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Christmas, Thanksgiving and holiday horror — seasonal frights that turn festive traditions dark.

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Streaming Black Friday Deals That You Do Not Want To Miss

One of my favorite things about Thanksgiving, besides the time spent with family and the food (especially the food), is Black Friday and the huge sales that come with it. Not only are stores gearing up for the day after Turkey Day, but streaming services are also getting in on the action with huge discounts. Paramount+ A regular subscription to Paramount + will run you $9.99 a month, but their killer Black Friday deal gets you locked in for just $1.99 a month for three months! A discounted package includes Showtime, usually $11.99 for just $3.99 for the first three months! You can sign up for the deals until December 3, 2023, using the code BLACKFRIDAY when signing up. The service is home to original films such as Pet Sematary: Bloodlines and fantastic series like “Yellowjackets” and “Bargain.” HULU Hulu is one of my favorite services, providing constant entertainment. It features excellent movies, including must-see originals such as No One

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 21, 2023

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Gift The Horror Fan In Your Life The Game ‘Christmas Massacre’

Are you ready to unwrap a new game? Puppet Combo’s stealth slasher game Christmas Massacre is coming to PlayStation 4 and 5. Christmas is coming, and Larry’s got a big problem – his Christmas tree is telling him to KILL! Christmas Massacre is an over-the-top Slasher horror simulator with fast-paced stealth gameplay inspired by Hotline Miami and Manhunt. Lead Larry through his murder rampage to satisfy the Christmas Tree’s bloodlust in this reverse horror thrill ride. Santa slays in Christmas Massacre, out on November 17, 2023. You can get your copy for $11.99 here or give it as a gift this holiday season.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 19, 2023

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‘Violent Night’ Is Out On 4K UHD Just In Time For Christmas

It’s that time of year again, time to make your Christmas list, whether it’s your Santa list or a shopping list; there’s one Christmas horror film that every horror fan will love, Violent Night starring David Harbour, which has just been released on 4K Ultra HD. From 87 North, the bare-knuckle producers of Nobody, John Wick, Atomic Blonde, Deadpool 2, Bullet Train, and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw comes Violent Night, the brutal, action-packed film that we called “our new favorite Christmas movie” in our review. Get it now wherever movies are sold. “When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus (David Harbour, Black Widow, “Stranger Things”) is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint. A ton of blood is spilled in the film that also stars Emmy winner John Leguizamo

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 19, 2023

Eli Roth's 'Thanksgiving' Slashing Its Way onto Blu-ray

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Eli Roth’s ‘Thanksgiving’ Slashes Its Way Into Theaters This Week

You may have thought your Thanksgiving would be a nightmare between family drama and the brutal Black Friday shopping trips, but you haven’t seen anything yet. Eli Roth’s upcoming horror movie, Thanksgiving, sixteen years in the making, takes a stab at the holiday in true horror fashion in the brutal new trailer. From director Eli Roth, known for bloody horror movies such as Hostile and Cabin Fever, comes the movie starring Rick Hoffman, Gina Gershon, Patrick Dempsey, Milo Manheim, Addison Rae, and Nell Verlaque, to name a few. In the fright-filled flick, “After a Black Friday riot ends in tragedy, a mysterious Thanksgiving-inspired killer terrorizes Plymouth, Massachusetts – the birthplace of the infamous holiday.” Thanksgiving is based on the faux trailer featured in Roth, Quentin Tarantino, and Robert Rodriguez’s 2007 horror Grindhouse. In the original trailer, a mysterious killer stalks a small town in Massachusetts on the holiday. Thanksgiving slashes its way into theaters just in time for Turkey Day

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Nov 16, 2023

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Shudder Gifts Horror Fans With Trailer For Christmas Horror ‘The Sacrifice Game’

Now that spooky season is behind us, the trailers and announcements for holiday horror films are beginning to roll in. The latest Christmas horror trailer to be gifted to horror fans is for Shudder’s slasher The Sacrifice Game. “At the Blackvale School for Girls in 1971. It’s bad enough that students Samantha (Madison Baines) and Clara (Georgia Acken) can’t go home for the holidays, but things take a deadly turn when a gang of cult killers arrives at their doorstep—just in time for Christmas.” Directed by Jenn Wexler, The Sacrifice Game stars Mena Massoud, Olivia Scott Welch, Chloë Levine, Madison Baines, Georgia Acken, and Gus Kenworthy. Watch the new trailer for The Sacrifice Game ahead of its wintery debut on Shudder on December 8, 2023.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 13, 2023

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Unwrap The Trailer For Slasher ‘Santa Isn’t Real’ From The Director Of Black Christmas

Unwrap the trailer for the soon-to-be-released indie holiday horror film Santa Isn’t Real from writer-director Zac Locke, who brought you the killer 2018 slasher Black Christmas. In the film, “After suffering a brutal attack on Christmas Eve, a young woman, Nikki, struggles to convince her friends that the assailant was none other than Ol’ Kris Kringle. When Santa returns to terrorize the group in their remote cabin the next Christmas, Nikki and her friends must overcome disbelief as they fight to stay alive.” Scarlett Sperduto, Dana Millican, and Kaya Coleman star in this XYZ Film. Santa Isn’t Real turns Christmas into a blood bath when it slashes its way onto Digital and VOD on December 8, 2023.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 11, 2023

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Unwrap The Trailer For Holiday Slasher Game ‘Christmas Massacre’

Now that Halloween is sadly behind us, news is already coming in about Christmas Horror films. Puppet Combo announced today that the stealth slasher game Christmas Massacre is coming to PlayStation 4 and 5. Christmas is coming, and Larry’s got a big problem – his Christmas tree is telling him to KILL! Christmas Massacre is an over-the-top Slasher horror simulator with fast-paced stealth gameplay inspired by Hotline Miami and Manhunt. Lead Larry through his murder rampage to satisfy the Christmas Tree’s bloodlust in this reverse horror thrill ride. Santa Slays in Christmas Massacre, out on November 17, 2023.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 4, 2023

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Horror Fans Gifted With The Trailer For Holiday Horror Film ‘A Creature Was Stirring’

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house…but a creature is stirring, and it’s not a mouse… Well Go USA is gifting horror fans an early Christmas present: the trailer for the holiday horror film A Creature is Stirring. In this twisted holiday horror film, Faith (Chrissy Metz) keeps her troubled teenage daughter (Annalise Basso) on a tightly controlled regimen of experimental drugs, their only means of fending off a mysterious, terrifying affliction. But after two burglars (Scout Taylor-Compton and Connor Paolo) attempt to rob the home on Christmas, they stumble upon a long-kept family secret—with monstrous consequences. From director Damien LeVeck and writer Shannon Wells and producers Natalie Leveck and Aaron B. Koontz comes A Creature is Stirring, opening in select theaters on December 8, 2023, followed by its debut on VOD on December 12, 2023.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Nov 2, 2023

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‘It’s A Wonderful Knife’ Scores New Poster Before Slashing Its Way Into Theaters

RLJE Films unveiled the killer new poster for the holiday horror film It’s A Wonderful Knife, which made its World Premiere at Beyond Fest on October 8, 2023. In the film, “a year after saving her town from a psychotic killer on Christmas Eve, Winnie Carruthers’ life is less than wonderful — but when she wishes she’d never been born, she finds herself in a nightmare parallel universe and discovers that without her, things could be much, much worse. Now the killer is back, and she must team up with the town misfit to identify the killer and get back to her own reality.” Directed by Tyler MacIntyre (Tragedy Girls; V/H/S/99) and written by Michael Kennedy (Freaky). The film stars Justin Long (Barbarian), Joel McHale (“Community”), Jane Widdop (“Yellowjackets”), Katharine Isabelle (Ginger Snaps), Jess McLeod (“One of Us is Lying”) and Cassandra Naud (Influencer). It’s A Wonderful Knife was produced by Seth Caplan (Brooklyn 45), Michael Kennedy (Freaky), and Daniel

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 18, 2023

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Horror Fans Will Soon Unwrap The Christmas Slasher ‘Santa’s List’

One of the best things about Christmas is Christmas-themed horror films, such as classics like Silent Night, Deadly Night, Black Christmas, and the upcoming holiday slasher, It’s a Wonderful Knife. There is a new holiday horror film headed your way, Santa’s List, which has now entered pre-production. Deadline reports that Jhené Chase (“History’s Greatest Mysteries”) will be in the director’s chair for the upcoming horror, described as “a festive Christmas version of your favorite slashers.” “The film is set in Deep Haven, known for its world-renowned Santa Claus festival that keeps the small town alive all year round. But beneath all the Christmas Spirit, tinsel, and lights, there’s a darkness lurking. And this year, the 12 days of Christmas get turned upside down. After the murder of her best friend, big city detective Eve is lured back to her hometown to solve the crime. With each passing victim, the killer seems closer to home than ever. Will she solve what

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Kelli Marchman McNeely

Oct 15, 2023

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