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

4d

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

4d

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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James D. Williams

InSession Film

3d

B

Fun and extravagant kills, a tight 95 minute runtime, necessary changes to its story and even warm moments between the two leads are reasons why this movie is one to see.

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Joey Keogh

Vague Visages

3d

Nelson’s Silent Night, Deadly Night redux is a masterclass in how to successfully reboot a franchise while paving a bloody path forward that is uniquely its own.

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Aaron Peterson

The Hollywood Outsider

4d

5/10

The plot has a few holes and elements of insane convenience. But ultimately, it honors the spirit of the original while confidently shaking its own identity out of this often-replicated tree.

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Amy R

8h

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

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Adam Paul

21h

Fun and entertaining

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josemangin

1d

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

2d

This is how you do a remake/reboot!

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Kate T

2d

This was so much fun and the perfect Christmas movie!

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Marc

2d

Good re-imagined version of the original. Plenty of violence and gore.

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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, Rebel 6 Films
Genre: Holiday, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 12, 2025, Wide
Runtime: 1h 36m

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