare exports. from content And Great game Directed by Jalmari Helander, the 2010 film blends A Fools– A coming-of-age adventure, a terrifying Santa killer, fantasy action, and wry humor.
The film’s events take place in the far north of Finland, where local boy Petari (Unni Tomila, Great game) Researchers excavating samples nearby are believed to have discovered an ancient burial ground for the real Santa Claus. His hostile father (Jorma Tuomela, content) rejects allegations until the evidence becomes overwhelming. At just 83 minutes, it moves as fast as Santa’s sleigh.
13 slaughters until Christmas
An episodic anthology filmed during the pandemic, 13 slaughters until Christmas Features bite-sized clips from indie horror director Sean Burkett (Don’t have sex in the woods), Drew Marvick (Pool Party Massacre), John Hale III (10/31 Part Two), Good Brian (10/31 Part 3), P.J. Starks (Amounts of blood), Shawn Blevins (Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories), Carlos Omar de Leon (Creepypastas), and more.
As a small Kentucky town is rocked by a series of unsolved murders and disappearances, a group of bar patrons with secrets trade horror stories in an attempt to scare each other on Christmas Eve. From Santa and elves to clowns and reindeer, holiday scares abound, as do spooky Easter eggs. Budgets are low but creativity is high, and although parts succeed or fail, it won’t be long before the next one comes down the smokestack.
Deep red
Deep red (Also known as Deep red And Hatred murders) It may not be a Christmas movie in the traditional sense, as the bulk of the movie is not set during the holiday, but Christmas plays an integral role in the killer’s motivations. Horror master Dario Argento (Sighs, phenomenaHe directed the Italian film giallo in 1975 from a script he co-wrote with Bernardino Zappone (Fellini Satyricon).
When musician Marcus Daly (David Hemmings, Explodes) witnesses a murder at the hands of a black-gloved figure, and teams up with local reporter Gianna Brizzi (Argento’s muse Daria Nicolodi) to stop the killer from being pursued. The Scooby-Doo-esque mystery is a bit contrived, however Deep red He still ranks among Argento’s best with his brilliant set pieces, one of Goblin’s (Suspense, Dawn of the Dead) best scores, killing the bathtub that was replicated in Halloween 2and the doll is so scary it would make Jigsaw squirm.
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