When it comes to the holidays, there is no shortage of horror movies to check out. For many, even those taking place in winter, like The Shining and The Thing, areseasonal classics in their own right.

From the seedy depravity of "Don't Open till Christmas" to the contemporary haunting of "Krampus," these holiday genre films deliver a little bit of everything — freaky fruitcake style. The holidays ...

“He sees you when you're sleeping. He knows when you're awake. He knows if you've been bad or good, so be good for goodness sake!” A killer stalking their next victim, perhaps? Nope, Kris Kringle! On ...

Christmas movies don't all have to be sweet and sentimental. In fact, some of the more effective films centered around the holiday are in the horror genre, playing in contrast with a wicked sense of ...

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