10 Truly Awful Christmas Horror Movies Ranked – Part 1 - Checking Out a Few Christmas Logs

Welcome to Knockout Horror and to our list of 10 Truly Awful Christmas Horror Movies Ranked – Part 1. We have covered some fantastic Christmas themed horror movies on this site. We have a good few Christmas Horror Movie Lists and a ton of reviews but what about the bad movies?

Christmas is a time for laughter and joy but it is, also, a time for producers to throw out a whole bunch of low effort, low budget, horror trash. Seriously, there is far more bad than good when it comes to Christmas Horror. In part 1 of this list, we have ten movies that are utterly awful but not, exactly, the worst of the worst. We will get to those in the future.

We have dug through Santa’s sack and whipped out some of the nuttiest Yule Logs this side of the North Pole. If you are looking for a bad Christmas horror movie binge this December, look no further. Without further ado, let’s take a look.

We are going from best to worst in this list so the most watchable movie here is, probably, Christmas, Bloody Christmas. Coming by way of Shudder, this movie follows foul mouthed record store owner Tori as she is stalked by a killer robot Santa on Christmas eve.

This is the best movie on the list but not good by any stretch. Poor acting, improvised dialogue that is beyond awful, terrible camerawork, an awful antagonist and the worst protagonist ever waste what might have, overwise, been a watchable Christmas horror. If you can get past the flaws, you may enjoy it. We awarded Christmas, Bloody Christmas 1.5/5 in our review.

If you were to go onto Rotten Tomato’s list of Christmas Horror, you would likely see this one near the top thanks to a ridiculous Fresh score. Obviously, that is highly garnished by reviewers with a vested interest in the movie. In reality, this Christmas anthology has two decent stories and a bunch of terrible ones.

Not the worst movie on this list, thanks to the first two segments, but still barely worth a watch. A few of the stories here are a real chore to get through. Watch the first half and then skip the rest. We awarded All The Creatures Were Stirring 1.5/5 in our review.

The Mean One is a comedy horror parody of The Grinch as Cindy heads back to her home town to confront the Christmas hating, green, monster that murdered her mum.

This should be a lot more fun than it is. It, sorta, qualifies as a “So bad it’s good” movie thanks to its hilarious premise but it is slow paced, poorly made, dull and just not that entertaining. A definite missed opportunity. We awarded The Mean One 1.5/5 in our review.

A family invite their young neighbours over for Christmas dinner only to find themselves falling victim to a violent attack in this weird, science fiction, possession, horror hybrid from UK YouTubers Richard Oakes and Adam Leader.

This movie, simply, isn’t that good. It’s rather mean spirited, full of terrible dialogue, utterly dull and very uneven. The cinematography is decent and there is a good idea buried somewhere in here but Hosts simply doesn’t do much right. We awarded Hosts 1.5/5 in our review.

It’s Christmas and the entire family is getting together for dinner and to play Secret Santa. The only problem is that somebody is seeking revenge and has spiked the festive punch in this, fairly, horrible comedy horror movie from Jason Goes to Hell director Adam Marcus.

Some people really like this one but I am fairly sure that is down to the very politically incorrect, racist, sexist, homophobic and, generally, offensive humour. Outside of that, it is poorly filmed, terribly scripted, unfunny and laborious. What do you expect from a director who managed to make an even worse Friday the 13th movie than Jason X? We awarded Secret Santa 1.5/5 in our review.

Three friends heading home from a Christmas party find themselves trapped in an ATM booth by a masked madman in this cat and mouse style horror from The Den producer David Brooks. While ATM isn’t outrageously bad, the concept doesn’t exactly support a whole ton of surprises and tension.

There are far too many leaps of logic and things that simply make no sense to allow you to genuinely buy into the plot. You will find yourself constantly shouting at the screen. Ultimately, a very silly movie that proves to be a chore to get through.

A serial killer dies in an escape attempt and, somehow, is resurrected into the body of a snowman. Hell bent on revenge, he heads into the nearby town to take his anger out on the people who imprisoned him in 1997’s Jack Frost.

This movie has a cult following for being a “so good it’s bad” horror classic but I don’t get it. It’s just an overly long, unfunny, bore of a movie that is, somehow, worse than its Michael Keaton starring kid’s movie namesake. We awarded Jack Frost 1/5 in our review but I am placing it the middle of this list as some are bound to enjoy it.

Brand new for 2024 is Taylor Martin’s Silent Bite. A movie that mixes vampire horror with crime caper as a group of Santa outfit wearing bank robbers spend Christmas eve hiding out at a motel inhabited by killer vampire ladies.

Dull, derivative, silly, unimaginative. These are all words that can be applied to Silent Bite. With a script that robs mercilessly from Tarantino movies and a plot that mashes together two entirely unoriginal concepts. This is a movie that does very little right and is, really, not worth your time at all. We awarded Silent Bite 1.5/5 in our review.

Starring Silent Bite’s writer and actor Simon Phillips, The Nights Before Christmas is a continuation of another awful Christmas horror movie, Once Upon a Time at Christmas. A psychotic man dressed as Santa Claus hooks up with Mrs Claus to cause havoc in this bloody slasher movie from 2019.

Unfortunately, it’s just not that good. The Nights Before Christmas is formulaic, boring, features some terrible acting performances and a plot that aims to be a mix of Slasher and Silence of the Lambs style psychological horror but misses completely in both respects. We awarded The Nights Before Christmas 1.5/5 in our review.

Sophia Takal’s 2019 remake of the brilliant, proto-slasher, classic Black Christmas was a movie I was tremendously excited for. Promising to take the the original’s progressive themes and add an even more positive “girl power” element to it sounded like a recipe for awesomeness. How wrong I was.

Following a group of sorority sisters fighting back against a fraternity that is murdering women. Black Christmas takes a crap over what made the original great. Tumblr feminism takes centre stage, flanked by silly supernatural goings on, terrible dialogue, no suspense, no action and zero scares in this poorly script, poorly paced, horror wet fart.

Takal addresses incredibly serious issues like she is conducting a Reddit argument with herself. Adding an almost remedial quality to what could have been a genuinely important slasher for the modern age. This movie makes the 2006 remake look like a brilliant film. We awarded Black Christmas 1.0/5 in our review. Easily the worst Christmas horror movie we have covered on this site.

Thanks for Reading

That’s 10 Truly Awful Christmas Horror Movies Ranked. 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.