Silent Night, Deadly Night

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Silent Night, Deadly Night

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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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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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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

Dec 13

3/4

Nelson deepens the character arcs for his two leads, increases the emotional complexity, and inserts a politically astute layer of pitch-black satirical social commentary that’s often as funny as it is prescient.

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Terry Staunton

Radio Times

20h

4/5

Writer/director Mike P Nelson stays faithful to the narrative of the 1984 film, improving on it with a tighter script, sly humour, stronger performances and more convincing gore.

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Jesse Hassenger

Polygon

1d

B-

Silent Night, Deadly Night takes the material seriously without any suffocating fealty to its low-rent aesthetics.

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Eric Goldman

Eric Goldman's Cultured Pop (Substack)

1d

This remake does a commendable job of taking the same basic set-up of the original and then doing something very different with it, without losing sight of what inspired this version.

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Aaron E

23h

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

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Catherine

2d

I enjoyed this. The first 15 minutes or so were kinda meh. Charlie and Billy's dynamic was fun. Really got that parent and child feel.

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Amy R

2d

Great horror movie cool concept and everything you want in a Christmas horror movie.

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Adam Paul

3d

Fun and entertaining

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josemangin

3d

So far beyond my expectations!!!! It was a masterpiece and one of my favorite horror movies of the year!!!

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Thomas P

4d

This is how you do a remake/reboot!

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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
Genre: Holiday, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 12, 2025, Wide
Runtime: 1h 36m

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