The Last Christmas
A peaceful Christmas Eve becomes a teenage cheerleader’s nightmare when an unexpected awakening reveals the season’s darker face.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- eerie
- foreboding
- festive dread
- christmas eve
- late night horror viewing
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The peaceful Christmas Eve setup and the presence of Santa are redirected toward nightmare imagery and threat.
At twelve minutes, the story rapidly moves from domestic holiday calm to Kirsten's awakening nightmare.
The opening invokes restful Christmas Eve anticipation before abruptly turning Kirsten's dream into a nightmare.
Parents rest and children dream at home, while Kirsten's awakening exposes danger inside the supposedly secure Christmas environment.
Films like The Last Christmas, and why
Krampus
compact Christmas horror premise with a young protagonist confronting a sinister seasonal threat
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale
holiday setting transformed into intimate supernatural horror with child-centered menace
A Christmas Horror Story
brief, stylized seasonal horror built around corrupted Christmas imagery and escalating dread
Movie Details
- Director
- Ryan Port
- Release Date
- 2021-11-25
- Runtime
- 12 min
- Rating
- 5.7 / 10 (3)
Cast
- Madison Cheeatow
- Miley Haik
- A.C. Peterson
Common questions
- What is The Last Christmas about?
- A peaceful Christmas Eve becomes a teenage cheerleader’s nightmare when an unexpected awakening reveals the season’s darker face.
- What is The Last Christmas like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Last Christmas as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is The Last Christmas violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Last Christmas as mild.
- Which films are like The Last Christmas?
- Films with a similar feel include Krampus, Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale, and A Christmas Horror Story.
- How long is The Last Christmas?
- The Last Christmas runs 12 minutes.
