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A Christmas Horror Story

2015 · 99 min · Director: Brett Sullivan, Grant Harvey, Steven Hoban ★ IMDb 5.8 · 14,302 ratings

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High school students investigate a mysterious homicide that occurred the prior holiday season, a couple notices their young son is acting strangely after a snowy forest trip to cut down a traditional tree and one family are stalked through a winter wonderland by Krampus, the Xmas demon. Meanwhile at the North Pole, Santa is fending off zombie elves.

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A Christmas Horror Story (2015) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Disturbing 25%, Tension 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear35%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Disturbing, Tension. Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Horror. AI estimate.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitles
  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Fear

Not enough subtitle evidence

No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Tension
Disturbing
Fear
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 18 %, then peaks around 88 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingFear
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor35 %23 %20 %12 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor40 %29 %28 %17 %
12.5 %≈ 12′Humor41 %33 %25 %18 %
17.5 %≈ 17′Humor45 %39 %21 %24 %
22.5 %≈ 22′Tension56 %54 %28 %38 %
27.5 %≈ 27′Tension60 %59 %42 %43 %
32.5 %≈ 32′Tension63 %60 %51 %45 %
37.5 %≈ 37′Tension66 %63 %54 %50 %
42.5 %≈ 42′Tension67 %65 %50 %54 %
47.5 %≈ 47′Tension73 %70 %49 %61 %
52.5 %≈ 52′Disturbing68 %64 %49 %51 %
57.5 %≈ 57′Tension60 %56 %41 %40 %
62.5 %≈ 62′Tension70 %68 %44 %55 %
67.5 %≈ 67′Tension76 %75 %54 %63 %
72.5 %≈ 72′Tension72 %71 %54 %56 %
77.5 %≈ 77′Tension76 %72 %60 %59 %
82.5 %≈ 82′Disturbing82 %77 %70 %68 %
87.5 %≈ 87′Tension84 %80 %74 %70 %
92.5 %≈ 92′Tension80 %74 %72 %64 %
97.5 %≈ 97′Disturbing71 %62 %64 %52 %
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

William Shatner

Dangerous Dan

GB
George Buza

GB
George Buza

Santa

RA
Rob Archer

RA
Rob Archer

Krampus

ZD
Zoé De Grand Maison

Molly

SK
Shannon Kook

Dylan

AF
Amy Forsyth

Caprice

JC
Jeff Clarke

Taylor

MN
Michelle Nolden

Dianne

OJ
Orion John

Will

A.C. Peterson

Big Earl

Julian Richings

Gerhardt

JS
Joe Silvaggio

Jingles/Troll Changeling

DA
Damir Andrei

Principal Herod

JC
Jessica Clement

Grace

DM
Debra McCabe

Marta

CC
Corinne Conley

Aunt Edda

Details

Directed by
Brett Sullivan, Grant Harvey, Steven Hoban
Written by
Doug Taylor, James Kee, Sarah Larsen, Pascal Trottier, James Kee
Type
Movies
Released
2015
Runtime
99 min
Country
Canada
Ratings
★ IMDb 5.8 · 14,302 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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