Here is another lovely entry for holiday horror.
Edward Scissorhands
You can argue on this one but it’s on our list anyway. Edward Scissorhands, a lot like Gremlins and Die Hard, are movies that, by association, are Christmas films. So much so that Edward is responsible for the magical snow that falls on the suburban township below the towering mountain he calls home. Tim Burton’s follow up to Beetlejuice, Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure, and Batman, surprised moviegoing public with it’s heartwarming tale of a robot on a hill, discovered by the rest of the world. The film also delivered Johnny Depp his first Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. It also made Avon Lady’s cool again for a hot minute.
We love this film because it has two of the needed ingredients for holiday viewing, twinkling lights and it has blades. It also has snow, ice sculptures, and a misunderstood outsider robot who’s only crime was being more human than the people around him. That, friends, is pretty much how we horror folk feel at this time of year, is it not?
Merry Christmas!
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| RATING: | PG-13 | < Edward Scissorhands  |
| Runtime: | 1hr. 45Mins. | |
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And guess what? As part of the 25 Days of Christmas Horror, we are giving away a DVD of All Through The House signed by both writer director Todd Nunes and scream queen Jessica Cameron!
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Each day leading up to December 25 we will be offering you at least one blood curdling suggestion for festive horror fun. Sometimes it will be a spooky little short, other times it will be viewing suggestions, and if you are good little monsters you may even have the chance to win Santa’s fabulous booty with fun giveaways!un giveaways!
Norman Gidney is the founder and editor-in-chief of HorrorBuzz, which he launched in 2015 to cover everything that goes bump in the night: horror films, haunts, books, games, and the people who make them. He also runs The Screaming Room Film Festival and hosts the Horror Movie Night series at The Frida Cinema in Santa Ana, California.
