The Ultimate Horror Holiday Marathon.

The Ultimate Horror Holiday Marathon.

It's Christmas Eve and shortly before my sister and her husband come over for a night of zany fun (including massive amounts of booze and Italian food.) I'm curled up sipping egg nog and watching the Black Christmas remake Black X-Mas. Compared to the terrifying original by Bob Clark this is seriously the biggest piece of shit. Still, I have a tender spot in my heart for this mess for several reasons. One being the cast (Love that Mary Elizabeth Winstead from Final Destination 3 is in this one, and made by the same people who made FD3.) The colorful eye candy for cinematography (seriously, there are Christmas decorations everywhere in this movie, love the shots outside showing how it's decorated to the 9's.) and of course the fact it knows it's a shitty movie that will never be able to be compared to the original and doesn't take itself seriously at all. This is a huge guilty pleasure of mine and I would say it's been the most watched movie I've viewed this month. 

Which brings me to help anyone who's planning on spending a nice peaceful Christmas Eve in. Here are my own personal choices for the ultimate horror holiday marathon that you can enjoy flying solo, with friends, or even family. These picks are the top holiday themed flicks that deserve a moment in the spotlight. 

First up...

Tales From The Parkside - Seasons Of Belief. 

- A family settles down to an old fashion Christmas Eve when the two young children beg their parents to tell them a story to pass the time. The parents think fast and tell them the story of the "Grither" a beast from the South Pole who is a tall as a popper, with fists the size of basketballs, and awakes whenever he hears his name. Each time his name is uttered, he comes a little closer, and closer, and closer...

Next...

Monsters - Glim, Glim.

- Three survivors from a plague that's taken out the entire town they live in, find themselves trapped inside by some invisible forcefield with thousands of the rotting corpses of their family and friends. With the cold winter weather setting in, they find the only place in town which is the library and break into through the basement. There they discover a strange alien being living above them who crash landed weeks before, causing the plague to happen. Terrified, and not knowing what to do, they plan on how they can kill it. Unknown to them, the alien is actually friendly, and the plague was a complete accident in which he's made the forcefield from spreading any further. Knowing time is running out, he's quickly trying to find a cure by befriending the little girl who's with the two men.

Next...

Supernatural - A Very Supernatural Christmas.

- The two brothers find themselves in a small town where there seems to be an anti-clause. A strange being that's breaking into people's houses murdering them. It's up to Sam and Dean to solve this mystery before it's too late.

Next...

Tales From The Crypt - All Through The House...

- A young woman murders her husband on Christmas Eve for insurance money. Feeling like she's gotten away with the perfect crime, she plants the body to make it looks like it was an accident. That's when the radio announces that an escaped mental patient is on the loose, and is wearing a Santa suit and has been murdering women in the area. 

Next...

Gremlins.

- In a small town a young man receives a very strange and wonderful gift by his father a few days before Christmas. This little creature seems like the perfect pet, but comes with a lot of responsibility. There are three rules you must follow. 1). Don't feed it after midnight. 2) Sunlight will kill it. and 3) Don't ever get them wet. When these rules aren't followed, all Hell breaks loose!

After that...

Night Of The Comet.

- Two teenage sisters wake up the next morning after a comet passes by Earth. The last time this sort of comet passed by was millions of years ago right around the time the dinosaurs died off. Both awake to find the entire city deserted, with nothing but clothes and orange dust in the streets. It appears this comment caused everyone to turn to dust, and the people not completely affected are slowly turning into crazed zombies. It's up to these two sisters, and a lone truck driver to fight a group of scientist trying to find a cure before it's too late.

Then...

Krampus.

- A young boy loses the spirit of Christmas one Christmas Eve when he's finally had it with his family. The next morning something strange happens. The power goes out, and a white out snow storm begins to roar outside. Trapped indoors, strange sounds come from the roof. Could it be Santa? Or something worse?

Next...

Black X-mas.

- The remake of the 70's classic has a group of sorority sisters spending a peaceful Christmas Eve together during a snowstorm. It isn't long before they start to receive phone calls, and someone hiding in the house starts to pick them off one by one. Could it be a crazed psycho? Or maybe it's the young man who once lived in that very same house who murdered his entire family?

Then...

Black Christmas.

- The original terrifying classic hands down is one of the scariest movies I've ever seen. A group of sorority sisters have been receiving very disturbing phone calls for the past few weeks. The night of their Christmas party one of the young girls ready to leave the following morning is attacked by an unseen killer in her bedroom and her body hidden upstairs in the attack. When the girl doesn't show the next morning to meet her father, the other girls help trying to figure out what happened to her. At this same time a young local girl has gone missing. As the phone calls continue, this killer continues to stalk the upstairs hallways of the house with the girls completely unaware he's there.

Then...

Silent Night Deadly Night.

- A young boy witnesses this parents brutally murdered one Christmas Eve by a man in a Santa suit. Years later, thanks to a very abusive childhood in an orphanage he finally snaps as a teen when he's asked to dress up as Santa at his work. Years worth of built up rage finally comes to a head and he begins on a complete rampage, punishing anyone who's been naughty. 

After that...

Silent Night Deadly Night part 2

- The brother of the young man who snapped one Christmas Eve has followed in his footsteps. Due to his own childhood trauma, as well as watching his brother get gunned down in front of him, he finally snaps and goes on his own rampage before trying to find the nun who caused his older brother so much pain.

Then...

Silent Night Deadly Night part 3

- A young blind girl takes part in a mysterious experiment by mentally linking herself with a coma patient. It seems this very patient was Ricky from part II who has been in a coma since he was gunned down. When Ricky awakes from his coma, he begins trying to find the young girl who's spending the holiday at her grandmother's with her older brother and girlfriend. Determined to find her, Ricky yet again goes on a rampage, killing anyone who gets in his way.

Then...

Silent Night Deadly Night part 4

- A young reporter on the West Coast tries to investigate the mysterious death of a young woman who fell from a building completely on fire. Wanting to be taken more seriously, the reporter links her death to a group of women who own a bookstore that's located in the same exact building she fell to her death from. Are they connected, and what do they want to do with her when she finds out the truth?

After that...

Silent Night Deadly Night part 5. 

- A young boy witnesses his step-father's death when a mysterious toy is delivered to the house a few weeks before Christmas. This toy suddenly comes to life and murders him in cold blood, leaving the boy in a stunned mute state of shock. Days before Christmas it's clear there's someone out there delivering killer toys with plans of killing as many children as possible.

And finally...

Silent Night.   

- A brutal reboot of the 1984 classic now has a small town under attack by a crazed psycho dressed as Santa who is killing people in brutal ways. Who's doing this and why?

So I know I left out some classics (Jack Frost, P2, ect) but these were my personal highlights to watch during the holidays. What are you watching these next two days to get into the Christmas spirit?!