Christmas horror is a subgenre of horror fiction that mixes the festive themes of Christmas with the conventions of the horror style. It usually options holiday-themed parts comparable to Christmas bushes, Santa Claus, and snow, however with a sinister or macabre twist.
Christmas horror has an extended and storied historical past, courting again to the early days of the style. Among the most well-known examples of Christmas horror embrace the quick story “The Christmas Tree” by Fritz Leiber, the novel “The Exorcist” by William Peter Blatty, and the movie “Black Christmas” by Bob Clark. Christmas horror has additionally been featured in a variety of tv reveals, together with “The Twilight Zone” and “Tales from the Crypt.”