Movies like Mercy Christmas (2017)
The best movies like Mercy Christmas (2017) are A Christmas Horror Story (2015), The Nights Before Christmas (2020) and All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018). If Mercy Christmas hooked you with its action and horror, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBetter Watch Out (2017)6.6/10 from 1,727 votes
- NewestSilent Night, Deadly Night (2025)Released 2025
A Christmas Horror Story (2015)
Christmas is supposed to be a time of joy, peace and goodwill. But for some folks in the small town of Bailey Downs, it turns into something much less festive.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Nights Before Christmas (2020)
When a series of murders in the run up to Christmas are found to be linked, FBI Special Agent Natalie Parker is tasked with tracking a pair of psychotic serial killers that have based their personas on Santa and Mrs Claus. As Christmas approaches, they slaughter their way through their naughty list, playing a cat and mouse game with the FBI and leaving a trail of bloody bodies in their wake.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018)
When an awkward date on Christmas Eve leads a couple into a strange theater, they're treated to a bizarre and frightening collection of Christmas stories, featuring a wide ensemble of characters doing their best to avoid the horrors of the holidays. From boring office parties and last-minute shopping, to vengeful stalkers and immortal demons, there's plenty out there to fear this holiday season.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSanta's Slay (2005)
Santa Claus is actually a demon who lost a bet with an angel, so he became the giver of toys and happiness. But this year the bet is off, and Santa is about to return to his evil ways.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Nasty Piece of Work (2019)
A mid-level corporate employee finds out he’s not getting the Christmas bonus he was expecting, but his boss invites him to earn a promotion by beating his professional rival in a violent competition.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisChristmas Bloody Christmas (2022)
It's Christmas Eve and Tori just wants to get drunk and party, but when a robotic Santa Claus at a nearby toy store goes haywire and begins a rampant killing spree through her small town, she's forced into a battle for survival.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSaint (2010)
A horror film that depicts St. Nicholas as a murderous bishop who kidnaps and murders children when there is a full moon on December 5.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSecret Santa (2018)
An unknown assailant spikes a family's Christmas punch with a military-grade drug, leaving them fighting to survive the night.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Apology (2022)
Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, a recovering alcoholic is preparing to host her family's Christmas celebration when her estranged ex-brother-in-law arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisLetters to Satan Claus (2020)
After returning to her hometown of Ornaments as a big city news reporter, she faces the demon of her past following a simple typo in her letter to Santa, a harmless mistake that summoned Satan to kill her parents.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Treevenge (2008)
Treevenge details the experiences and horrifying reality of the lives of Christmas trees. Clearly, for trees, Christmas isn’t the exciting “peace on earth” that is experienced by most. After being hacked down, and shipped away from their homes, they quickly become strung up, screwed into an upright position for all to see, exposed in a humiliation of garish decorations. But this Christmas will be different, this Christmas the trees have had enough, this Christmas the trees will fight back. Treevenge could be a short film about the end of days for Christmas trees, or perhaps, the end of humanity?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery and an evil Santa Claus is unleashed…
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBetter Watch Out (2017)
On a quiet suburban street tucked within a 'safe neighborhood', a babysitter must defend a twelve-year-old boy from strangers breaking into the house, only to discover that this is far from a normal home invasion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAwait Further Instructions (2018)
A dysfunctional family awake on Christmas morning to discover they’re sealed inside their house by a mysterious black substance. On television, a single line of text reads: “Stay Indoors and Await Further Instructions.”
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisKrampus (2015)
When his dysfunctional family clashes over the holidays, young Max is disillusioned and turns his back on Christmas. Little does he know, this lack of festive spirit has unleashed the wrath of Krampus: a demonic force of ancient evil intent on punishing non-believers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSilent Night (2021)
Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Official Rare Exports Inc. Safety Instructions 2005 (2005)
Not meant for the public eye, this film reveals the dark reality of what's wrong with company's product. With its primitive instincts triggered by bad behaviour of people around it, the seemingly tame Father Christmas will forget the intensive training and turn into a brutal beast. You better watch out, you better not cry, There's no room for mistakes.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHosts (2020)
On Christmas Eve, an innocent couple become hosts to a malicious entity. Throughout the night they terrorise a family of five in unimaginably violent and disturbing ways.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisBlack Christmas (2006)
As the residents of sorority house Pi Kappa Sigma prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins a series of obscene phone calls with dubious intentions...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisSnow Valley (2024)
A newly engaged couple's ski weekend goes horribly awry, when an unexpected guest arrives and the house's dark supernatural forces begin to rise.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & comedy
Aaaaaaaah! (2015)
Alpha Male Smith and his Beta, Keith, move to take over a local community. They hook up with restless Female, Denise, igniting a deadly feud in which emotions run high and deep-seated grudges resurface amongst the tribe. Are we not men? Or are we simply beasts?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisATM (2012)
After leaving their company Christmas Party together, David Hargrove and Emily Brandt’s impromptu first date takes an unexpected turn when their coworker, Corey, asks them to make a late-night stop at an ATM. What should be a routine transaction turns into a desperate struggle for survival when an unknown man appears outside the vestibule.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisFatman (2020)
A rowdy, unorthodox Santa Claus is fighting to save his declining business. Meanwhile, Billy, a neglected and precocious 12 year old, hires a hit man to kill Santa after receiving a lump of coal in his stocking.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both action & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSilent Night, Deadly Night (2025)
After witnessing his parents' brutal murder on Christmas Eve, Billy transforms into a Killer Santa, delivering a yearly spree of calculated, chilling violence. This year, his blood-soaked mission collides with love, as a young woman challenges him to confront his darkness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWyrmwood: Road of the Dead (2014)
Barry is a talented mechanic and family man whose life is torn apart on the eve of a zombie apocalypse. His sister, Brooke, is kidnapped by a sinister team of gas-mask wearing soldiers and experimented on by a psychotic doctor. While Brooke plans her escape Barry goes out on the road to find her and teams up with Benny, a fellow survivor – together they must arm themselves and prepare to battle their way through hordes of flesh-eating monsters in a harsh Australian bushland.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & action
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCitizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV (2001)
A horrific explosion creates a dimensional portal between Tromaville and its dimensional mirror image, Amortville. While the Toxie is trapped in the mirror dimension, Tromaville comes under the control of his evil doppelganger, the Noxious Offender.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBloody Hell (2020)
A man with a mysterious past flees the country to escape his own personal hell... only to arrive somewhere much worse. In an effort to survive this new horror, he turns to his personified conscience.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both horror & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOnyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls (2023)
Onyx joins a group of fellow occultists to attend a dark ritual at the mansion of their idol, Bartok. Suspecting Bartok’s nefarious intentions, Onyx is suddenly immersed in a world of monsters, mystery, and mayhem.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAccident Man (2018)
Mike Fallon, the Accident Man, is a stone cold killer. When a loved one is murdered by his own crew, Fallon is forced to avenge the one person who actually meant something to him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWho Is Cletis Tout? (2001)
With a hitman’s gun aimed at him, Finch tells the story of how he broke out of jail, fell in love, and took the identity of a man wanted by the Mafia.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both action & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Mercy Christmas?
The closest matches to Mercy Christmas are A Christmas Horror Story (2015), The Nights Before Christmas (2020) and All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Mercy Christmas?
People who watched Mercy Christmas most often go on to A Christmas Horror Story (2015), The Nights Before Christmas (2020) and All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018).
What is the highest-rated movie like Mercy Christmas?
Better Watch Out (2017), rated 6.6/10 by 1,727 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Mercy Christmas?
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Mercy Christmas?
Yes: A Christmas Horror Story (2015), The Nights Before Christmas (2020) and All the Creatures Were Stirring (2018).
How are movies similar to Mercy Christmas chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Mercy Christmas, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.