I've never been a fan of the original Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984). I found it flat and redundant, with a confused screenplay that asked the audience to accept the unacceptable. What this latest remake does, however, is present its (anti)hero as someone whom, despite his horrible pastime, actually comes across as a damaged human. Billy Chapman (Rohan Campbell) is a drifter, moving from place to place, and leaving corpses of (allegedly) of those who deserved to die. When he gets employed at a gift shop, and begins a rapport with the owner's daughter, Pam (Ruby Modine). They have more in common than they realize - much to our surprise.
It's no secret that a movie made by the Terrifier production studio will contain gore; Silent Night provides it in bundles. A 'gruesomely' fun scene involves the murdering Santa slaying partygoers at a Nazi meeting. Limbs are severed and heads smashed in, all for the sake of gory entertainment. The movie may not be the horror masterpiece that 2025's Weapons was, but considering that it's a superior remake of the original, it's worth a peek.
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