{"id":245051,"date":"2025-12-21T23:35:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T23:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/245051\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T23:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T23:35:15","slug":"ariana-grande-recreates-home-alone-scene-with-gory-twist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/245051\/","title":{"rendered":"Ariana Grande Recreates ‘Home Alone’ Scene With Gory Twist"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tAriana Grande<\/a> took on the role of Kevin McCallister in a darkly hilarious Home Alone recreation on Saturday Night Live.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile hosting the final episode of 2025 on Dec. 20, the Wicked star channeled Macaulay Culkin\u2019s mischievous 8-year-old character from the iconic 1990 holiday film.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe pre-recorded sketch, titled \u201cHome Alone,\u201d opens with Grande\u2019s Kevin waking up in his parents\u2019 bed after being accidentally left behind when his family goes on vacation for Christmas. In a reimagining of the movie\u2019s emotional ending, Kevin\u2019s mom (played by SNL<\/a>\u2018s Ashley Padilla) rushes through the front door of their home to reunite with her son before the rest of the family arrives.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the original Home Alone, Kevin is forced to defend him home from two bumbling burglars by setting various booby traps around the house. SNL\u2018s recreation finds those traps still active, as Kevin\u2019s dad (portrayed by Mikey Day) opens the coat closet only to find his head set on fire by a rigged blowtorch.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe gruesome mayhem continues as another family member slips on some small toy cars left on the floor and cracks his head open on the corner of a piano. The chaos persists as yet another family member steps into string that activates a nail gun that shoots several into his face, before Kevin\u2019s sister (Sarah Sherman) slips on marbles that sent her down a laundry chute and into a blazing fire. If that weren\u2019t enough, Kevin\u2019s bully older brother Buzz goes to call 911 and sets off yet another trap that lets loose an active chainsaw that cuts off the arms of his younger brother (played by Bowen Yang) and splatters blood on everyone\u2019s faces.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe gory skit ends with the gruff older man rushing through the door to announce he\u2019s made amends with his son, only to have his head sliced off by the flying chainsaw. The sketch concludes with Grande\u2019s Kevin, hands pressed to his bloodied cheeks, delivering the iconic close-up scream from the holiday classic.<\/p>\n

\n\tSaturday\u2019s episode also featured musical guest Cher, who performed two songs<\/a> \u2014 \u201cDJ Play a Christmas Song\u201d and \u201cRun Rudolph Run\u201d \u2014 from her 2023 holiday album, Christmas.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter the holiday break, SNL will return<\/a> on Jan. 17, 2026, with an episode hosted by Stranger Things star Finn Wolfhard and musical guest A$AP Rocky.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the \u201cHome Alone\u201d sketch from SNL below, and find all the ways to stream the full episode here<\/a>.<\/p>\n


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