Silent Night, Deadly Night

2025 96 min ★ 6.4 Horror, Thriller

After witnessing his parents' brutal murder on Christmas Eve, Billy transforms into a Killer Santa, delivering a yearly spree of calculated, chilling violence. This year, his blood-soaked mission collides with love, as a young woman challenges him to confront his darkness.

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Cast

Rohan Campbell

Billy Chapman

Ruby Modine

Pamela Sims

Mark Acheson

Charlie (Shotgun Santa)

David Lawrence Brown

Dean Sims

David Tomlinson

Max Benedict

Logan Sawyer

Young Billy

Erik Athavale

Geoffrey Chapman

Rick Skene

Elroy (The Snatcher)

James Durham

Harold

Sharon Bajer

Delphine Anderson

Details

Director

Mike P. Nelson

Tagline

"Santa's gonna slay."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Revenue

$5,586,884

Production

New Dimension Pictures, White Bear Films, Rebel 6 Film, Sixth Dimension, Wonderwheel Entertainment, StudioCanal, Bear Paw Studios

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

December 19, 2025

★ 7/10

This reminded me a bit of “Violent Night” (2022) as it rather challenges the typical image of the avuncular Santa Claus. This one, here, is much more focussed on the folks who have been naughty, and with his advent calendar counting down with it's own sort of macabre biometric souvenirs, he has only four days left to complete his latest annual search for some nasties. “Billy” (Rohan Campbell) is t...

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Sierbahnn

May 27, 2026

★ 6/10

Premise, meet execution This premise shows a lot of promise, and could easily have been squandered, and almost is, but this movie picks up in its third act and becomes heartfelt and drives well into its conclusion. The casting is good, the direction solid, the effects where they need to be. This is a great remake of a movie most would have forgotten.