Silent Night, Deadly Night

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Silent Night, Deadly Night

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2025

1h 36m

Holiday

Horror

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A reimagining of the controversial 1984 cult horror classic -- when Billy witnesses his parents' grisly murder on Christmas Eve at the hands of Santa, it ignites a lifelong mission to spread holiday fear. Every Christmas, he dons the jolly red suit and delivers a blood-soaked massacre to feed his twisted sense of justice. This Christmas Eve, Billy wants to know: "Have you been naughty?"

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Critics Consensus

Silent Night, Deadly Night embraces the franchise's inherent absurdity while surpassing the original with sharper filmmaking, richer characterization, and politically astute, pitch-black satire.

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Sergio Burstein

Los Angeles Times

Jan 2

The work maintains coherence, offers novel twists and, of course, is full of great gory moments. [Full review in Spanish]

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Alison Foreman

IndieWire

Dec 17

B

An audacious 2025 season capper for Cineverse and a solid achievement for Nelson, one that promises the director will give us more genre worth unwrapping down the line.

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Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

Dec 17

Nelson doesn’t go nearly far enough in subverting the twinned formulas he is playing with, turning the whole affair into a gory, soggy slog with few surprises and little energy.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Jan 13

This overrated slasher remake thinks it's smarter than it really is, in a dreadfully dull story about a serial killer dressed as Santa Claus. A supernatural spin and a new ending don't make the kills and the characters any less boring.

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Erik Childress

Movie Madness Podcast

Jan 3

1.5/4

Goodbye deranged killer Santa who outraged parents in 1984. Hello guy who was once hypnotized by Michael Myers and now by robbing shotgun Santa created by someone who watched Bill Paxton’s Frailty a lot.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Common Sense Media

Dec 31

3/5

Easily the best in the entire gruesome Silent Night franchise, this remake uses the bones of the original 1980s story but adds many intriguing new elements. The result is an entertaining and even sometimes touching movie.

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Georgio

5d

one of the best surprises of the year and easily the best in the series. which isn't hard, but still doesn't discount how fantastic this was.

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Alex

Jan 13

Excellent remake of an 80s slasher

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Stephanie

Jan 3

It was a promising beginning, somewhat reminiscent of Dexter. I truly appreciate the concept and hope to see a second installment. It's an entertaining film, perfect for the holidays. I particularly enjoy the blend of horror and Christmas themes.

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Zachary P.

Dec 25

I was pleasantly surprised.

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Mr Hollywood

Dec 25

Better than it deserved to be. The story worked. Fun and decent kills

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Aaron E

Dec 24

It was a solid slasher/serial killer movie! I got serious Dexter vibes throughout the whole film!

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Synopsis

A reimagining of the controversial 1984 cult horror classic -- when Billy witnesses his parents' grisly murder on Christmas Eve at the hands of Santa, it ignites a lifelong mission to spread holiday fear. Every Christmas, he dons the jolly red suit and delivers a blood-soaked massacre to feed his twisted sense of justice. This Christmas Eve, Billy wants to know: "Have you been naughty?"

Director: Mike P. Nelson
Producer: Erik Bernard, Scott Schneid, Jamie R. Thompson, Jeremy Torrie, Dennis Whitehead
Screenwriter: Mike P. Nelson
Distributor: Cineverse
Production Co: White Bear Films, Wonderwheel Entertainment, Rebel 6 Films
Rating: R (Gore|Brief Drug Use|Language|Strong Bloody Violence)
Genre: Holiday, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 12, 2025, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 27, 2026
Runtime: 1h 36m

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