FilmSlasher Psychological Survival

Home for the Holidays1974

Name: Home for the Holidays
Genre: Slasher, Psychological, Survival
Released: 1974-07-13
Rating: 6.3

“There's nothing more chilling… Than a warm family gathering!”

Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey

6.3

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 6.3TMDB 5.6

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Year

1974

Runtime

73 min

The premise

An ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who he suspects is poisoning him.

Horror Vault's take

When a frail patriarch calls his estranged daughters home for Christmas, the holiday reunion quickly turns sinister — he's convinced his new wife is slowly poisoning him and wants his own children to put a stop to it. Isolated by a raging storm, the sisters must decide who to trust as someone armed with a pitchfork begins stalking the grounds. This made-for-TV thriller punches well above its network origins, blending domestic unease with slasher-style dread. A sterling ensemble cast keeps the paranoia coiled tight from the first scene to the last.

Content: Violence, Murder, Weapon-Based Kills (Pitchfork), Themes Of Poisoning And Domestic Harm