Silent Night

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Silent Night

R,

2012,

1h 34m,

Holiday/

Horror/

Mystery & Thriller

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62%

13 Reviews

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1,000+ Ratings

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A vicious killer dressed as Santa Claus hides in plain sight during a small town's annual Christmas festivities.

Joe Leydon

Variety

Dec 3, 2012

Apart from some modestly inventive carnage and an undeniably humorous hambone turn by Malcolm McDowell, there's really nothing here to make genre fans dash through the snow (or maneuver through traffic) to megaplexes.

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Nick Pinkerton

Village Voice

Nov 30, 2012

Fans of nearly nude women being fed into wood chippers will not go home disappointed (except, very likely, in their hollow lives.)

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Gary Goldstein

Los Angeles Times

Nov 30, 2012

3/5

The movie's intended audience will likely be satisfied by its parade of gory mayhem, cheap thrills and groan-worthy dark humor. Everyone else: You're on your own.

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

Oct 25, 2024

3/5

Even after 20 years stashed away in dusty boxes, the franchise could still be festive.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 20, 2023

2/5

While it might look a bit more polished than the original 1984, there's nothing deeper than surface-level sleaze.

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

Dec 23, 2012

By no means a masterpiece, but it's a damn good time with a great villain who spares no one...

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Finn S

Feb 13, 2019

This horror remake of the shitty 80's slasher is better & more entertaining than the original in almost every way possible.

Hagrid R

Dec 11, 2018

Fun remake of a okay Christmas film.

Leia G

Jun 29, 2017

good twist on a old 80s slasher, silent night 2012 came out around a whole lot of other slasher remakes, but for some reason this one sticks out, most of the time i hate when they change the concept of the movie and remakes do that sometimes, but this one i can stand, its spooky and totally scary, a really good remake.

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Abraham R

Mar 13, 2015

This has to be the best Christmas horror movie ever made. Finally someone made a great killer Santa movie. It had the maniac wearing the best idea for a evil Santa he did was a deadly maniac who punishes the naughty should do. However this is not a remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night. Only two elements like the Grandpa and antler scenes are in it. I can understand why the director tossed the original film out the window because it just plain sucked. Silent Night, Deadly Night has to be one of the 80's worst and I can't understand why it has cult following. But this film is really more like a remake of Don't Open Till Xmas just going in th opposite direction. The is also not perfect. When the main character hits with her club to free herself from being choke by his ax she could hit more and just shot him right then and there. Also showing his face ruined the mystery of who he was. They still could've ended it without showing us his face. Not to mention the film ends making it like its the next day but burn wounds don't heal up overnight. That scene would have to take place many weeks later and he would need someone to take care of his wounds in order to avoid getting caught from having to going to the hospital. Like a aunt and uncle who are doctors and assist him. Well maybe they'll do that in a sequel. But still its the best killer Santa and and Christmas horror movie ever made and I wish it was released nationwide not select cities. I would've loved to seen this in theaters.

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Steven C. Miller

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Malcolm McDowell

Sheriff Cooper

Jaime King

Aubrey Bradimore

Donal Logue

Santa Jim

Lisa Marie

Mrs. Morwood

Brendan Fehr

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Synopsis

A vicious killer dressed as Santa Claus hides in plain sight during a small town's annual Christmas festivities.

Director: Steven C. Miller
Producer: Shara Kay, Phyllis Laing, Richard Saperstein, Brian Witten
Screenwriter: Jayson Rothwell
Distributor: Anchor Bay
Production Co: Buffalo Gal Pictures, Genre Company, Empire Film & Entertainment Group
Rating: R (Brief Drug Use|Bloody Violence|Language|Some Sexuality/Nudity)
Genre: Holiday, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 30, 2012, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 2, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $9.7K
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Dolby
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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