Jeffrey Combs

For many people the holidays are a nightmare. But crowded airports, dysfunctional families and expanding waistlines don’t hold a candle to the terror awaiting in Holiday Hell, the horror anthology film that delivers a decadent 4 course meal of frights and light, but deadly dessert. Anthology horror has a rich tradition with films like Trilogy of Terror, Creepshow and Trick r’ Treat delivering frights that have endured for many years. Recently the found footage genre has opened the gates to low-budget productions that try focus on more realistic violence and mayhem “caught on tape” than cinematically staged morality tales of blood and gore. Holiday Hell however, seems to have it’s roots in creepy television anthology classics like Tales From The Crypt or more the obscure Friday The 13th: The Series. For the unfamiliar, that syndicated 80’s TV series had nothing to do with Jason Voorhees stalking a new summer camp each week, instead it dealt with an antique store housing occult objects that created deadly circumstances if not kept under