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The Gift That Keeps on Giving: Black Christmas and the Creative Continuum of Holiday Horror

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A young woman wearing a yellow, collared shirt and dark vest looks out a door decorated with a wreath and glowing red lights.

|Andrew Neill| My first experience of cinematic horrors shattering the porcelain white purity of the holidays had to be The Nightmare Before Christmas. Six-year-old Andrew was not prepared for Santa to be kidnapped by demonic trick ‘r treaters and tortured by the Oogie Boogie Man, a sentient bag… Continue reading

A Stanley Kubrick Christmas: Intense Paranoia and Masquerade Orgies

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Masked group at the orgy staring ominously.

|Dan Howard| There’s certainly something about the holiday season that strikes a chord with filmmakers. Whether it’s Todd Hayne’s Carol, Tim Burton’s Batman Returns, or Shane Black’s Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, any film using Christmas as the backdrop for a non-holiday story sets… Continue reading