A merry Christmas to you!

Interestingly, it’s a wonderful time of year and setting for horror fiction and horror cinema. If you grew up in the 1980s, as I did, you surely remember the movie Gremlins, and of course there are many, many others.

Horror fiction also celebrates Christmas, and Santa’s arrival. There is the ultimate in Christmas horror (to my mind) in the scenes of A Christmas Carol where Scrooge must face the Ghost of Christmas Future, and of course, for children, the Grinch Who Stole Christmas. The animated version narrated by Boris Karloff is a true homage to this classic. Of course, in both cases, the main characters are redeemed, so maybe you don’t consider them horror. To each his (or her) own. Perhaps The Little Match Girl is more your style.

Maybe you’re looking for something a little different, a little more current? Something that’s definitely not for children? I can offer you some reviews of some holiday horror (click here) that may fit the bill.

Of course, you may want a horror-free holiday as well. I know I will be spending it with my kids watching the Scooby Doo Christmas Special, and baking coffee cake. Their choice, not mine. I hope you are spending yours with family as well, and if you’re not, know that here we are thinking of you.