US Edition'Deadly Night' Star, Director Say Film Mixes Christmas, Halloween
The 2025 remake blends dark satire and supernatural themes with a vigilante killer using a bloody advent calendar, aiming for a fresh take on the cult franchise.
- On December 12, 2025, Silent Night, Deadly Night opens in United States theaters as a 2025 remake starring Rohan Campbell, actor, and Ruby Modine, actor.
- Rejecting the original's exploitation, Mike P. Nelson wrote and directed a Manitoba-shot remake, saying `Hence why I wanted to do a Christmas movie, something that was cozy and warm but bring a little bit of the ultraviolence.` Nelson said.
- Charlie, voiced by Mark Acheson, directs Billy Chapman to fill a murder-trophy Advent calendar with bloody thumbprints over 24 days and stages a Nazi Christmas-party massacre with crimson chapter titles.
- Given the franchise's fraught history, the 1984 Silent Night, Deadly Night original film by Charles E. Sellier Jr. sparked protests and was withdrawn after six days; reviewers note the 2025 remake is timely and Mike P. Nelson has plans for a sequel.
- Positioned as the franchise's second hard-reboot and seventh installment, the remake aligns with Cineverse's ultraviolent holiday horror slate and evokes vigilante themes like Venom and Dexter.
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Silent Night, Deadly Night ending explained: Rohan Campbell breaks down what happens to Billy and Pam
Forty years since the original quickly became a cult classic amongst horror fans, Silent Night, Deadly Night is getting a modern reimagining, with Halloween Ends star Rohan Campbell at the helm.As many fans of the 1984 classic will know, the movie centres around Billy, who after witnessing his parents' murder on Christmas Eve, grows up to become a Santa Claus-clad murderer.In this reimagining, Billy delivers an annual spree of holiday violence, …
‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ Review: Slay Bells Ring Anew for an Under-the-Radar Franchise’s Return
The ranks of Christmas-themed horror movies swell further every year, digested with relish by genre fans and cheerfully ignored by everyone else. But in 1984, a menace to Yuletide morality yea more dire than Starbucks holiday cups stirred vociferous objections. Charles E. Sellier Jr.’s low-budget “Silent Night, Deadly Night” opened the same day as “A […]
‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ Review: A Slasher Gets a Giddy Reboot
Killer Santas bring a welcome dose of mean spirit to the holidays, poking fun at Christmas fantasies — the picture-perfect families and, of course, the notion that a bearded man in velvet pajamas might have nice intentions when he creeps down our chimneys in the dark. “Silent Night, Deadly Night,” a reboot of the 1984 slasher of the same name, takes these cozy visions and bludgeons them to death. Written and directed by Mike P. Nelson, the film …
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