It's the season of joy, peace, and goodwill... unless you live in Bailey Downs. High school students investigate a mysterious homicide that occurred the prior holiday season, a couple notices their young son is acting strangely after a snowy forest trip to cut down a traditional tree and one family are stalked through a winter wonderland by Krampus, the Xmas demon. Meanwhile at the North Pole, Santa is fending off zombie elves.
6 August 1995, Ontario, Canada
3 May 1995, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
8 September 1955, Hampstead, London, England, UK
22 March 1931, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
23 May 1929, Le Roy, New York, USA
31 March 1974, Wrexham, North Wales, UK
5 January 1977, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
7 January 1949, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
April 14, 2017
While A Christmas Horror Story doesn't have the qualities of a big theatrical release, like Trick 'r Treat, it's glossy enough to bring joy to those however they end up seeing it.
October 02, 2015
Considering it's a crass film timed for the Halloween crowd, "A Christmas Horror Story" is pretty much as horrible as it's supposed to be.
October 02, 2015
It's a mixed bag of supernatural terror that gains momentum as its loosely connected quartet of scenarios unfolds.
October 23, 2015
This smart, zippy, bloody frightster is a Canadian-made gift that will continue to give, in the best possible ho-ho-ho horror way.
October 01, 2015
The picture can be wholly recommended only to not-too-demanding horror junkies who've been successfully nurturing their inner adolescents since the late 1970s.
November 23, 2015
Audiences who prefer their holidays with a dose of darkness and foreboding to offset the season's syrupy mirth should really take to "A Christmas Horror Story."
October 21, 2015
Spooky, playful and sometimes gory, but rarely terrifying, the film's more interested in giving each arc some witty social commentary to go along with its scares.
December 08, 2015
The collective of Grant Harvey, Steven Hoban and Brett Sullivan provides unique concepts on basic Christmas themes.
December 10, 2015
...framed by a story involving William Shatner (born in Montreal) doing what he does best, self-aware parody....
October 07, 2015
...unfortunately the film's most admirable innovation doubles as its greatest problem since all four of the featured stories vary wildly in terms of tone and quality.
October 02, 2015
Whenever one of the stories begins to generate any real head of steam, viewers are jerked into another one and the whole process starts over again.
September 30, 2015
Though they aren't particularly original or sophisticated, all five narrative panels are relative slow-burners that take their time establishing premise and character before delivering competent gotcha scares - or bloody splatstick ...
