Best Holiday Slashers
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1. New Year's Evil (1980)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
During a New Year's Eve celebration, a Los Angeles disc jockey receives a phone call saying that when New Year's strikes in each time zone, someone will be murdered - and she will be the last one.
Director: Emmett Alston | Stars: Roz Kelly, Kip Niven, Chris Wallace, Grant Cramer
Votes: 3,824
Holiday Associated With: New Year's Eve
2. ThanksKilling (2008)
Not Rated | 70 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A homicidal turkey axes off college kids during Thanksgiving break.
Director: Jordan Downey | Stars: Wanda Lust, Natasha Cordova, Lindsey Anderson, Lance Predmore
Votes: 5,450
Holiday Associated With: Thanksgiving
3. Psycho Santa (2003 Video)
TV-14 | 72 min | Horror
While 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.
Director: Peter Keir | Stars: Krystal Havens, Jason Barnes, Jeff Samford, Michelle Samford
Votes: 240
Holiday Associated With: Christmas
4. Red Clover (2012 TV Movie)
R | 88 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A young woman accidentally releases a homicidal leprechaun while hunting, which brings back memories of her town's deadly past.
Director: Drew Daywalt | Stars: Derek Babb, Kent Jude Bernard, Chase Boltin, Dave Davis
Votes: 855
Holiday Associated With: Saint Patty's Day
5. Uncle Sam (1996 Video)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Horror
Desert Storm vet who was killed in combat rises from the grave on July Fourth, to kill the unpatriotic citizens of his hometown, after some teens burn an American flag over his burial site.
Director: William Lustig | Stars: William Smith, David 'Shark' Fralick, Christopher Ogden, Leslie Neale
Votes: 3,640
Holiday Associated With: The 4th Of July
6. Mother's Day (1980)
Unrated | 91 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Two brothers kidnap and brutalize three women for the pleasure of their demented mother.
Director: Charles Kaufman | Stars: Tiana Pierce, Nancy Hendrickson, Deborah Luce, Frederick Coffin
Votes: 6,155
Holiday Associated With: Mother's Day
7. Cupid (1997)
R | 95 min | Horror, Thriller
A brother and sister with a past incestuous relationship have a current murderous relationship. He murders the women who reject him and she murders the women who get too close to him.
Director: Doug Campbell | Stars: Zach Galligan, Ashley Laurence, Mary Crosby, Joseph Kell
Votes: 417
Holiday Associated With: Valentine's Day
8. Candyman: Day of the Dead (1999 Video)
R | 93 min | Horror, Thriller
The Candyman is back, trying to convince his descendent, an artist, to join him.
Director: Turi Meyer | Stars: Donna D'Errico, Tony Todd, Alexia Robinson, Leonardo Guerra
Votes: 7,601
Holiday Associated With: Day Of The Dead
9. Killer Eye: Halloween Haunt (2011)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy, Horror
When Jenna asks her four hot girlfriends to help convert an old mansion into a Halloween Haunt, they decide to party instead! Things get steamy between the girls, until they accidentally ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Band | Stars: Erica Rhodes, Olivia Alexander, Ariana Madix, Chelsea Edmundson
Votes: 446
Holiday Associated With: Halloween
10. Easter Bunny Bloodbath (2010)
Unrated | 80 min | Comedy, Horror
Twenty years ago, young Peter McKay watched his father decapitate his sister on Easter morning. Peter never celebrated the Easter holiday again... until now.
Director: Richard Mogg | Stars: Shayan Bayat, Meghan Kinsley, Travis Turner, Adrian Daniels
Votes: 190
Holiday Associated With: Easter
11. ThanksKilling 3 (2012)
Not Rated | 99 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Fowl-mouthed villain Turkie carves through the likes of a rapping grandma, a mindless puppet, a wig-wearing inventor, a bisexual space worm, and their equally ridiculous friends on his quest to recover the last copy of "ThanksKilling 2".
Director: Jordan Downey | Stars: Daniel Usaj, Joe Hartzler, Preston Altree, Benjamin Siemon
Votes: 1,280
Holiday Associated With: Thanksgiving
12. Unlucky Charms (2013)
Unrated | 71 min | Fantasy, Horror
Five girls vie for a chance to model diva Deedee DeVille's fashion line, but they're soon competing for their lives against four mythical beings, led by the mischievous Farr Darrig.
Director: Charles Band | Stars: Tiffany Thornton, Seth Peterson, Charlie O'Connell, Nathan Phillips
Votes: 459
Holiday Associated With: Saint Patty's Day
13. The Purge: Election Year (2016)
R | 108 min | Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
Former Police Sergeant Barnes becomes head of security for Senator Charlie Roan, a Presidential candidate targeted for death on Purge night due to her vow to eliminate the Purge.
Director: James DeMonaco | Stars: Frank Grillo, Elizabeth Mitchell, Mykelti Williamson, J.J. Soria
Votes: 109,659 | Gross: $79.21M
Holiday Associated With: The 4th Of July - Election Day
14. Mother's Day Massacre (2007)
Not Rated | 77 min | Horror
Nobody escapes the bloodletting in this heartwarming tale of a family reunited. Jim is a shy teen whose mom left when he was a child.
Director: Jeff Roenning | Stars: Adam Scarimbolo, Emily Grace, Heidi Kristoffer, Noah Fleiss
Votes: 288
Holiday Associated With: Mother's Day
15. The Night Before Easter (2014)
65 min | Horror, Thriller
A group of friends are stalked in a storage facility the night before Easter by an axe wielding lunatic in an Easter Bunny costume.
Directors: Joseph Henson, Nathan Johnson | Stars: April Sinclair, Emily Chidalek, Alyssa Matusiak, Bonnie Marilyn Jean
Votes: 138
Holiday Associated With: Easter
16. X-Ray (1981)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
While receiving a routine check-up, a woman finds herself stranded on the hospital's eighth floor, while someone dressed as a doctor is intent on her never leaving, even if it means killing any staff member who comes into contact with her.
Director: Boaz Davidson | Stars: Barbi Benton, Charles Lucia, Jon Van Ness, John Warner Williams
Votes: 3,352
Holiday Associated With: Valentine's Day
17. April Fool's Day (1986)
R | 89 min | Horror, Mystery
Nine college students staying at a friend's remote island mansion begin to fall victim to an unseen murderer over the April Fool's Day weekend, but nothing is as it seems.
Director: Fred Walton | Stars: Deborah Foreman, Griffin O'Neal, Clayton Rohner, Jay Baker
Votes: 18,177 | Gross: $12.95M
Holiday Associated With: April Fool's Day
18. Wrong Turn 5: Bloodlines (2012 Video)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Horror
A group of college students, on a trip to the Mountain Man Festival on Halloween in West Virginia, encounter a clan of cannibals.
Director: Declan O'Brien | Stars: Doug Bradley, Camilla Arfwedson, Simon Ginty, Roxanne McKee
Votes: 22,854
Holiday Associated With: Halloween
19. Shredder (2001)
R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror
At an exclusive, secluded North American ski resort up on Mount Rocky Summit, brutal slashing, severing and beheading on a group of teenagers are taking place and are believed to be the work of a mysterious skier dressed in black.
Director: Greg Huson | Stars: Scott Weinger, Lindsey McKeon, Juleah Weikel, Billy O'Sullivan
Votes: 1,986
Holiday Associated With: Christmas - Winter
20. Bloody New Year (1987)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
A group of friends take refuge in an island hotel that is decorated for New Years. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them.
Director: Norman J. Warren | Stars: Suzy Aitchison, Nikki Brooks, Colin Heywood, Mark Powley
Votes: 2,258
Holiday Associated With: New Year's Eve - New Year's Day - New Year's Night
21. Easter Casket (2013 Video)
Not Rated | 80 min | Comedy, Horror
All hell breaks loose when Peter Cottontail aka The Easter Bunny hears that the Catholic Church is about to do away with all Easter rituals not pertaining directly to the resurrection of ... See full summary »
Director: Dustin Mills | Stars: Jason Crowe, Josh Eal, Erin R. Ryan, Steve Rimpici
Votes: 181
Holiday Associated With: Easter
22. Minutes to Midnight (2018)
Not Rated | 91 min | Action, Horror, Mystery
On the cusp of New Year's Eve, seven friends and a mysterious backpacker converge at a desolate ski lodge in the mountains when they are systematically hunted down by ruthless masked men with a cryptic agenda.
Director: Christopher Ray | Stars: William Baldwin, Richard Grieco, Bill Moseley, Viva Bianca
Votes: 561
Holiday Associated With: New Year's Eve
23. Broken Hearts (2010)
Not Rated | 121 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
A masked serial killer tries to win the heart of college girl on Valentine's Day by eliminating her other potential suitors in the most brutal and gruesome ways possible.
Director: Jake McDowell | Stars: Alex Fairlie, Alanna McConnell, Cameron Johnson, Tiana Asperjan
Votes: 66
Holiday Associated With: Valentine's Day
24. I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)
R | 101 min | Horror, Mystery
Four young friends bound by a tragic accident are reunited when they find themselves being stalked by a hook-wielding maniac in their small seaside town.
Director: Jim Gillespie | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Anne Heche, Ryan Phillippe
Votes: 157,697 | Gross: $72.59M
Holiday Associated With: The 4th Of July
25. All Souls Day: Dia de los Muertos (2005)
Not Rated | 88 min | Horror, Thriller
During a Day of the Dead celebration, the dead come to life to prey upon the living.
Director: Jeremy Kasten | Stars: Marisa Ramirez, Travis Wester, Nichole Hiltz, Laz Alonso
Votes: 1,546
Holiday Associated With: Day Of The Dead
26. Stepfather 3 (1992 TV Movie)
R | 110 min | Horror, Thriller
That psycho stepfather has escaped from the insane asylum and had his face surgically altered. Now he's married again, this time to a woman with a child in a wheelchair. He goes on a ... See full summary »
Director: Guy Magar | Stars: Robert Wightman, Priscilla Barnes, Season Hubley, David Tom
Votes: 2,050
Holiday Associated With: Father's Day
27. Satan Claus (1996 Video)
Unrated | 61 min | Horror
On 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 ... See full summary »
Director: Massimiliano Cerchi | Stars: Robert Cummins, Jodie Rafty, Robert Hector, Barie Snider
Votes: 218
Holiday Associated With: Christmas
28. April Fool's Day (2008 Video)
Unrated | 91 min | Horror
A year after an April Fool's Day prank which resulted in the death of one of their set, a group of friends find themselves targeted by someone who is out for revenge.
Directors: Mitchell Altieri, Phil Flores | Stars: Taylor Cole, Josh Henderson, Scout Taylor-Compton, Joe Egender
Votes: 4,198
Holiday Associated With: April Fool's Day
29. Halloween Night (2006 Video)
TV-14 | 85 min | Horror
The film follows Chris Vale (Scot Nery), a young man who was wrongly convicted of murdering his family in 1982, and admitted into an insane asylum based largely on the fact that Chris had ... See full summary »
Director: Mark Atkins | Stars: Derek Osedach, Rebekah Kochan, Scot Nery, Sean Durrie
Votes: 1,158
Holiday Associated With: Halloween
30. Serial Rabbit 3: Splitting Hares (2009 Video)
Not Rated | 103 min | Horror
When the rabbit kills the wife of the city's most powerful crime lord, a trap is set to finish off the rabbit once and for all. The rabbit finds himself in hell, face to face with the mother of demons who grants him immortality.
Director: Brett William Mauser | Stars: Bradley Bates, Kimberly Lynn Campbell, Sergio Cantu, Gabe 'The Babe' Carmona
Votes: 73
Holiday Associated With: Easter
31. Cinco De Mayo (2013)
Unrated | 71 min | Comedy, Drama, Horror
After being unjustly fired, harassed by his students and labeled a potential menace to society, El Maestro sets out to teach everyone one final lesson.
Director: Paul Ragsdale | Stars: Anthony Iava To'omata, Lindsay Amaral, Spencer Reza, Steven Pettit Jr
Votes: 91
Holiday Associated With: Cinco De Mayo
32. Valentine (2001)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Five women are stalked by an unknown assailant while preparing for Valentine's Day.
Director: Jamie Blanks | Stars: Denise Richards, David Boreanaz, Marley Shelton, Jessica Capshaw
Votes: 30,178 | Gross: $20.38M
Holiday Associated With: Valentine's Day
33. I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998)
R | 100 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
The murderous fisherman with a hook is back to once again stalk the two surviving teens, Julie and Ray, who had left him for dead, as well as cause even more murder and mayhem, this time at a posh island resort.
Director: Danny Cannon | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Brandy Norwood, Mekhi Phifer
Votes: 78,508 | Gross: $40.00M
Holiday Associated With: The 4th Of July
34. Blood Rage (1987)
R | 82 min | Horror
A boy kills a man and accuses his twin brother of the murder, and the innocent brother ends up institutionalized, while his psychotic twin goes free. 10 years later, the innocent twin escapes, which triggers his brother into killing again.
Director: John Grissmer | Stars: Louise Lasser, Mark Soper, Julie Gordon, Jayne Bentzen
Votes: 5,714
Holiday Associated With: Thanksgiving
35. Slaughter High (1986)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
Eight people are invited to their alma mater for their 10-year reunion, where a fellow former student, disfigured from a prank gone wrong, is out to seek revenge.
Directors: George Dugdale, Mark Ezra, Peter Mackenzie Litten | Stars: Caroline Munro, Simon Scuddamore, Carmine Iannaccone, Donna Yeager
Votes: 6,959
Holiday Associated With: April Fool's Day
36. Gingerdead Man vs Evil Bong (2013)
Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Horror
The Gingerdead Man seeks revenge against Sarah Leigh for causing him to live his life in the body of a gingerbread man. Her only hope is to team up with Larnell who has problems of his own in the form of a magical talking bong named Eebee.
Director: Charles Band | Stars: John Patrick Jordan, Robin Sydney, Sonny Carl Davis, Peter Donald Badalamenti II
Votes: 859
Holiday Associated With: National Weed Day - 420 Day
37. To All a Goodnight (1980)
R | 87 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of teenagers at a party find themselves being stalked by a maniacal killer in a Santa Claus costume.
Director: David Hess | Stars: Jennifer Runyon, Forrest Swonsen, Linda Gentile, William Lauer
Votes: 2,338
Holiday Associated With: Christmas
38. Leprechaun 2 (1994)
R | 85 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
On his one thousandth birthday, an evil leprechaun selects the descendant of one of his slaves to have as his bride, leaving it up to the girl's boyfriend to save her.
Director: Rodman Flender | Stars: Warwick Davis, Charlie Heath, Shevonne Durkin, Sandy Baron
Votes: 11,800 | Gross: $2.26M
Holiday Associated With: Saint Patty's Day
39. The Funhouse Massacre (2015)
R | 90 min | Comedy, Horror
Six of the world's scariest psychopaths escape from a local Asylum and proceed to unleash terror on the unsuspecting crowd of a Halloween Funhouse, whose themed mazes are inspired by their various reigns of terror.
Director: Andy Palmer | Stars: Jere Burns, Scottie Thompson, Matt Angel, Robert Englund
Votes: 4,300
Holiday Associated With: Halloween
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