Better Watch Out and How to Spot a Christmas Film
Regular readers (hi mum) will know that I love a good Christmas horror movie. Which is why Better Watch Out left me cold. Not to be confused with You Better Watch Out, […]
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Christmas Evil
Concluding my confusingly-timed trilogy of Christmas horror movie reviews is Christmas Evil, described by John Waters as “the greatest Christmas movie ever made.” This ho-ho-horror film from 1980 has a couple […]
A Christmas Horror Story
Continuing my August reviews of Christmas-themed horror movies (your guess is as good as mine), it’s time to unwrap A Christmas Horror Story, a Canadian anthology film featuring William Shatner, Canada’s […]
Silent Night, Deadly Night
For as long as there have been slasher flicks, there have been holiday-based horror films – Black Christmas, Halloween, and of course late-period Garry Marshall. This 1984 slasher about a murderous […]
A Christmas Carol: 2 Adaptations
As we approach Christmas, let’s talk about A Christmas Carol; surely one of the most adapted works of fiction, up there with Dracula and The Bible. Charles Dickens’ novella has been reworked in everything from Blackadder’s Christmas Carol to Ghosts of […]
It’s A Wonderful Life
As it’s Christmas Eve, we should probably review a Christmas film. And it doesn’t get much more Christmas film than It’s A Wonderful Life, Frank Capra’s 1946 classic set on Christmas […]
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