Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror: The Stupidest Angel by Christopher Moore [Spotlight]
A hilariously deranged tale of Santa, fruitcakes, angels, and Kung Fu: An angel is sent to Earth to grant the wish of a boy—and accidently causes the town to fall prey to all the zombies from the nearby cemetery.
Tracking down “The Grimm Who Stole Christmas”
In the seasonal episode of TV fantasy police drama GRIMM, Nick is faced with destructive Christmas gremlins. Watch the Christmas special’s promo video.
L.A. Detwiler: ‘The Christmas Bell’—will they fall to grandma’s malevolent secret?
From USA Today bestseller L.A. Detwiler comes a disturbing paranormal horror novel that will bring hell to the holidays and chilling fear to the festivities.
Justice League vs Solomon Grundy at the Christmas party
Zombie Solomon Grundy has crashed the Justice League’s Christmas party! Come watch one of my favorite episodes, which makes me laugh and also, I must admit, makes me cry.
Terry Pratchett: Hogfather—A Christmas Novel of Discworld [Flashback]
Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novel Hogfather is chock-full of supernatural figureheads—including Death, the Tooth Fairy, and Jack Frost. And—oh, yeah—the Discworld version of Santa Claus. Said the author, “We are meddling with dark magic at the dark time of the year.”
13 Christmas Horror Anthologies
Want a look at the scary side of Christmas? From Krampus and ghosts to zombies and killers, these anthologies offer dozens of authors raising a lot of questions about the season…
Star Trek: Is Paramount selling Star Trek to another studio?
Does Paramount need to sell off Star Trek to save the company? This can mean either selling its products to another channel or selling the whole brand to another studio. How likely is that?
Holidays with ‘Anna and the Apocalypse’: “Christmas Means Nothing Without You”
“Anna and the Apocalypse” mixes together a lot of stuff—it’s a musical about high school students graduating throughout a zombie outbreak during the holidays. Listen to a Christmas song from the soundtrack…
James Lovegrove: Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon [Spotlight]
A Sherlock Holmes novel from the bestselling author of “The Age of Odin” and the Firefly novel “Big Damn Hero.” “There’s a literary tradition going back to Victorian times of equating Christmas with ghosts…”
Addams Family’s Christmas rituals
It might seem more normal to see the Addams Family celebrate Halloween, but the original series did have a Christmas episode. Watch clips from “Christmas with the Addams Family”…
Tananarive Due about being a Black horror author
The Literary Life Podcast talked with Tananarive Due about the scripted drama show Horror Noire, as well as about her latest novel, The Between. You can listen to the whole podcast interview here.
Nightmare Abbey 2 Scares Up More Great Terror Tales
The second issue of magazine Nightmare Abbey offers terror tales by writers like Steve Duffy, Helen Grant and David Surface, plus explores the impact of Theodore Sturgeon’s “It.”
Joe Hill: NOS4A2—is every day Christmas?
“I find most vampire novels soooooooooo disappointing…” The spine-tingling, bone-chilling novel of supernatural suspense from the #1 New York Times bestselling author.
Santa Claus vs The Devil
The 1959 Mexican fantasy film “Santa Claus” is a wildly interesting film that was apparently made by people who were only vaguely familiar with the Santa Claus tradition.
Brom: Krampus: The Yule Lord—“I love the idea of Krampus returning to reclaim Christmas”
Acclaimed author and artist Brom raised pulse rates with his grim reimagining of the Peter Pan legend. For an encore, he tinkers darkly with the beloved mythology of Santa Claus.
Munsters’ Scary Little Christmas [Flashback]
The 1996 TV special The Munsters’ Scary Little Christmas begins with Eddie feeling homesick. His dad decides a “good old Transylvanian Christmas” will put his son in the mood for the holidays.
RIP Kirstie Alley from Star Trek, Cheers
Actress Kirstie Alley (1951-2022), who began her film career in 1982's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, has died following a battle with cancer. She was 71.
D.M. Guay: Hell for the Holidays [Spotlight]
This Christmas won’t be cheerful. It’ll be more like “Evil Dead” meets “Christmas Vacation.” The Wallace family’s annual Christmas Eve party is about to skid off the rails.
Christopher Lee holiday song “Jingle Hell”
Every monster movie fan should know about Christopher Lee, who has appeared in lots of horror films. What you may have missed was his heavy metal Christmas songs.
Anne Rice wrote about Christmas with the werewolf
It is winter at Nideck Point and for Reuben Golding, now infused with the Wolf Gift, this promises to be a season like no other. “It was meant to be a Christmas book,” Rice said. “I thought, 'I want to do Christmas with the werewolf.'“