Friday, 13 December 2019

December 13: In The Bleak Midwinter

It’s twelve days before Christmas but it’s also Friday the 13th, so...

13: In The Bleak Midwinter
“And they call him... Sandy Claws!”

Christmas and horror and related genres.

Christmas is a time for ghost stories besides A Christmas Carol. M. R. James would premiere stories at Christmas readings, hence the BBC adaptations traditionally showing around the season too.

There’s a subgenre of seasonal horror movies popularised by Halloween of course - but the original Black Christmas predates it.

Oh, and there’s that thing I keep quoting...

When else would you want a strange magical being to enter your house while you sleep, by the chimney no less?

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