In today’s episode, festive cheer gets a bloody makeover in Chris Peckover’s Better Watch Out (2016) and Tyler MacIntyre’s It’s a Wonderful Knife (2023). A subgenre of horror that turns beloved seasonal traditions into nightmarish fodder, Christmas horror is rife with malevolent Santas, homicidal elves, and many, many angry snowmen. But what happens when the source of the horror in these films takes a much more human form? We’re breaking it all down today with spoilers so stay tuned.
--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/horror-homeroom/supportGothic Decay: Talking House of Usher (1960)
Born Bad?: Talking A Nightmare on Elm Street 1 & 3
Sloths Gone Wild: Talking Slotherhouse (2023)
The Devil Inside: Talking The Exorcist (1973)
A Hand to Hold: Talking Talk to Me (2023)
Always Check Your Candy: Talking Trick 'r Treat
Flesh and Blood: Talking Deep Blue Sea (1999)
Blood in the Water: Talking Shark Night (2011) & The Shallows (2016)
Platformed Dread: Talking Influencer (2023)
A Disaster of a Movie: Talking Godzilla (1998)
Where are all the bodies?: Talking Barbarian (2022)
A Return to Nihilism: Talking Smile (2022)
Before Norman Bates: Talking the Spiral Staircase (1946)
But She's a Star!: Talking Pearl (2022)
A Divisive Slasher: Talking Sick (2022)
Time to Start Running: Talking Cirque Berzerk (2020)
Rewriting the Slasher: Talking They/Them (2022)
The Taboo of Aging: Talking "X" (2022)
The Other Bad Seed: Talking Alice, Sweet Alice (1976)
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