A Christmas Horror Story(2015)
2015 · Steven Hoban & Grant Harvey & Brett Sullivan · 99 min
Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy, peace and goodwill. But for some folks in the small town of Bailey Downs, it turns into something much less festive.
Horror · Fantasy
5.8381 votes
TMDB score
3/5
Intensity
3/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How scary is A Christmas Horror Story?
A Christmas Horror Story weaves together several separate holiday-themed tales that cut back and forth between each other, so the pace jumps around rather than building one steady mood. It leans on ghosts, monsters, and old folklore creatures instead of anything real-world, giving it a campfire-story feel rather than deep dread. There's a decent amount of on-screen blood and creature action in spots, but it plays more like a fun, twisted holiday anthology than something that will actually haunt you. Good for a group watch around Christmas if you want horror with a mix of dark humor and monster mayhem rather than heavy psychological weight.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, A Christmas Horror Story rates psychological 2/5, visceral 3/5, gore 3/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 3/5.
- Psychological: 2 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 3 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 3 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 15 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 30 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
Shape only — no eventsReveal pacing shapeHide pacing shapeHidden by default — shows where the tension peaks and lets up.
An anthology of interwoven holiday tales that dips and spikes in waves, with the intensity climbing higher and staying more relentless as the stories converge toward the end.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 5, 4, 3.
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