Don’t Open ‘Til Christmas (1984)
Serial-killer dressed as Santa offs people over the Christmas period in a poorly lit London. Worth your time for the tagline: “’Twas the night before Christmas and all round the house, not a creature was stirring… because they were all dead.”

The Holly And The Ivy (1952)
The emotionally fractured family of an English clergyman do their best to get together and have a happy Christmas, post-WWII. Smart and subtle with plenty of spiky social undertones.

One Magic Christmas (1985)
Gloriously grim Disney fable starring Harry Dean Stanton as the droopy-jawed angel who shows a cynical mother the humanity behind Christmas cliches. It’s A Wonderful Life with a dash of Christmas Carol darkness.

Mr Magoo’s Christmas Carol (1962)
Dickens’ classic tale of Yuletide redemption with Scrooge played by someone who suffers from acute myopia. Infrequently adequate results. The best thing is the music, including a frosty little number called ‘I’m All Alone In The World’. Happy holidays.