Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

AshUnow This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Lachlan Coulson This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

meddlecore A good description of this film would be that it is a combination of the earlier Silent Night, Deadly Night, and latter Krampus. The antagonist is similar in demeanour to the Krampus (though far more vicious); and there's that one part where a Grandfather awakens from a catatonic state, bearing a warning- like is also seen in Krampus. While many of the kills are reflections of those seen in Silent Night, Deadly Night (ie strangulation with Christmas lights and the impalement of a scantily clad teenager upon a trophy head). There's not much of a plot here, though. Just a whole lotta killing carried out by a sociopath in a Santa suit on Christmas Eve.The kills, however, are vicious as hell...and extremely gory. With the special effects having been done quite well- as in, they are rather realistic.Some examples include: woodchippering a half-naked chick, whose already had her leg cut off, while alive; axing a dude's head in half (while the camera doesn't (seem to) cut away); lots of scythe related stabbings and slicings; and one violent bludgeoning, with a set of "ho, ho, ho" brass knuckles.By the time it's over, it is pretty obvious that this was all a vain attempt to create a franchise in the image of Silent Night, Deadly Night. But there is simply not enough story to keep you intrigued. And what elements of a storyline are there; are dropped at the most inopportune times, and developed so poorly, that they are almost entirely irrelevant to the overall story.Poor storytelling, but lots of gore. They clearly expect to make a sequel...so at the very least, there's lots of room for improvement.4.5 out of 10.

Gregory Mucci It isn't Christmas without a couple of scrooges, and in a small mid- western town, there's plenty of humbug and ho-hums to go around. When the blood begins to splatter on Christmas Eve, the hunt is on for a murderous man dressed as Santa Claus. As the bodies begin to pile up, and the Santa's start pouring out of the woodwork for the annual parade, it's up to the local sheriff's to put an end to the rampage. Officer Aubrey Bradimore (Jaime King) and Sheriff Cooper (Malcolm McDowell) scour the town in search of a blood thirsty killer, checking the naughty list to see who could be next. Soon it's hunt or be hunted as they realize that they could be next on Santa's list.We are quickly introduced to one of the town officers, Aubrey Bradimore, who has a skeleton or two in her closet that makes Christmas Eve a really tough day for her. Playing Christmas curmudgeon to her is Malcolm McDowell, who is essentially playing Mr. Loomis from Rob Zombie's Halloween 2 remake. It isn't that his delivery or tone is redundant it's that his character falls into developmental hell, establishing him as an obstacle rather than a door. Jaime King, who is no stranger to horror, having starred in the remake of My Blood Valentine and White Chicks (kidding….sort of.) does an adequate job of filling Bradimore with a diffused sense of confidence and past pangs that continue to haunt her. Unfortunately our film does little to delve further into what makes her tick, as her worries act as a pivotal piece to the film. Where Silent Night works explicitly at capturing every gruesome slaying that sprays shades of red across the lens, it takes very little liberty at expressing any reason for our characters actions. Coined as a remake, or re-imagining of Charles Sellier Jr's 1984 Silent Night, Deadly Night, our film takes a grizzlier turn, popping the body-count bubbly within the first 5 minutes. We then bear witness to the cattle prodding and skewering of a child, immediately setting the tone for the rest of the film. Aside from taking its title from one half of Silent Night, Deadly Night, our film does little to align itself with its supposed skeleton. Director Steven Miller has created a mean spirit of a film, one that only recreates its predecessor's killings; a man is choked with Christmas lights, a promiscuous blonde bombshell is hung on the antlers of a mounted deer head. The rest of the film's similarities are merely based on costuming, jumbling together a piecemeal story of a child's traumatic eyewitness of his vengeful father's death at the hands of police. It's the kind of licensing that would normally be applauded, as it has the potential of breathing fresh air into an older film and a stale genre, though it's handled so poorly that it ceases to matter halfway through. Silent Night is a sleek looking little slasher that lives up to its title, having nothing much to say amidst its carnage. Writer Jason Rothwell works desperately at weaving together a story that focuses on the hunt for our deranged Santa yet places it by the wayside in order to flip the switch on the wood chipper and let the gore fly. There's an attack on a motel room that houses a sleazy pin-up shoot that works alarmingly well at establishing a less masculine tone. A photographer, using his camera as a means of getting off, begins shooting a topless woman posing on a rundown motel bed. His assistant opens the door to a scythe to the stomach. Before he's able to finish, the photographer is bladed right in between the legs, castrating our only male victim right before our eyes. It's an excellent showcase of the potential power our horror sub-genre has, yet never fully embraces, opting for a topless woman's chase and ultimate demise through a wood chipper. Our film is a cruel little slasher that relentlessly pushes our protagonist into the realm of cruelty, shoving her further and further into a corner before she picks up the killer's own weapon and adopts his own methods.

miguelangelo-22563 In 1984, Silent Night, Deadly Night was a success cause controversy because angry parents didn't like see a killer Santa Claus in a horror movie.It a overrated movie, but still is a O.K. picture. A remake was release in 2012, make many mistakes like a very boring and sad main character, Aubrey Bradimore and others not likable characters. Other major issue in modern remake of classic horror, wasted too much time explain their reasons for being villains. Should waste time in creating a very good bad guy that explain him. Reason that most of people like villains in horror because they are played by good actors or actresses in a good history which is full of suspenseful scenes and likable supporting characters. After watching ending, i was confused because history of killer is that he saw his dad being killing by a police officer, father of main character, because movie shows son having a burn scars that doesn't make sense he wasn't burn in face,that happened to his father not himself. Other thing, why killer kill random people before killing man who killed his daddy? Reason that make his father want to kill everyone who being bad in Christmas because his wife is cheating and leaving him. Original gives a much better explanation,Billy saw his parents being killing and was abused by nuns for years,they always keep says to him that doing bad things is wrong and that why is being punched that why is killing people who is doing bad things. If you wanna see a good Christmas horror movies, watch Black Christmas(1974),Christmas Evil(1980)and original Silent Night, Deadly Night(1984).

Coventry Call it a silly tradition, but I like to watch at least one holiday-themed horror movie each year around Christmas. After all, we can't all watch "Home Alone" or "Miracle on 34th Street" for the four hundred twentieth time, can we? This year I found in my stocking "Silent Night"; a totally insignificant but pleasantly deranged and entertaining Christmas horror comedy stuffed like a turkey with season's beatings! Partially a remake of the infamous (but overrated) cult slasher "Silent Night, Deadly Night" and partially inspired by the tragic real-life Covina massacre (husband kills ex-wife and former in-laws with a homemade flamethrower), "Silent Night" is primarily tongue-in-cheek with over-the-top acting performances and grotesquely gore killings. In the sleepy little town of Cryer, Wisconsin, Deputy Sheriff Aubrey reluctantly prepares herself to work a shift on Christmas Eve, while the rest of the town – including her beloved dad – attends the annual holiday parade and 'Santa Claus of the year' election. However, for Aubrey and her colleagues it will become a night full of ho-ho-horror, since a maniacal killer dressed as Santa came to town and leaves a nasty trail of mutilated corpses behind. The big bad Santa seemingly just targets sinners and scumbags, but the town of Cryer is full of them and Santa isn't finicky! I don't quite understand why the makers insist on labeling this a remake of "Silent Night, Bloody Night". Okay, so the film recycles the idea of a killer that suffered a severe childhood trauma during the Christmas period, but the original draws a detailed portrait of the culprit, whereas the remake barely just mentions the traumatic experiences as a footnote. Some of the death sequences are re-used as well, like the notorious deer-antlers impalement, but you could also call that a homage. "Silent Night" is a traditional slasher in the vein of the 80's classics, meaning there's a tremendously high body count and some gratuitous nudity; yet also a complete absence of suspense, logic or character depth. The most regrettable change since the 80's is that all the gore is computer generated and thus a lot less shocking or repulsive. Nonetheless does "Silent Night" feature a few sick highlights, like the chipping of topless model and an axe head-split. Director Steven C. Miller (his "Scream of the Banshee" was putrid) gathered quite an impressive cast for such a silly flick, even though they all have a history of appearing in B-movies. Malcolm McDowall clearly had a fun time as the grumpy old Sheriff who considers himself to be a gifted FBI-detective and Donal Logue appears as a cynical Santa who inevitably becomes the prime suspect. Jaime King ("My Bloody Valentine", "Mother's Day") is a likable female heroine, while the lovely Courtney-Jane Smith and Cortney Palm provide the film with a bit of ravishing bare flesh. In terms of holiday-horror, it certainly was a lot more enjoyable than the "Black Christmas" remake or any of the actual "Silent Night, Bloody Night" sequels, for that matter.