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Silent Night, Deadly Night

49/100Festive FactorWhy it scores 49 ↓
UK certificate 1896 min
Comedy · Horror

A remake that keeps the red suit and the grim childhood prologue, then rebuilds everything else as an advent…

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The CineClaus Christmas score

Festive Factor

Christmas in good measure.

Two paper elves inspect a miniature snowy shop with a red coat in its window, surrounded by plans, tools and warm workshop lights.

A little magic in the making.

Five ingredients make the Festive Factor.
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Christmas in the storyChristmas drives it, firmly.25/30

What we ask: Take Christmas out. Does the plot survive? Worth up to 30 of the 100 points.

A world dressed for ChristmasVisibly Christmas for about half.10/20

What we ask: How much of the running time is visibly Christmas? Worth up to 20 of the 100 points.

The little seasonal details4 of the 10 kinds of Christmas icon we count turn up on screen.6/15

What we ask: How many kinds of Christmas icon turn up on screen: trees, lights, snow, carols and the rest? Worth up to 15 of the 100 points.

A Christmas heartHow far the ending rests on goodwill, family and belief: not at all.0/20

What we ask: Does the ending depend on what Christmas means: goodwill, family, redemption, belief? Worth up to 20 of the 100 points.

A returning traditionA big December film (80,000+).8/15

What we ask: Is it actually watched at Christmas in the UK? Worth up to 15 of the 100 points.

17/100

Cosiness Rating Rating

Chilly in tone. Genuinely frightening. An unsettled ending.

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What do these scores mean?

Festive Factor measures how Christmassy a film is. Five ingredients add up to 100: story (30), setting (20), seasonal details (15), emotional heart (20) and returning tradition (15).

Cosiness is a separate score for warmth of tone, sense of safety, visual comfort, a reassuring ending and how easily you can settle into it.

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The story

About Silent Night, Deadly Night

A boy who watched his parents killed on Christmas Eve by a man in a Santa suit grows up into a drifter who puts on the red suit himself and works through a list of people he has judged deserving, one kill for each day of December. Settling in a small town for the season, he falls for a young woman who works at a local shop, and she pushes him to face what he has become as a new wave of festive killings closes in.

The CineClaus verdict

A remake that keeps the red suit and the grim childhood prologue, then rebuilds everything else as an advent calendar of kills, one door a day through December. Mike P. Nelson plays it as black comedy with a love story threaded through, and the killings are properly brutal.

The swings in tone don't always sit easily, and the romance can feel bolted on between the bloodbaths. Horror fans raised on the original will get the most from it, as a nastier, sillier companion piece.

The family desk

Can the kids watch?

18

Our take: far too gory for children or younger teens: the killings are frequent, bloody and shown in close detail, and the killer does it all in the red suit.

Content advice & accessibility
Our age guidance
Editorial, separate from the official 18 certificate, and never looser than it.

Other versions of this story

Other versions of Silent Night, Deadly Night

One story · 2 screen versions

  • 1984

    The original

    Silent Night, Deadly Night

    1984

    A reboot of the 1984 slasher, with an advent-calendar structure of one kill a day.

    Not in our catalogue yet
  • 2025

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    Silent Night, Deadly Night

    2025

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The people behind the film

Cast and crew

The faces in front of the camera, and the people who brought the story to life.

Main cast

In billing order
Rohan Campbell smiling at a panel microphone, wearing a black leather jacket over a white t-shirt.Rohan Campbellas Billy Chapman
Ruby Modine seated indoors with long braided hair, wearing a dark blazer over a black top.Ruby Modineas Pamela Varo
Mark Achesonas Charlie Shotgun
David Lawrence Brownas Mr. Sims
David Tomlinsonas Max Benedict

Behind the camera

Directed by
Mike P. Nelson
Writing & production credits
Writer
Mike P. Nelson
Photo credits

Portraits via Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence, approved for this page by a person. Sources and full photographer credits:

Rohan Campbell · Gage Skidmore · Source image (opens in a new tab) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab).

Ruby Modine · AMFM STUDIOS LLC · Source image (opens in a new tab) · CC BY 3.0 (opens in a new tab).

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Filming locations

The real places behind Silent Night, Deadly Night. Choose one to explore.

Find it on the mapWinnipeg, Manitoba

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A little more Silent Night, Deadly Night

Film facts &
behind the scenes

For the fans who stay after the credits.

Movie magic

A kill for every day of December

The remake swaps the original's single night of murders for an advent-calendar structure, with the killings counting up from 1 December through the month.

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On your next watchThe December dates that mark each stage of the countdown.

Source: Heaven of Horror ↗ (opens in a new tab)

On set

Shot in Winnipeg from April 2025

Cameras rolled in Winnipeg in April 2025 with Nick Junkersfeld as cinematographer, and the film was in cinemas by December the same year, a fast turnaround for a studio genre release.

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On set

Original producers came back

Scott Schneid and Dennis Whitehead, who produced the 1984 original, returned to produce this version, with Mike P. Nelson, director of the 2021 Wrong Turn, writing and directing.

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And at a glance

The Christmas in it
Snow on screen. The story counts through December like an advent calendar, starting on 1 December, in a snowbound small town.
Releases and certificates
: In cinemas, rated 18. UK cinema opening through StudioCanal, the same weekend as the North American release.
At the UK box office
£183,191, as of .
Sources & a note on these facts

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Good to know

Questions about Silent Night, Deadly Night

Is Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) a Christmas film?

Yes. We class it as an essential Christmas film: it is set across the festive season and structures its story as a December countdown.

Is Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) a remake?

Yes. It is a reboot of the 1984 film of the same name, with an advent-calendar structure of one kill a day.

When did Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) come out in the UK?

It opened in UK cinemas on 12 December 2025 through StudioCanal.

Who directed Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)?

Mike P. Nelson wrote and directed it.

Where was Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) filmed?

Shooting began in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in April 2025.

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