Last Updated on 26 December 2025

The following list is a compilation of the 100 best Christmas horror movies of all time.

This genre has been growing in popularity in recent years. I found 43 different ranked lists online of “best Christmas horror movies of all time” and pulled them all into Excel and merged them all to get this definitive compilation. You may not consider them all to be Christmas movies, but the people who made these lists did. See my Methodology page for the research process that was used, including links to all 43 lists that were averaged. Below is a checklist you can print out, followed by the ranked list with links to IMDb. This list is also on IMDb.

Best Christmas Horror Movies – Viewing ChecklistDownload
  1. Black Christmas (1974)
  2. Gremlins (1984)
  3. Krampus (2015)
  4. Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
  5. Better Watch Out (2016)
  6. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)
  7. Anna and the Apocalypse (2017)
  8. Christmas Evil (1980)
  9. A Christmas Horror Story (2015)
  10. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
  11. Terrifier 3 (2024)
  12. Jack Frost (1997)
  13. Santa’s Slay (2005)
  14. Silent Night (2021)
  15. Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022)
  16. Violent Night (2022)
  17. The Lodge (2019)
  18. It’s a Wonderful Knife (2023)
  19. Inside (2007)
  20. P2 (2007)
  21. The Advent Calendar (2021)
  22. Dead End (2003)
  23. The Children (2008)
  24. Deadly Games (1989)
  25. The Sacrifice Game (2023)
  26. Saint (Sint) (2010)
  27. The Day of the Beast (1995)
  28. I Trapped the Devil (2019)
  29. Silent Night (2012)
  30. Black Christmas (2019)
  31. Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)
  32. Await Further Instructions (2018)
  33. There’s Something in the Barn (2023)
  34. Black Christmas (2006)
  35. Treevenge (2008)
  36. Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987)
  37. The Gingerdead Man (2005)
  38. Adult Swim Yule Log (2022)
  39. A Christmas Carol (1938)
  40. Hanukkah (2019)
  41. Pooka! (2018)
  42. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
  43. Wind Chill (2007)
  44. The Shining (1980)
  45. All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018)
  46. Elves (1989)
  47. Holidays (2016)
  48. Hosts (2020)
  49. Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)
  50. Who Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
  51. Thanksgiving (2023)
  52. Don’t Open Till Christmas (1984)
  53. Red Snow (2021)
  54. Red Christmas (2016)
  55. Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991)
  56. The Curse of the Cat People (1944)
  57. Silent Night (2023)
  58. ATM (2012)
  59. The Retaliators (2021)
  60. Mercy Christmas (2017)
  61. Blood Beat (1983)
  62. The Leech (2022)
  63. Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (1989)
  64. Late Night Trains (1975)
  65. Fatman (2020)
  66. Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990)
  67. A Christmas Carol (2019)
  68. All Through the House (2015)
  69. A Christmas Carol (1951)
  70. Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin’ Out (2024)
  71. Satan (2006)
  72. Jack Frost 2: Revenge of the Mutant Killer Snowman (2000)
  73. The Munsters’ Scary Little Christmas (1996)
  74. Santa Claws (1996)
  75. Secret Santa (2018)
  76. Christmas Blood (2017)
  77. Home for the Holidays (1972)
  78. Slay Belles (2018)
  79. Deathcember (2019)
  80. No Exit (2022)
  81. Scrooge (1970)
  82. While She Was Out (2008)
  83. Dead of Night (1945)
  84. Mother Krampus (2017)
  85. Calvaire (2004)
  86. Nosferatu (2024)
  87. The Uncle (2022)
  88. Santa Jaws (2018)
  89. Christmas with the Dead (2012)
  90. Lake Alice (2017)
  91. The Thing (1982)
  92. Alien Raiders (2008)
  93. A Christmas Tale (2005)
  94. A Christmas Carol (2009)
  95. Dead Snow (2009)
  96. It Comes (2018)
  97. Letters to Satan Claus (2020)
  98. Misery (1990)
  99. To All a Goodnight (1980)
  100. Good Tidings (2016)

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