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  • Christmas in literature has historically included elements of "darkness" – fright, misery, death and decay – dating as far back as the biblical account of the Massacre of the Innocents and more recently in works such as E. T. A. Hoffmann's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (1816) and Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843).[1][2] The Christmas horror genre in film emerged in the 1970s, featuring "scaled up" horror elements that the The Hollywood Reporter calls a "modern reinvention of the Christmas ghost story".[1] One of the earliest entries is Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972), and this was soon followed by Black Christmas (1974), which is often credited with being one of the most influential that inspired other films in the genre.[1][2]
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    Definining a Christmas horror film genre has been described as challenging.[3] Scholars have predominantly placed Christmas horror as a small genre within the slasher film cycle, emerging in the 1970s, predominantly about killers disguised as Santa Clause.[2][4][5] Rockoff in Rue Morgue noted it was a trends of dominating slasher films taking placing beloved holidays into a horror context with films like My Bloody Valentine (1981) and April Fool's Day (1986) while DuPee has argued that the Christmas horror was not limited to the slasher subgenre noting that Christmas horror films predominantly take place at home over the variety of locations generalized in slashers.[5][4]


Defining the Christmas horror film genre has been described as challenging,[6] although commentary predominantly regards Christmas horror as a sub-genre of the slasher film.[2][4][5] Christmas horror emerged in the 1970s with films that scaled up the horror element of the holidays, such as Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971) and Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972), which were soon followed by the influential Black Christmas (1974).[1] Adam Rockoff, in Rue Morgue, noted that the sub-genre sits within a trend of holiday themed slasher films, alongside films such as My Bloody Valentine (1981) and April Fool's Day (1986).[5] Other commentators take a broader view that Christmas horror is not limited to the slasher genre,[4] and have noted that Christmas in literature has historically included elements of "darkness"—fright, misery, death and decay—tracing its literary antecedents as far back as the biblical account of the Massacre of the Innocents and more recently in works such as E. T. A. Hoffmann's "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" (1816) and Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (1843).[1][2] Although ghosts have largely been replaced by serial killers, Christmas horror creates an outlet through which to explore a modern appreciation of Christmas ghost stories.[1]
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  2. ^ a b c d e Cite error: The named reference Ulaby was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ DuPée 2022, p. 6
  4. ^ a b c d DuPée 2022, p. 5
  5. ^ a b c d Rockoff 2003, p.30
  6. ^ DuPée 2022, p. 6
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