(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Alice Cooper has admitted his favourite festive pastime is watching horror movies.

The 62-year-old rocker is famed for his love of heavy-metal music and gothic make-up, and it appears his Christmas activities follow an equally dark theme.

Alice loves nothing more than sitting down on Christmas Eve to watch a scary movie, with the pastime becoming a tradition in his household.

Alice, along with his wife Sheryl and three children; Calico, 29, Dash, 25 and Sonora Rose, 17, settles down for an annual fright fest over the Christmas holiday.

My kids all still sleep under the Christmas tree on Christmas Eve and they watch horror movies, he is quoted as saying by British newspaper The Daily Express.

Alice has a particular favourite film which gets him in the mood for the yuletide period. The rock star absolutely loves Black Christmas, which tells the story of a sorority house which gets terrorised by a stranger during the festive break.

My favourite film is Black Christmas, which is disturbing. Its not normal and it certainly isnt The Osmonds, he laughed. (C) Cover Media