Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers The following is a list of holiday horror films that depict or are set during a holiday or holiday season.įilms that feature Candlemas and Groundhog Dayįilms that feature Walpurgis Night and May Dayįilms that feature Independence Day (United States)įilms that feature Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead)įilms that feature New Year's Eve and New Year's Dayīased on the book Thy Soul Shall Bear Witness!
The horror movie loves nothing more than irony (except perhaps a good death scene), and there is very little more ironic than the fear and isolation of a horror movie taking place right in the middle of the festivities."
The holiday is a place for happiness and family. įilm scholars Chris Vander Kaay and Kathleen Fernandez-Vander Kaay explain the subgenre as such: "The expression 'adding insult to injury' is an excellent encapsulation of the motivation behind the horror movie obsession with holidays (aside from the obvious desire to brand a killer with a theme and costume that can be revisited many times within a lucrative film franchise). Holiday horror films can be presented in short or long formats, and typically utilize common themes, images, and motifs from the holidays during which they are set, often as methods by which the villain may murder their victims. Holiday-themed horror films or holiday horror are a subgenre of horror films set during holidays.