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Holiday-themed horror films or holiday horror are a
subgenre Genre () is any form or type of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially-agreed-upon conventions developed over time. In popular usage, it normally describes a Category of being, category of literature, ...
of
horror film Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes. Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apoca ...
s set during
holiday A holiday is a day set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities, especially business or work including school, are suspended or reduced. Generally, holidays are intended to allow individuals to celebrate or commemorate an event or tra ...
s. Holiday horror films can be presented in short or long formats, and typically utilize common themes, images, and motifs from the holidays during which they are set, often as methods by which the villain may murder their victims.Baker, To
"10 Ridiculous Holiday Horror Films"
What Culture'', 11 December 2014. Film scholars Chris Vander Kaay and Kathleen Fernandez-Vander Kaay explain the subgenre as such: "The expression 'adding insult to injury' is an excellent encapsulation of the motivation behind the horror movie obsession with holidays (aside from the obvious desire to brand a killer with a theme and costume that can be revisited many times within a lucrative film franchise). The holiday is a place for happiness and family... The horror movie loves nothing more than
irony Irony (), in its broadest sense, is the juxtaposition of what on the surface appears to be the case and what is actually the case or to be expected; it is an important rhetorical device and literary technique. Irony can be categorized into ...
(except perhaps a good death scene), and there is very little more ironic than the fear and isolation of a horror movie taking place right in the middle of the festivities."


List of films

The following is a list of holiday horror films that depict or are set during a holiday or holiday season.


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See also

* '' Into the Dark'', a holiday horror anthology TV series *
Lists of films set around holidays Lists of films set around holidays includes: * List of films set around Easter * List of films set around Christmas * List of films set around Father's Day * List of films set around Halloween * List of films set around Thanksgiving This is a l ...
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List of films set around Easter This is a list of films that have something to do with Easter or have Easter as a significant part of them. For Easter specials of regular TV shows, see the list of Easter television specials. For films about the Biblical Easter see List of film ...
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List of films set around Father's Day This is a list of films set on or around Father's Day. Crime * ''Underworld'' (1996) - an American mob film in which a mobster attempts to solve his father's murder and settle scores on Father's Day Drama * ''Jam'' (2006), an American film about ...
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List of films set around Halloween This is a list of films set on or around Halloween. Comedy * '' Arsenic and Old Lace'' (1944) * ''Boo! A Madea Halloween'' (2016) * '' Boo 2! A Madea Halloween'' (2017) * ''Burying the Ex'' (2014) * '' Dracula: Dead and Loving It'' (1995) * '' F ...
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List of films set around Thanksgiving This is a list of films set on or around the American Thanksgiving holiday. It does not include Thanksgiving television specials. Action * Below Utopia (aka Body Count), a 1997 film starring Justin Theroux, Alyssa Milano, and Ice-T * '' Spider- ...
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List of films set around May Day This is a list of films set on or around May Day. Adventure * '' First Knight'' (1995) - American Arthurian adventure film in which Guinevere rides out on May Day Animated * '' Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch'' (2005) - Disney film about a hu ...
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List of films set around Mother's Day This is a list of films set on or around Mother's Day. Comedy * ''Mother's Day'' (1993), an Austrian comedy film about a Viennese family preparing for Mother's Day * ''Mother's Day'' (2016), an American romantic comedy film in which various people ...
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List of films set around New Year This is a list of films set on or around the New Year of the Gregorian calendar. Action * '' Assault on Precinct 13'' (2005) * ''Friday Foster'' (1975) Comedy * '' Are We There Yet?'' (2005) * ''Bachelor Mother'' (1939) * '' Bloodhounds of Broa ...
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List of films set around St. Patrick's Day This is a list of films set on or around St. Patrick's Day. Crime *''Between the Canals'', a 2010 Irish crime film written and directed by Mark O'Connor *''The Boondock Saints'', a 1999 American crime film written and directed by Troy Duffy; open ...
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List of films set around Valentine's Day This is a list of films set on or around Valentine's Day. Animated * '' A Charlie Brown Valentine'' - a 2002 animated TV special based on the comic strip ''Peanuts'' * '' A Special Valentine with the Family Circus'' - a 1978 animated TV special ba ...


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