December 2025 is stacked with holiday slashers, ghost stories, found-footage nightmares, and major theatrical releases. From killer Santas to New Year’s slashers to surprise sequels, the festive fear is coming from every direction.

Below is your complete list of Christmas horror, followed by the five biggest theatrical horror releases dropping this month.

CHRISTMAS HORROR: What’s New This Holiday Season

We’re So Dead – Out Now

A killer Karen ruins Christmas in We’re So Dead, now available on Digital via Filmhub.

Writer-director Ken MacLaughlin describes his restaurant-set horror-comedy as “Clerks meets Scream.”
A large Christmas Eve dinner cancels, leaving the staff broke and bitter — until a furious Karen turns the night into a bloodbath.

Cast: Jenna Kanell (Terrifier), Leanna Adams, Darron Cardosa, Aaron Goldenberg, Olivia Tidemann, Ethan Trace, Artemis, Aria Celeste Castillo.

Camp Blood Christmas – Out Now

The killer clown returns in this holiday spinoff of the Camp Blood franchise, available on Blu-ray and VHS from Future Video.

Twenty-five years after the first murders, Camp Blackwood gets a Christmas makeover — but the clown is far from finished.

Cast: Alyssa Wexler, Adelle Tucke, Allison Egan, James L. Edwards, David C. Hayes, Ian Glassford, and more.

The Occupant of the Room – Out Now (Shudder)

This year’s entry in Shudder’s The Haunted Season anthology adapts Algernon Blackwood’s 1909 ghost story.

A stranded schoolteacher accepts a missing guest’s room at an Alps hotel — and spends the night trapped in uncanny, supernatural events.

Cast: Don McKellar, Ben Petrie, Delphine Roussel.
Director: Kier-La Janisse.

Do You Fear What I Fear – December 4 (Lifetime)

Lifetime trades rom-coms for a psychological holiday thriller.

Claire escapes her Christmas hometown—until decorations start appearing inside her home with sinister messages. Someone close to her is playing “Secret Santa,” and it’s not merry.

Cast: Ciara Hanna, Josh Henderson, Justin Cole, Michael Silberblatt, Nicole Stubbs, Charlene Amoia.
Director: Peter Sullivan.

“The Creep Tapes” Christmas Special – December 12 (Shudder)

Peachfuzz returns in a holiday special where a therapist’s Christmas Eve session spirals into horrific discomfort.

Cast: Mark Duplass, Timm Sharp.
Director: Patrick Brice.

The Boulet Brothers’ Holiday of Horrors – December 16 (Shudder)

Four original shorts from:
• The Boulet Brothers
• David Dastmalchian
• Akela Cooper (M3GAN)
• Kate Siegel (Midnight Mass)

Expect atmospheric chills, practical gore, and twisted holiday imagery.

Cast: Bonnie Aarons, Steve Agee, Tracie Thoms.

New Fears Eve – December 16 (Screambox)

A rare New Year’s horror entry where a sadistic surgeon—“The Doctor”—targets three friends at their dreaded company NYE party.

Cast: Felissa Rose, Dave Sheridan, Hannah Fierman, Jeffrey Reddick.
Directors: P.J. Starks & Eric Huskisson.

More Holiday Horror

• Christmas Chaos: Making The Mean One – Out Now (Prime Video)
• Joe Bob’s Cold Cruel Christmas – December 12 (Shudder)
• Ti West’s Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol starring Johnny Depp – November 13, 2026
• Robert Eggers’ upcoming ghostly Dickens adaptation starring Willem Dafoe — in development

🍿 THE FIVE BIGGEST HORROR MOVIES OF DECEMBER 2025

Holiday horror doesn’t stop at streaming — this month brings four new theatrical releases and one mega-sequel guaranteed to dominate the box office.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 – December 5 (Theaters)

Emma Tammi returns to direct the sequel to the 2023 blockbuster.

A year after the first massacre, Abby sneaks back to reconnect with Freddy, Bonnie, Chica, and Foxy — unleashing a new wave of supernatural terror.

Cast: Josh Hutcherson, Elizabeth Lail, Piper Rubio, Matthew Lillard, Skeet Ulrich, Freddy Carter, Wayne Knight, Mckenna Grace, Megan Fox.

Silent Night, Deadly Night – December 12 (Theaters)

(This entry appears in both sections — it is both a holiday slasher and a major theatrical release.)

Billy returns for an annual Christmas killing spree, but this year, love threatens to break his murderous cycle.

Tickets on sale now.

Influencers – December 12 (Shudder)

Cassandra Naud reprises her role as CW in Kurtis David Harder’s sequel to the 2022 hit Influencer.

A quiet life in the French countryside crumbles when CW’s obsession with murder collides with an intrusive influencer.

Dust Bunny – December 12 (Theaters)

Bryan Fuller makes his feature directorial debut, re-teaming with Mads Mikkelsen.

A 10-year-old girl hires her monster-killing neighbor — who may actually be a hitman — to destroy the creature that ate her family.

Cast: Sophie Sloan, Sigourney Weaver, David Dastmalchian.

Anaconda – December 25 (Theaters)

The weirdest release of the month: a meta, comedic remake starring Paul Rudd and Jack Black.

Movie superfans try to remake Anaconda… until a real giant snake crashes the set.

Cast: Thandiwe Newton, Steve Zahn, Selton Mello, Ione Skye, Daniela Melchior.
Director: Tom Gormican.

🩸 Other New December Horror Releases

• Man Finds Tape – December 5
• Pig Hill – December 9
• Turbulence – December 12
• New Fear’s Eve – December 16 (additional release window)
• The Plague – December 24
• The Shining – First-ever IMAX release on December 12
• Stranger Things 5 – Final episodes on Christmas & New Year’s

As 2025 comes to a close, the genre is refusing to slow down. Whether you’re hunting for holiday slashers, theatrical heavy-hitters, or the coziest kind of winter nightmares, this month delivers something wicked for every fan. Stay tuned to Gore Culture for daily updates, reviews, and every new terror heading your way.