Holiday horror
Holiday-themed horror films or holiday horror are a subgenre of horror films set during holidays. Holiday horror films can be presented in short or long formats, and typically utilize common themes, images, and motifs from the holidays during which they are set, often as methods by which the villain may murder their victims.
Film scholars Chris Vander Kaay and Kathleen Fernandez-Vander Kaay explain the subgenre as such: "The expression 'adding insult to injury' is an excellent encapsulation of the motivation behind the horror movie obsession with holidays. The holiday is a place for happiness and family... The horror movie loves nothing more than irony, and there is very little more ironic than the fear and isolation of a horror movie taking place right in the middle of the festivities."
List of films
The following is a list of holiday horror films that depict or are set during a holiday or holiday season.| Films that feature Valentine's Day | |
| Films that feature Saint Patrick's Day | |
| Films that feature April Fools' Day | |
| Films that feature Easter | |
| Films that feature Walpurgis Night and May Day | |
| Films that feature Mother's Day | |
| Films that feature Father's Day | |
| Films that feature Independence Day | |
| Films that feature Midsummer | |
| Films that feature Halloween | |
| Films that feature Día de Muertos | |
| Films that feature Thanksgiving | |
| Films that feature Hanukkah | |
| Films that feature Christmas | |
| Films that feature New Year's Eve and New Year's Day |