Have yourself a scary little Christmas.
Anna and the Apocalypse(2017)
A feel-good Scottish Christmas zombie musical?
It shouldn’t work, but it does and boy, does it have some bite.
Jack Frost in ‘Jack Frost’; Olivia Hussey in ‘Black Christmas’; Art the Clown in ‘Terrifier 3’.Credit:Amazon Prime; Courtesy Everett Collection; Cineverse
So hang the stockings and the paint cans and don’t forget to lock the doors.
They’re all part of this horror anthology, connected loosely through a frameworkfeaturing Shatner hosting a radio show.
With more twists than a candy cane,Insideis a gut-wrenching nightmare if you have the stomach for it.
The cast of ‘Anna and the Apocalypse’.Orion Pictures
It’s flawed and thawed, but an abominable film that’s worth defrosting.
They may struggle to break the curse, but the true torture remains being stuck with your in-laws.
Most people loveThe ShiningforStanley Kubrick’s unflinching direction, the cast’s once-in-a-lifetime performances, the iconography, etc.
Olivia DeJonge in ‘Better Watch Out’.Shudder
typically reserving their annual viewings for Halloween.
That winter wonderland becomes a claustrophobic nightmare when an extraterrestrial shapeshifter infiltrates the base camp.
Both visually striking and endlessly original, this odd film is a multi-sensory and multi-seasonal gift.
Margot Kidder in ‘Black Christmas’.Everett Collection
Where to watchThe Nightmare Before Christmas: Disney+
Rob Archer in ‘A Christmas Horror Story’.RLJ Entertainment
A close-up of an eye in ‘Inside’.Everett
Jack Frost in ‘Jack Frost’.A-Pix Entertainment
Emjay Anthony and Luke Hawker in ‘Krampus’.Steve Unwin/Universal Pictures/Everett
Riley Keough in ‘The Lodge’.Thimios Bakatakis
Onni Tommila in ‘Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale’.Everett Collection
Jack Nicholson in ‘The Shining’.Everett Collection
The cast of ‘Silent Night’.RLJE films
Linnea Quigley in ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’.TriStar Pictures
David Howard Thorton in ‘Terrifier 3’.Cineverse
Kurt Russell in ‘The Thing’.Everett Collection
Ebenezer Scrooge in ‘A Christmas Carol’.Everett Collection
Zach Galligan in ‘Gremlins’.Everett Collection
Jack Skellington delivers in ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’.Buena Vista Pictures
