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By Vaughn Trudeau Schoonmaker

There are so many holiday movies out there, one could conceivably spend the rest of one's life watching them back to back... and it's often tempting to give that a shot. For many -- myself included -- there's nothing better than laughing through the first two hilarious installments of "Home Alone" or sobbing through "It's a Wonderful Life" to snap them into the Christmas spirit.

Not everyone is a sucker for feel-good Christmas movie clichés, however. And once in a blue moon, Hollywood (or a VERY independent film company elsewhere) pops out a Christmas flick that doesn't feature clumsy burglars falling down stairs or James Stewart tearfully embracing his family. I'm talking about scary Christmas movies, or at least holiday movies that are meant to be frightening but come across as comically ridiculous. The seasonal red and green colors take on new meaning when the red is gushing blood and the green is monster skin.

This is a list for those of you who like your cinematic holiday feast served with a side of horror, gore and perhaps some unintentional comedy: the 10 scariest Christmas movies of all time. Read more...

Tags Black Christmas, child's play, christmas movies, elves, gremlins, jack frost, rare exports: a christmas tale, rudolf the red-nosed reindeer, santa's slay, silent night deadly night

As you might guess, we here at the MTV Movies Blog do what we do for a variety of reasons. We love movies. We love talking about them. Yadda yadda yadda, right? Really what we want though is the same as what you want...elf approval. We yearn for that acknowledgment and validation from our North Pole brethren. And finally we have it thanks to our friends at "Fred Claus"!

Feast your eyes on a mesmerizing piece of video I will never tire of watching. It's like a David Lynch holiday greeting card. Enjoy.

Tags elves, fred claus