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Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022) poster

2022 · horror · slasher · survival

Christmas Bloody Christmas

Directed by Joe Begos1h 27m2022

It'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.

Our read: Christmas Bloody Christmas (2022) reads as a heavy, breathless, inventive horror · slasher · survival entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.

Movie DNA

Heavy, breathless, extreme horror / slasher, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.

ElsewhereIMDb5.16kRT78%Metacritic46
  • heavy
  • kinetic
  • extreme
  • bleak
  • cold
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DNA · twelve axes

How Christmas Bloody Christmas feels to watch.

Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.

MoodHeavy ↔ Cosy
PacingSlow-burn ↔ Kinetic
IntensityGentle ↔ Extreme
WeirdnessConventional ↔ Surreal
HopeNihilistic ↔ Redemptive
StakesIntimate ↔ Epic
HumourNone ↔ Broad
RealityGrounded ↔ Fantastical
DensitySparse ↔ Twisty
WarmthCold ↔ Tender
AuteurTransparent ↔ Signature
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“You want a trashy Christmas Eve slasher with a killer robot Santa.”

ends unsettlingyou’ll be fine aftergrabs you earlygrips by minute 6attention 2/5breezes by
Date nightWith friendsSoloWith parentsKids around
Heads-upgraphic violencegorejump scares

Skip it tonight — You want genuine scares or craft beyond VHS-schlock nostalgia.

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