In 2025, Santa Claus gets really naughty, and will stop at nothing until he slashes and dices every helpless victim he can find. The remake of the1980scult classicSilent Night, Deadly Nightis set to be released this December, and there’s already a teaser trailer that offers a glimpse of the unratedChristmas horror movie. No, this year we won’t have the most wonderful time of the year.
The teaser trailer was revealed by Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting during the San Diego Comic-Con, specifically on the “Bold Voices of Contemporary Horror” panel that took place yesterday. Since then, the trailer forSilent Night, Deadly Nightwas posted online for the satisfaction of horror hounds who like their holiday season to be less jolly and more gory. Judging from the trailer, it is safe to say that the Christmas horror feature might be one of the most unhinged and violent of the year.
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Silent Night, Deadly Nightclosely follows the storyline of the 1984 original, and sees young Billy turning every Christmas into mayhem after he sees his parents being murdered on Christmas Eve by a Santa-like figure. Per Bloody Disgusting, the logline goes as follows: “When Billy witnesses his parents' grisly murder on Christmas Eve at the hands of Santa, it ignites a lifelong mission to spread holiday fear. Every Christmas, he dons the jolly red suit and delivers a blood-soaked massacre to feed his twisted sense of justice. This Christmas Eve, Billy wants to know: Have you been naughty?”
The highly anticipated horror remakelands in theaters on August 09, 2025. It stars Rohan Campbell (the young star ofHalloween EndsandThe Monkey) as Billy, alongside David Lawrence Brown, Mark Acheson, Ruby Modine, and David Tomlinson. Mike P. Nelson (Wrong Turn) is writing and directing, and Brandon Hill and Brad Miska are credited as executive producers.
1984’s ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ Was Shrouded in Controversy
Although modern audiences have gotten their fair share of Christmas horror and killer Santa movies, things were not the same back in the 1980s. Art the Clown was decades away from wearing the iconic costume, massacring people and making snow angels in a pool of blood. Back then, anything associated with Christmas that did not follow the original spirit of the holiday season was massively controversial. That was until 1984’sSilent Night, Deadly Nightdisrupted the concept and presented a fresh take on the iconic Santa Claus. Suddenly, he was coming down the chimney to butcher a helpless family.
The film was met with public uproar. Parents were not happywith the way Santa was being portrayed, because children now feared the Christmas icon - although it could argued that they should not have known about the movie at all. The outcry was so massive that all marketing had to be pulled from all mediums, and the film was pulled shortly thereafter. It wasn’t until months later that another distributor decided to re-release the film, without the support of the original distributor, Tri-Star Pictures. Home video sales were also heavily affected by this backlash, andSilent Night, Deadly Nightquickly earned a strong cult following.
Source:Bloody Disgusting
Silent Night, Deadly Night
