Silent Night, Deadly Night

"Santa's gonna slay."

2025 1h 36m EN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 175

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Synopsis

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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.

“Santa's gonna slay.”

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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)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Mike P. Nelson
Writers: Paul Caimi, Michael Hickey, Mike P. Nelson
Languages: English
Countries: Canada, United States of America, France

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released last year.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Canada, United States of America, France.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Mike P. Nelson, shot by Nick Junkersfeld. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Blitz//Berlin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Geoff Klein shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Rohan Campbell and Ruby Modine and Mark Acheson carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Santa's gonna slay.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt34508974 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Mike P. Nelson directs. Nick Junkersfeld behind the camera. Blitz//Berlin scores. Geoff Klein cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada, United States of America, France. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released last year.
2International production across 3 countries: Canada, United States of America, France.
3Directed by Mike P. Nelson, shot by Nick Junkersfeld. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Blitz//Berlin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Geoff Klein shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Rohan Campbell and Ruby Modine and Mark Acheson carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "Santa's gonna slay.".
8IMDB entry: tt34508974 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 24 themes, including "holiday", "trauma", "gore", "romance".

The technical file

Cinematography: Nick Junkersfeld
Original score: Blitz//Berlin
Editing: Geoff Klein
Production design: Oscar Fenoglio
Costume design: Laura DeLuca
Makeup / hair: Ashley Hyra
Stunt coordinator: Kristen Sawatzky
Runtime: 96 min · 1h 36m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $5,586,884
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)

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CinemaSerf2025-12-19
★ 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 the man whom we know dons the suit and who is egged on by a violent devil on his shoulder to keep motivated, but when they arrive in a small town preparing for the festivities, he meets “Pamela” (Ruby Modine) and, well let’s just say he becomes distracted. The thing is, though, if he doesn’t visit vengeance on someone suitable then someone else will die - and they may well not be so deserving. He has to focus. Now this town isn’t without it’s candidates, not least a group of Neo-Nazis having a barn dance, but unlike some other super-heroes, poor old “Billy” feels it when he is punched, shot or stabbed, so he has his work cut out to fulfil his task and keep “Pammy” out of it! This must have been made on a fairly tight budget because there are a few (dozen) continuity errors, the dialogue is fairly basic and the plot has been stretched out just a bit too much to justify this as feature length, but that said - it’s an enjoyable romp that I can imagine Charles Dickens could have imagined as “Billy” visits some terminal Christmas gifts on the ghastly. On that front, Campbell delivers fine as do the “Venom”-style voices in is head that aren’t anywhere as indiscriminately brutal as we might expect. I suspect that there will be a sequel along next year: it has something of the gift that keeps giving to it, and I did quite enjoy it.
Sierbahnn2026-05-27
★ 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.