SLAY BELLES: HEROINES OF HOLIDAY HORROR 2022!

SLAY BELLES: HEROINES OF HOLIDAY HORROR 2022!

The holiday season is here and sometimes it seems there are more Christmas themed horrors than ones set on Halloween. But if there is a gift these holiday horrors bring, it’s a bevy of cuties and foxy final girls to warm our hearts like chestnuts roasting over an open fire. So without further ado, here are some of holiday horror’s hottest heroines!…

(Click on the highlighted titles and movie posters to get to our reviews and on the gallery photos to get a better look at the slay belles!)

Black Christmas (1974)

Black Christmas is one of the original modern slasher films and graced us with the beautiful Olivia Hussey as final girl Jess and a pre-Superman Margot Kidder as sexy, saucy Barb!

Olivia Hussey as Jess

Margot Kidder as Barb

Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

Silent Night, Deadly Night is another Christmas horror classic and this film has it’s shares of beauties as well. Sexy blonde Tara Buckman plays killer Billy’s mom Ellie, Toni Nero plays his work crush, Pamela and legendary scream queen Linnea Quigley plays the hot ill-fated babysitter Denise!

Tara Buckman as Ellie

Linnea Quigley as Denise

Toni Nero as Pamela

Black Christmas (2006)

Black Christmas 2006 wins the award for most holiday honies in one movie. Remake of the 1974 classic has a bevy of beautiful sorority sisters to melt any snowman…

Katie Cassiday as Kelli

Lacey Chabert as Dana

Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Heather

Michelle Trachtenberg as Melissa

Crystal Lowe as Lauren

Leela Savasta as Clair

SILENT NIGHT (2012)

This quasi-remake has a few cuties of its own. It has My Bloody Valentine 2009’s Jaime King as pretty deputy Aubrey Bradimore, Scott Pilgram’s Ellen Wong as adorable police station receptionist Brenda and Zombeaver’s Cortney Palm as ill-fated adult movie actress Maria.

Jaime King as Aubrey

Ellen Wong as Brenda

Cortney Palm as Maria

BETTER WATCH OUT (2016)

Next up, Olivia DeJonge as embattled, yuletide babysitter, Ashley from the twisted Christmas thriller, Better Watch Out!

Olivia DeJonge as Ashley

BLACK CHRISTMAS (2019)

Next up, Imogen Poots as Riley Stone in yet another Black Christmas remake!

Riley

CHRISTMAS BLOODY CHRISTMAS (2022)

We finish up this year’s look at festive final girls, Christmas cuties and sexy slay belles with a look at one of the latest to join the holiday fun, Riley Dandy as Santa-bot gone awry battling Tori in Christmas Bloody Christmas!

Riley Dandy as Tori

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MONSTERZERO NJ’S 21 HO HO HORROR FLICKS TO ADD A CHILL TO YOUR HOLIDAYS!

A combat robot, converted into a toy store Santa, reverts back to its original programming in Christmas Bloody Christmas!

That “other” holiday season is here, the one that doesn’t involve jack-o-lanterns, witches and goblins! That doesn’t mean you can’t have some chills and thrills. I tried to add some variety here, so, not all of them are classics…and not all strictly horrors…though A Christmas Carol IS a ghost story after all. Here are twenty-one flicks to add some chills and thrills to your ho ho holidays!

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Anna (Ella Hunt) battles the undead in the zombie horror Christmas musical Anna and the Apocalypse!

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MONSTERZERO NJ’S 10 REASONS IT’S NOT HALLOWEEN WITHOUT JOHN SAXON!

John Saxon as Lieutenant Donald Thompson in The Nightmare on Elm Street franchise.

Photo by New Line – © 1987 New Line Cinema. All rights reserved.

Watching horror flicks during the Halloween 🎃 season, there might be yet another face, aside from Karloff, Lugosi, Lee, Tom Atkins and Robert England, that you might see more than once…and that familiar face is actor and horror icon, the late John Saxon! A movie and TV veteran for over sixty years, Saxon has appeared in a number of horror classics and cult classics, from the 70s to present day, like Argento’s Tenebrae, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and the Robert Rodriguez vampire flick From Dusk till Dawn. So, in honor of this veteran of horror, here are 10 horror flicks that illustrate why it’s not Halloween 🎃 without John Saxon!

Carmine “John Saxon” Orrico 1936-2020

A talented and versatile actor that returned to the horror genre time and time again for over six decades! Photo: IMDB

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SLAY BELLES: HEROINES OF HOLIDAY HORROR 2021!

SLAY BELLES: HEROINES OF HOLIDAY HORROR 2021!

The holiday season is here and sometimes it seems there are more Christmas themed horrors than ones set on Halloween. But if there is a gift these holiday horrors bring, it’s a bevy of cuties and foxy final girls to warm our hearts like chestnuts roasting over an open fire. So without further ado, here are some of holiday horror’s hottest heroines!…

(Click on the highlighted titles and movie posters to get to our reviews and on the gallery photos to get a better look at the slay belles!)

Black Christmas (1974)

Black Christmas is one of the original modern slasher films and graced us with the beautiful Olivia Hussey as final girl Jess and a pre-Superman Margot Kidder as sexy, saucy Barb!

Olivia Hussey as Jess

Margot Kidder as Barb

Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

Silent Night, Deadly Night is another Christmas horror classic and this film has it’s shares of beauties as well. Sexy blonde Tara Buckman plays killer Billy’s mom Ellie, Toni Nero plays his work crush, Pamela and legendary scream queen Linnea Quigley plays the hot ill-fated babysitter Denise!

Tara Buckman as Ellie

Linnea Quigley as Denise

Toni Nero as Pamela

Black Christmas (2006)

Black Christmas 2006 wins the award for most holiday honies in one movie. Remake of the 1974 classic has a bevy of beautiful sorority sisters to melt any snowman…

Katie Cassiday as Kelli

Lacey Chabert as Dana

Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Heather

Michelle Trachtenberg as Melissa

Crystal Lowe as Lauren

Leela Savasta as Clair

SILENT NIGHT (2012)

This quasi-remake has a few cuties of its own. It has My Bloody Valentine 2009’s Jaime King as pretty deputy Aubrey Bradimore, Scott Pilgram’s Ellen Wong as adorable police station receptionist Brenda and Zombeaver’s Cortney Palm as ill-fated adult movie actress Maria.

Jaime King as Aubrey

Ellen Wong as Brenda

Cortney Palm as Maria

BETTER WATCH OUT (2016)

Next up, Olivia DeJonge as embattled, yuletide babysitter, Ashley from the twisted Christmas thriller, Better Watch Out!

Olivia DeJonge as Ashley

BLACK CHRISTMAS (2019)

We finish up this look at festive final girls, Christmas cuties and sexy slay belles with a look at one of the latest to join the holiday fun, Imogen Poots as Riley Stone in yet another Black Christmas remake!

Riley

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MONSTERZERO NJ’S 20 HO HO HORROR FLICKS TO ADD A CHILL TO YOUR HOLIDAYS!

Sometimes a quiet Christmas is the best way to go in Better Watch Out!.

That “other” holiday season is here, the one that doesn’t involve jack-o-lanterns, witches and goblins! That doesn’t mean you can’t have some chills and thrills. I tried to add some variety here, so, not all of them are classics…and not all strictly horrors…though A Christmas Carol IS a ghost story after all. Here are twenty flicks to add some chills and thrills to your ho ho holidays!

(Type the corresponding film title in the search engine above to get to our reviews!)

A ride share home during the Christmas holidays turns cold and deadly in Wind Chill!

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MONSTERZERO NJ’S 15 HO HO HORROR FLICKS TO ADD A CHILL TO YOUR HOLIDAYS 2020!

Sometimes a quiet Christmas is the best way to go in Better Watch Out!.

That “other” holiday season is here, the one that doesn’t involve jack-o-lanterns, witches and goblins, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have some chills and thrills. I tried to add some variety here, so, not all of them are classics…and not all strictly horrors…though A Christmas Carol IS a ghost story after all. Here are fifteen flicks to add some chills and thrills to your ho ho holidays!

(Click on the titles below the movie poster gallery to get to our reviews!)

A ride share home during the Christmas holidays turns cold and deadly in Wind Chill!

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BARE BONES: BLACK CHRISTMAS (2019)

BLACK CHRISTMAS (2019)

Remake, or re-imagining takes place on a college campus at Christmas break. The MKE sorority girls put on a controversial Christmas show at the DKO fraternity, calling out an alumnus for his rape of sorority member Riley (Imogen Poots). Soon the ladies of MKE and other sororities, start to fall one by one, as a group of hooded and masked killers stalk them across campus.

Flick is directed by Sophia Takal from her script, co-written by April Wolfe. In the age of #MeToo the film faces the issue of sexual abuses on college campuses head on, as well as the disbelief and stigma that falls on the accuser instead of the accused. In this aspect, the film achieves its goals. It’s so busy with its messages, though, that it almost forgets to be a horror film. It takes almost an hour for the flick to really get going and the kills are mostly offscreen, muting their impact. Aside from being set in a sorority and a few scattered elements, it doesn’t really follow the 1974 original, or the previous 2006 remake. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it doesn’t really do too much new with the stalker premise, either. On a horror film level, it’s derivative, despite adding a supernatural element to its story not present in the other versions. Its climax is a bit overblown and it’s at that point where the film’s message starts to become sledgehammered, when the flick already made it’s point so well in the first half. Also, if there is a supernatural element controlling certain individuals, are they really to blame for their actions and deserved of their fates? Wouldn’t it have served the story’s point better if they were simply misogynist a-holes and not in a black magic thrall? The cast are fine, especially Poots as the emotionally wounded Riley. Veteran actor Cary Elwes, as a douchey professor, does overdo it a bit. He practically has a neon sign saying “bad guy” floating over his head the entire movie. There are some nice nods to the original like the address of a sorority being “1974”, the year the first Black Christmas was released, and it does have a few intense moments. Overall, It’s a film that delivers its messages, sometimes with a heavy hand, but boldly straight on. Unfortunately, though, it skimps somewhat on being an actual horror flick.

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MONSTERZERO NJ’S 15 HO HO HORROR FLICKS TO ADD A CHILL TO YOUR HOLIDAYS!

What better way to celebrate Christmas than with zombies and musical numbers in Anna and the Apocalypse.

That “other” holiday season is here, the one that doesn’t involve jack-o-lanterns, witches and goblins, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have some chills and thrills. I tried to add some variety here, so, not all of them are classics…and not all strictly horrors…though A Christmas Carol IS a ghost story after all. Here are fifteen flicks to add some chills and thrills to your ho ho holidays!

(Click on the titles below the movie poster gallery to get to our reviews!)

1. Black Christmas
2. Silent Night Deadly Night
3. Christmas Evil
4. Krampus
5. A Christmas Carol
6. The Nightmare Before Christmas
7. Gremlins
8. Rare Exports
9. A Christmas Horror Story
10. Holidays
11. Better Watch Out
12. Silent Night 2012
13. Black Christmas 2006
14. The Children 2008
15. Anna and the Apocalypse

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MONSTERZERO NJ’S 10 FLICKS TO ADD A CHILL TO YOUR HOLIDAYS!

That “other” holiday season is here, the one that doesn’t involve jack-o-lanterns, witches and goblins, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have some chills and thrills. I tried to add some variety here, so not all of them are classics and not all strictly horrors…though A Christmas Carol IS a ghost story after all. Here are ten flicks to add some chills and thrills to your ho ho holidays!

REVIEW LINKS: click to read the corresponding review!

1. Black Christmas
2. Silent Night Deadly Night
3. Christmas Evil
4. Krampus
5. A Christmas Carol
6. The Nightmare Before Christmas
7. Gremlins
8. Rare Exports
9. A Christmas Horror Story
10. Better Watch Out

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MONSTERZERO NJ’S 15 HORROR FLICKS WITH SORORITY GIRLS IN PERIL!

The girls of Theta Pi stalked by a killer in Sorority Row

If there is any group of damsels in distress featured prominently in horror, other than babysitter’s and high school girls, of course, it’s the sorority sister. So here are fifteen flicks that feature college cuties under siege from all sorts of sinister forces…

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