Holiday! Celebrate! A Movie for Every Holiday

By Brian Prisco | Lists | May 22, 2009 |

By Brian Prisco | Lists | May 22, 2009 |

It’s true. If you were so inclined, there exists a film for every American holiday — whether TK actually has to work or not, to be watched in between consumption of sweets, grilled meats, and copious amounts of alcohol. Sure, some are stretch. For your edification, the Hallmark Channel presents, Horror for the Holidays:

New Year’s Day: Bloody New Years

Martin Luther King Day: Candyman

Groundhog Day: C.H.U.D.

President’s Day: The Transient (vampire Abraham Lincoln tries to kill “fourscore and seven women”)

Valentine’s Day: My Bloody Valentine

St. Patrick’s Day: Leprechaun

April Fool’s Day: April Fools’ Day

Easter Sunday: Night of the Lepus (killer bunnies)

Earth Day: The Happening

Arbor Day: From Hell It Came (killer trees)

Mother’s Day: Mother’s Day

Memorial Day: Jacob’s Ladder

Flag Day: The Postman

Father’s Day: The Step-Father

Independence Day: Uncle Sam

Labor Day: Rosemary’s Baby

Columbus Day: Suspiria (it’s Italian too!)

Halloween: ….hmm. Can’t think of one.

Veterans Day: Bubba Ho-Tep

Thanksgiving: Eli Roth’s “Thanksgiving”

Christmas: Silent Night, Deadly Night