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authoritative vacation films are a pillar of the gay season , but there are manyforgottenChristmasmoviesthat can be revisited to append some variety . Christmas film likeA Christmas Story , National Lampoon’sChristmas Vacation , andIt ’s a Wonderful Lifeoften are play non - block off over the holidays . While the most well - known titles are much ethnical instauration , there are many lesser - known and forgotten Christmas flick — from the underrated and underappreciated to the niche and eccentric — usable for viewers seeking something a bit unlike .
For those look for to fly the coop the same old Lifetimeand Hallmark - like tropes , there are unique forgotten Christmas film available in more or less every genre . Sometimes the formula gets interchange up and viewers get exciting crossover voter into action mechanism , horror , and musicals . There are interesting example of data-based Christmas cinema too — though the gamble does n’t always pay off , and sometimes the movies end up as " so bad they ’re good " vacation releases . For those who are tired of the same old image - filled movies that air every vacation season , there are plenty of eccentric and forgotten Christmas movies .
Time to get into the Christmas intent with a run down of the best Christmas movies of all time .
21Christmas Bounty (2013)
WWE’s The Miz In A Christmas Action Comedy
Mike Mizanin is most known for his role as wrestler The Miz on WWE , but he also has a smaller movie calling . While his main persona descend inThe Marinefranchise , he also has a Christmas movie under his belt calledChristmas Bounty . Miz is n’t the first WWE superstar to appear in a Christmas movie , but he went with a less traditional endeavour .
Christmas Bountystars Francis Raisa as a shoal instructor who is a former bounty hunter who is called on for one more commission . Miz is her former beau who she enlists for help to keep her current fiancé from learning about her past . This is an unusual Christmas action moving picture that taps into the ironic marriage of natural process andthe merry time of year spawned byDie Hard .
20Don’t Open Till Christmas (1984)
A Christmas Slasher Movie
AfterFriday the 13thandHalloweenwere huge smasher in the late 1970s and early eighties , studio decided to make all sort of holiday - themed horror movies . One of these was a British picture calledDon’t Open Till Christmas . This obscure slasher meet a man killing people who primp up as Santa Claus and one investigator has to cease him before Christmas .
Like many eighty slasher movies , Don’t Open Till Christmasisa gloomy - budget horror that focuses on gore , nudity , and jump scares . It also have a trailer that halts abruptly in the middle to annunciate that Caroline Monroe would guest star in the moving-picture show , followed by a musical number from the singer — an unbelievably unknown selling strategy . This remain one of the most blank out of the vacation slasher movies , though one worth visiting for those who enjoy the horror subgenre .
Do n’t Open Till Christmas is uncommitted to stream on Shudder .
19Krampus (2015)
From The Director Of Trick ‘R Treat
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Krampusgave the horror genre its own gay mascot in 2015 . direct by the man who lend the world the underrated , smart as a whip vacation horror movieTrick radius Treat , Krampustells the tale of the European mythological figurewho punishes the bad girls and boy , while Santa rewards the good ones . Max is a untried son who loves Christmas , but when his dysfunctional kin ruins the holiday tone , Max rips up his letter to Santa and flip it aside . This bring Krampus to town , to punish those who smash the Christmas spirit . The moving picture is a gloomy clowning with a great cast that offers gore and playfulness while refusing to take itself seriously .
Krampusis available to stream on Peacock .
Krampus is a mythologic Christmas ikon in European folklore . And , this anti - Santa Claus has become quite pop in horror movies , too .
18Jack Frost (1998)
A Michael Keaton Supernatural Christmas Drama
Michael Keaton andthe late Kelly Preston star in this forgotten Christmas movie , butJack Frostended up as a holiday collapse when it failed to make back its budget at the boxful office(viaBox Office Mojo)and get overall negative decisive review . The movie takes a benighted spirit at the holidays as a sway vocalizer name Jack Frost ( Keaton ) who incessantly overlook his family and ends up dying during the vacation season .
He once say his son that a harmonica he devote him was magic , and he could learn it no matter where he was . When his son plays it a year after his demise , Jack returns in the body of a snowman , countenance his son to finally come to grip with the expiration of his dad . This is by all odds among the glowering Christmas movies that is n’t a horror , and perfect for those seekinga vacation film with a piffling more thematic deepness .
Jack Frost ( 1998)is available to swarm on Max .
17Jack Frost (1997)
A Cult Favorite Christmas Horror Movie
Of all the block Christmas movies on the market , none are quite asnotorious as the horror movie calledJack Frost . The 1997Jack Frostmovie take in space in the fictional town of Snowmonton . Jack Frost is a serial killer who , en road to his execution , crashes into a genetic research truck . Then man becomes snow , and Jack Frost continues his violent disorder .
This admit one view where he liquefies and creeps under a door . The movie blend in for the absurd humour , with a man shooting the melted water and enounce he ca n’t hurt the villain . ancestry like that makeJack Frosta cult classic Christmas horror moving-picture show , albeit one that act with its clapper in its brass .
Jack Frost ( 1997 ) is available to well out on Amazon Prime Video .
16Surviving Christmas (2004)
Forgotten Christmas Film Starring Ben Affleck & James Gandolfini
Whileit is n’t Ben Affleck ’s effective movie , Surviving Christmashas a terrific supporting cast . With Christina Applegate , the late James Gandolfini , and Catherine O’Hara all playing large function , the movie had a chance to become a vacation classic . However , the gifted performers terminate up as deeply unsympathetic and agonistical characters . Released in 2004 , the Christmas movie failed at the box office(viaBox Office Mojo ) . It was also nominated for three Golden Raspberry Awards , with Worst Picture , Worst Actor , and Worst Screenplay . While not a highlight of Affleck ’s career , it remains an interesting forgotten Christmas moving picture , albeit one occupy with more detrition than most .
Surviving Christmasis useable to stream on Amazon Prime Video .
The best Christmas movies for kids catch the celebration of the holiday time of year , from classic like A Charlie Brown Christmas to innovative hits like Elf .
15Santa With Muscles (1996)
Hulk Hogan’s Forgotten Christmas Movie
Santa with Musclesranks among the strangest forget Christmas movies . WWE star Hulk Hogan star as Blake Thorn , the millionaire head of a bodybuilding supplement troupe . The movie is a false identity tarradiddle , with Blake being misguided for a mall Santa after getting in the garb to avoid the police force . There ’s also a megalomaniacal scientist trying to obtain magic crystals take a breather beneath an orphanage . It ’s a difficult film to take seriously , but it does feature an early coming into court byMila Kunis as a child actor .
14Elf Bowling The Movie: The Great North Pole Elf Strike (2007)
Based On The Video Game
Elf Bowlingwas a popular computer biz in the early 2000s , but it ’s impossible to see why anyone would have thought , even at the height of the game ’s popularity , that pass on the enfranchisement an animated celluloid was a good idea . television secret plan movies struggle to work because older telecasting games do n’t commonly focus on their patch above other chemical element like picture show do . This leads to television game adaptations often being given storylines that are only somewhat related to their source material . Elf Bowling The Moviefollows this way of life , and this resulted in critical and commercial nonstarter .
The film remain a bizarre example of filmmakers trying to make the secret plan oeuvre as a movie . However , " so defective they ’re good " movies have become a subgenre in their own right , andfor those seeking some ironic holiday enjoyment , thenElf Bowling The Movieis one of the best forgotten Christmas movies available .
13Saving Christmas (2014)
Kirk Cameron Plays A Fictional Version Of Himself
Saving Christmasstars Kirk Cameron as a fictional version of himself , sample to convince his buddy ( also a fictional portraiture ) that Christmas has always been deep root in Christianity despite the holiday ’s commercialization in recent years . He tot they should embrace and celebrate this family relationship . The movie has received an extremely polarizing reaction , with many lover sense it is a bad movie and others praising it for its substance of keeping Jesus in the story of Christmas . However , the message remains a mixed one , with Cameron explaining that everything from Santa to spend a lot of money on gifts is in the name of Jesus .
Saving Christmasis available to stream on Amazon Prime Video .
These non - Christmas movies are still great to watch during the holidays because of their options or other elements that evoke the vacation sentiment .
12Deadly Games (1989)
Originally Titled 3615 Code Père Noël
The original title of this flick is3615 code Père Noël , but it ’s also known asDeadly Games , Dial Code Santa Claus , Game Over , andHide and Freak . Issues with promotional material and localization principle ascertain this moving-picture show was pushed into obscurity before it ever had a opportunity . The Gallic horror - thriller takes the idea fromHome Aloneand makes it more terrifying with the drifter in the film dressed as Santa as a stalker and murderer who remove a child ’s crime syndicate , all while the boy think it is the real Santa Claus . The escapades inHome Alonewere a series of hilarious jokes with no real stakes , whilethe vagrant passing as Santa in this movie is terrorise .
Deadly Gamesis uncommitted to stream on Shudder .
