Santaphobia
A list of killer Santa Claus horror movies brought to you by Eric Myford, author of The Encyclopedia of Horror and Suspense Movies book series...
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- DirectorCharles E. Sellier Jr.StarsLilyan ChauvinGilmer McCormickToni NeroLittle Billy witnesses his parents getting killed by Santa after being warned by his senile grandpa that Santa punishes those who are naughty. Now Billy is 18 and out of the orphanage, and he has just become Santa himself.
- DirectorLee HarryStarsEric FreemanJames NewmanElizabeth KaitanThe now-adult Ricky talks to a psychiatrist about how he became a murderer after his brother, Billy, died, which leads back to Mother Superior.
- DirectorMonte HellmanStarsSamantha ScullyBill MoseleyRichard C. AdamsThe comatose Ricky Caldwell reawakens and begins to stalk a blind woman, who he shares a psychic connection with.
- DirectorSteven C. MillerStarsMalcolm McDowellJaime KingDonal LogueThe police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.
- DirectorStuart W. BedfordStarsColin MurtaghJonny HirstMarcella HazellA homeless war-veteran with a chequered past must rely on a side of himself once thought buried when he and his companions are targeted by three vicious psychopaths wearing Santa suits on Christmas Day.
- DirectorDavid HessStarsJennifer RunyonForrest SwonsenLinda GentileA group of teenagers at a party find themselves being stalked by a maniacal killer in a Santa Claus costume.
- DirectorLewis JacksonStarsBrandon MaggartJeffrey DeMunnDianne HullA toy factory worker, mentally scarred as a child upon learning Santa Claus is not real, suffers a nervous breakdown after being belittled at work, and embarks on a Yuletide killing spree.
- DirectorDavid SteimanStarsBill GoldbergDouglas SmithEmilie de RavinSanta Claus is actually a demon who lost a bet with an angel, so he becomes the giver of toys and happiness. But when the bet is off, he returns to his evil ways.
- DirectorJalmari HelanderStarsJorma TommilaOnni TommilaPeeter JakobiIn the depths of the Korvatunturi mountains, 486 meters deep, lies the closest ever guarded secret of Christmas. The time has come to dig it up. This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus.
- DirectorPaco PlazaGeorge A. RomeroStarsMaru ValdivielsoChristian CasasRoger BabiàIn 1985, in a coastal town, the friends Koldo, Peti, Tito, Eugenio and Moni stumble with a woman dressed like Santa Claus trapped in a hole in the woods. While the boys go to the police station to ask for help, the others find a rope to take the woman out of the hole. However, the boys find in the police station that the woman is the dangerous thief Rebeca Expósito, who has just stolen two million pesetas from a bank and is wanted. The group decides to leave the woman in the hole without any food to force her to give the robbed money to them. Meanwhile, Peti and Eugenio that are fans of the movie "Zombie Invasion", decide to make a voodoo ceremony with Rebecca to transform her into a zombie. When Rebecca escapes from her imprisonment, she uses an axe to chase the evil boys.
- DirectorJohn A. RussoStarsDebbie RochonGrant KramerJohn MowodA B-horror movie actress is stalked by a deranged fan bent on claiming her for himself.
- DirectorMassimiliano CerchiStarsRobert CumminsJodie RaftyRobert HectorOn the night before Christmas, a serial killer dressed in a Santa Claus suit stalks the streets of New York looking for blood. It seems this madman is building the perfect Christmas tree and adorning it with parts of his victims. It's up to an actor, his police officer girlfriend and a vodoo woman to stop him.
- DirectorPeter KeirStarsKrystal HavensJason BarnesJeff SamfordWhile en route to a holiday gathering, young Ron teases his wife about the legend of a backwoods Santa with an axe to grind. However, when the legend comes to life, the Christmas bash turns into a holiday bloodbath.
- DirectorSeth MiddletonStarsMalinda AsbhyNathan BettsJared Borum
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsJoan CollinsPeter CushingRalph RichardsonFive strangers get lost in a crypt and, after meeting the mysterious Crypt Keeper, receive visions of how they will die.
- DirectorDick MaasStarsEgbert Jan WeeberBert LuppesCaro LenssenA horror film that depicts St. Nicholas as a murderous bishop who kidnaps and murders children when there is a full moon on December 5.
- DirectorRené ManzorStarsBrigitte FosseyLouis DucreuxPatrick FloersheimOn Christmas Eve, a resourceful young boy has to defend himself and his grandfather from a killer dressed as Santa Claus.
- DirectorTodd NunesStarsAshley Mary NunesJessica CameronMelynda KiringA deranged masked Santa-Slayer comes to town for some yuletide-terror. He leaves behind a bloody trail of mutilated bodies as he hunts his way to the front steps of the town's most feared and notorious home.
- DirectorArmand PetriStarsHolly BonneyDawn StreeckMcKenna BuckReunited for the holidays, a group of friends raised together in a troubled Louisiana orphanage are stalked by a killer from Christmas Past.
- DirectorDave CampfieldStarsDave CampfieldPaul ChomickiDeron MillerIn this interstitial comedy/horror film, Caesar Denovio (Dave Campfield) and his half brother Otto Denovio (Paul Chomicki) take on duties as Santa and his elf. However, the bodies begin to pile up when a fellow store Santa (CKY's Deron Miller) develops a vendetta against them, and he soon turns Caesar's list of Dinner guests into a list of Xmas-inspired victims! Features cult movie icons Linnea Quigley, Brinke Stevens, Lloyd Kaufman, Joe Estevez (brother of Martin Sheen), Felissa Rose and Robert Z'Dar.
- DirectorCharles E. CullenStarsCharles E. CullenZombieNelson OliverYou better watch out, literally, because Santa and his bi-polar elf are coming to town.
- DirectorSteve DavisStarsDani ThompsonLaura Ellen WilsonMartin W. PayneThe story begins on a wintry Christmas-eve in the countryside, the horrific murder of a loving family, and the capture of a Santa Claus obsessed blood thirsty killer.
- DirectorMike McMurranStarsAnnette WozniakGeoff AlmondKeegan ChambersSecret Santa is a feature length film that tells the story of a group of eccentric college kids, struggling to get through the hectic exam period. This Horror/Comedy is a tribute to B-Movie Slashers but also takes the conventions and turns them upside down. A liquor filled party is planned. Adding a Secret Santa exchange for fun. Little do our characters know... A killer is in town and has a special present for all the good (and bad) girls and boys. Dare to open your present? It might be your last!
- DirectorPer-Ingvar TomrenMagne SteinsvollStarsEline AasheimTormod LienMagne SteinsvollWe follow a serial killer and his victims as they all prepare for Christmas in their own ways. This year it doesn't matter if you have been naughty or nice, Santa is coming to town no matter what, and he knows where you live.
- DirectorReinert KiilStarsJørgen LanghelleMarte SæterenSondre Krogtoft LarsenA murderer is caught after terrorizing and killing people on Christmas night over the past 13 years in Norway.
- DirectorJohn WardStarsAshley CampbellJohn E SeymoreDillon WeishuhnThree couples decide to party in a storage facility after hours and are picked off by an axe-wielding killer Santa Claus.
- DirectorJohn WardStarsAshley CampbellDrew MarvickBen StobberOne year ago, Sarah Caldwell was stalked and her friends murdered by a killer Santa Claus. Now she must escape from the same storage facility in a fight for her life against an all new Santa.
- DirectorPaul TanterStarsSimon PhillipsYana GoldJustin GordonWhen a serial-killer couple dressed as Santa and Mrs. Claus terrorizes a small town, a teen girl and a young cop must solve the pattern behind the seemingly random homicides.
- DirectorSean DonohueStarsBob GlazierAlberto GiovannelliMady GiovannelliIt's Christmas Eve and Santa is out and about spreading joy...with a hatchet and some BBQ skewers. Cannibal Claus is the modern tale of a mall Santa Claus who is down on his luck at Christmas time. Instead of staying in on Christmas Eve, he decides to go out and punish the naughty in this blood drenched, meat filled, cannibal feast! Watch if you dare, Cannibal Claus is guaranteed to leave you repulsed!
- DirectorAlex DiSantoStarsAlex DiSantoRiley AndersonAaron HilberdinkThe most popular clique at school finds themselves dancing with death as Santa begins to deviously hack, slash and unwrap them. Now they've gotta barricade themselves and outsmart the killer or they may just end up in their own stockings.
- DirectorDionysis AtzarakisManos AtzarakisStarsMaria OlympiuAchilleas SakellariouApostolis TampaksisA young girl is still awake on Christmas Eve waiting for Santa to arrive... She hears a sound from the fireplace and sneaks into the living room to see Santa, but... is he what she was hoping for?
- DirectorDamian Bishop
- DirectorNathan HineMike O'MahonyJim RobertsStarsAshley CampbellJames CostaLindsey CruzJoin your host, Festering Frank, as he returns from the grave to bring you five more terrifying tales of blood soaked horror. Featuring gory graveyards, mutated mothers, psycho Santas and killer couples. Experience all this insanity and more in the horror anthology that will scare the soul right out of you. Watch FRAMES OF FEAR 2 if you dare.
- DirectorJoe BegosStarsRiley DandySam DelichJonah RayIt's Christmas Eve and Tori just wants to get drunk and party, but when a robotic Santa Claus at a nearby toy store goes haywire and begins a rampant killing spree through her small town, she's forced into a battle for survival.
- DirectorSelena D.Rebecca RinehartMike TrebilcockStarsRebecca RinehartMindy GilkersonJolene HexxPrepare yourself for five twisted tales of terror hosted by everyone's favorite sinister succubus, Dr. Boobenstein.
- DirectorBill ZebubStarsEmily PriorHolly BattagliaSabrina AlamoA woman reports her alien abduction story, but hypnosis reveals that her nocturnal visitor was a man dressed like Santa. Was she dreaming, or is there more to the story?