The Blackvale School for Girls, 1971.

It’s bad enough that students Samantha and Clara can’t go home for the holidays, but things take a deadly turn when a gang of cult killers arrives on their doorstep — just in time for Christmas.

Now on Shudder and AMC+

Mena Massoud is among an excellent roster of actors in this intriguing alt-horror about cult killers in the 1970s”

— Catherine Bray, The Guardian

a perfectly-wrapped holiday horror gift”

— Mary Beth McAndrews, Dread Central

one of those horror movies that aims to make horror fun again, feeling at home on VHS shelves or snuck behind parents' backs for an unapproved after-bedtime watch.

— Matt Donato, /Film

a smartly paced lesson in being careful what you wish for and an entertaining ride from bloody start to even bloodier finish.”

— Rob Hunter, Film School Rejects

“(a) demonically charged yuletide nightmare”

—Meagan Navarro, Bloody Disgusting

Seek it out.”

— Andrew Mack, ScreenAnarchy

Principal Cast

JUDE

MAISIE

ROSE

JIMMY

SAMANTHA

GRANT

DOUG

CLARA

Mena Massoud

Olivia Scott Welch

Chloë Levine

Gus Kenworthy

Madison Baines

Derek Johns

Laurent Pitre

Georgia Acken