10 Goriest Christmas Horror Movies Ranked - Sleigh Bells and Blood

Welcome to Knockout Horror. Christmas is fast approaching and we are getting into the last couple of reviews and lists of our Festive Frights season. Today we are looking at the 10 Goriest Christmas Horror Movies.

Sure, it’s all well and good to enjoy a few Christmas horror movies but what if you are sick of the same old stuff? What if you are looking for something a little gorier, something a little more edgy, or something a little more adult?

Well, we are here to help you out. The movies on this list are the goriest Christmas horror films I have ever watched. Some of which are utterly brutal, going way beyond what you normally find in the genre. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Not all of them are great but all of them have at least one scene that will stick with you for its brutality or nastiness. Without further ado, let’s take a look.

I am not endorsing this movie because I think it sucks pretty hard but Adam Marcus’s, of Jason Goes to Hell fame, Secret Santa definitely is gory. It follows the story of a strained family meeting for Christmas to share presents. Little realising that someone is out for revenge and has spiked the punch.

The worst movie on this list by a long way. Secret Santa has absolutely buckets of gore, frequently going out of its way to be ridiculously over the top and violently bloody. Highlights include a woman actually throwing her guts up and a man’s eyes popping out. We awarded Secret Santa 1.5/5 in our review.

Hosts is a British horror movie made by a couple of YouTubers who documented the process on their channel. It follows a family who are, in the light of the family matriarch’s cancer battle, spending one last Christmas together. After inviting the neighbours over to join them, the family find themselves in a fight for survival.

Hosts isn’t very good. It is well filmed but, technically, very flawed and the story just isn’t all that interesting. It is, however, pretty damn gory with the most noteworthy scene being, legitimately, rather shocking. It’s also pretty mean spirited but that’s what we are here for in this list. We awarded Hosts 1.5/5 in our review.

Full disclosure, I really dislike this movie but it is pretty damn gory so deserves a mention. Christmas, Bloody Christmas follows foul mouthed record store owner Tori (Riley Dandy) as she attempts to escape from a maniacal robot Santa Claus who is determined to hunt her down and ruin her Christmas eve.

Obnoxious characters, poor acting, chaotic camera work and terrible, overly loud, improvised dialogue make this movie an absolute chore. Still, there is a lot of the red stuff for fans of gory horror including fingers being chopped off, heads split in half and necks being snapped. People looking for the goriest Christmas horror movies probably need to check it out. We awarded Christmas, Bloody Christmas 1.5/5 in our review.

Not to be confused with the 2021 British apocalyptic Christmas horror of the same name. Steven Miller’s Silent Night is a slasher remake of the 80’s Christmas classic Silent Night, Deadly Night (more from that one later) and is pretty decent. It sees a pair of police detectives hunting down a serial killer who is taking out members of the community, in the run up to Christmas, while wearing a Santa outfit.

Exploding eyes, exposed brains, numerous people impaled on scythes. Silent Night is nothing if not gory. This one turns it up a notch from even its horror inspiration. It also has Malcolm McDowell which makes it all the more enjoyable. It’s not a perfect movie but definitely very watchable. We awarded Silent Night 2.8/5 in our review.

Tom Shankland’s The Children is a rather unique little Christmas horror that sees a family spending time together over Christmas. Only to find themselves in a fight for survival after their kids go rogue and attempt to murder each and every one of them.

People are stabbed in the eyes, bones break out of the skin, intestines hang out of badly wounded stomachs. The Children is surprisingly gory for a Christmas horror movie featuring a very young cast. Some of the moments of violence are pretty effective and quite viscerally disturbing, as well. Not a bad movie, at all, we awarded The Children 3/5 in our review.

A pastor searching for answers to the murder of his daughter uncovers a seedy, twisted, underworld in this Christmas cat and mouse, horror, thriller. You could argue that The Retaliators is a bit style over substance. Especially given the inclusion of a bunch of rock stars including Papa Roach’s Jacoby Shaddix and the, now, rather cringe Five Finger Death Punch. With that being said, The Retaliators is happy in being what it is. An old fashioned, bloody, thrill fest.

A person is shredded up in a wood chipper, eyeballs are torn out of their sockets, and amputations are ample in this revenge flick. It’s an uneven affair and won’t appeal to everyone. The festive themes take a back seat, as well, but it is still worth a watch if gore is what you are looking for. Our review is upcoming.

Silent Night, Deadly Night is a Christmas slasher classic. Causing a whole bunch of controversy back on its release, it is now a symbol of the times. Feeling a bit aged and a bit cheesy but still tons of fun. Little Billy witnesses his parents being murdered by a Santa outfit wearing killer. Disturbed, he grew up hating the holiday and now, as an adult, a setback at work sends him on a murderous, festive, killing spree of his own.

Throats are slashed, heads are chopped off and people are thrown through windows in this slasher that really doesn’t hold back. Sure, some of the effects look a bit silly nowadays but the violence, here, is still a lot of fun for fans of gore. Silent Night, Deadly Night features a lot of that creativity in chaos that slashers of the era were so well known for. We awarded Silent Night, Deadly Night 3/5 in our review.

They don’t come much more mean spirited and gory than Damien Leone’s Terrifier 3. Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton) is back and he is more blood thirsty than ever. Donning a Santa outfit, Art hits the town to terrorise everyone in his path on the hunt for the previous Terrifer movie’s protagonist Sienna (Lauren LaVera).

Nobody is safe in this movie as Leone goes out of his way to break a whole bunch of taboos in a way that can only be described as a bit cheesy and a bit embarrassing. Kids are blown up in a Santa village, bodies are dismembered and unspeakable things are done to some of the more intimate parts of both the male and female anatomy in this ode to gore. It’s tasteless and it is a bit ridiculous but they don’t come much gorier. We awarded Terrifier 3 3/5 in our review.

Ryan Nelson’s Mercy Christmas is, simply, a ton of fun and full of gore. It follows the story of office worker Michael Briskett (Steven Hubbell) as he is invited to spend Christmas dinner with gorgeous co-worker Cindy (Casey O’Keefe). Little does he realise that he may just become the actual focal point of the menu.

A strong comedy leaning does very little to mask just how gory and violent Mercy Christmas really is. The cannibalistic family remove legs, tenderise their still living meat, and chop people up in unflinching detail. The practical effects are great and the movie can be, actually, quite shocking in parts while also managing to stay hilarious, throughout. Genuinely underrated, we awarded Mercy Christmas 3.5/5 in our review.

The New French Extremity sub-genre of horror was defined by horrifying visuals, terrific amounts of gore, and obscene violence. Few movies did it quite as well as Christmas home invasion horror Inside from 2007. Starring Alysson Paradis and Béatrice Dalle; Inside sees a heavily pregnant woman attempting to fight off a vicious home invader hell bent on causing her harm.

IMDB’s parental advisory section on this movie’s violence reads like an encyclopaedia. Knitting needles stabbed through eyes, lips bitten off, violence to pregnant women. The end of this movie sees the entire house bathed in blood. Truly shocking and not at all for the faint of heart. Inside should be the first movie that comes to mind when you think of the goriest Christmas Horror Movies. We awarded Inside 3.8/5 in our review.

Thanks for Reading

That’s the 10 Goriest Christmas Horror Movies Ranked. I think it’s time to go and wash off after all of that blood. Hope you enjoyed! There’s lots more to come and a ton of Christmas content for you to check out all of December. We are reviewing Christmas Horror in our Awful Advent category and putting together Christmas horror lists so be sure to take a look. Thanks for reading and happy holidays.