For the holiday season, I’m reposting my Christmas horror video from last year. I’m glad to do so, because when I first tried posting to Youtube, the platform’s capricious AI copyright monitoring wouldn’t let me include the segment on Christmas Evil. That’s perhaps the strongest part of the video, and the most popular film analyzed here, so it was a shame.

I’m delighted now to present my full analysis of three overlooked Christmas horror movies!

0:00 - Introduction

0:25 - Silent Night, Bloody Night aka Night of the Dark Full Moon (1972)

4:08 - Elves (1989)

7:22 - Christmas Evil (1980)

I’m already thinking about what to cover next year. Maybe a full analysis of the entire Silent Night Deadly Night franchise? A comparison of three generations of Black Christmas iterations? More obscure Santa slashers? Supernatural Christmas horror?

Let me know in comments email etc what you’d like to see!

Thank you as always for your support, and happy holidays to you and your inner circle.

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