What’s on Tonight: SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (2025) on Screambox — Santa’s Gonna Slay + Reviews
Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) is now streaming on Screambox. The holiday slasher horror/romance/dark comedy reboot was released in U.S. theaters on December 12, 2025, by Cineverse. It hit digital platforms on January 27, 2026, followed by Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD, and 4K Steelbook releases on February 17, 2026.
Reimagining the 1984 cult classic, the film follows Billy, who seeks revenge after being guided by a supernatural, disembodied voice to kill while dressed as Santa Claus.
SYNOPSIS: “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?”
Written and directed by Mike P. Nelson (V/H/S/85, segment ‘No Wake/Ambrosia’; Wrong Turn (2021), Sweet Revenge Angry Orchid Jason Universe short film) and produced by Bloody Disgusting, the film stars Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends), Ruby Modine (Happy Death Day), Mark Acheson, David Lawrence Brown, and David Tomlinson.
Jack-O's Review: "This film surprised me—it’s very well made, with a more layered plot than I expected. I was anticipating weak acting like in the Terrifier films (both from the same studio, Cineverse), but the performances were solid across the board, especially from Rohan Campbell and Ruby Modine, who had great chemistry. Campbell was also great in Halloween Kills, and I enjoyed Modine in Happy Death Day. I loved the supernatural elements, the gory kills, the epic Nazi-killing scene, the blood-red title cards announcing each death, and the homages to the first two films. Definitely an excellent remake for me—I’d rather rewatch this than the original or any of its sequels." ★★★★ @trickhorrortreater
More Reviews:
The problem with this new “Silent Night, Deadly Night” isn’t that it tries something different, but that its creators didn’t follow through on their gonzo impulses. Unholy conviction sets apart the first movie, and a few scattered moments from the sequels. This new holiday chiller mostly idles when it should charge at its most unsound ideas. A nice guy killer isn’t an inherently bad idea, but a nice guy killer Santa should be so much more full-throated than this one is." ★½ RogerEbert.com
"If you enjoy a solid slasher with the unapologetic 1980s vibe, but set in a small town in our modern world, then do not miss out on Silent Night, Deadly Night. The practical effects and pitch black comedy alone would be enough to win me over. However, this 2025 reimagining also has a solid premise and a story that could spawn a whole new Holiday Slasher franchise." ★★★★ HeavenOfHorror.com
"Silent Night, Deadly Night stands as a confident, blood-soaked reinvention that values intent over excess. It delivers sharp performances, oppressive atmosphere, and thematic weight that refuses to fade when the screen goes dark. While not without minor stumbles, its ambition and discipline set it apart from disposable holiday slashers. Horror Brains recognizes this as a film that understands exactly what it wants to say and how brutally it wants to say it. Cold, punishing, and unsettling, it earns its place beneath the tree like a gift nobody asked for but won’t forget." ★★★ HorrorBrains.com
"Silent Night, Deadly Night is an extremely solid remake, an entertaining, darkly funny Christmas slasher that leaves the door wide open for future instalments. Basically, if you wanted a new horror franchise in your stocking this year, Santa has you covered." ★★★½ Nerdly.co.uk
"This remake doesn’t conquer every mountain it climbs. It slips on a few patches of ice, loses momentum in the middle, and occasionally undermines its own ambitions. But it also delivers enough guts, enough daring, and enough emotional weight to earn its scars. If you approach it willing to wade through its muddy moral waters, SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT may not be a perfect holiday present — but it hits you with a hook wrapped in tinsel." ★★★½ mailnewsgroup.com/ohmr/
"A kid who witnessed the murder of his parents by someone dressed as Santa grows up and lays waste to anyone his subconscious deems naughty. Seems promising at the start, but quickly steers away from remake status to do its own thing with its own rules. Feels more like a desperate attempt at creating a 70’s grindhouse movie than duplicating the 80’s classic, yet the results are ultra-corny and flat out nonsensical. Worst of all? It’s beyond monotonous." ★★ SplatterCritic.com
"This remake wastes an engaging central premise, preferring to veer off into pseudo-grindhouse territory. Thanks to its two leads, it manages to draw us into a believable relationship between two troubled people, only to squander this good faith with a misjudged cartoonish turn. Ultimately this umpteenth Santa slasher gifts the audience yet another lump of cinematic coal." ★★½ TheMovieWaffler.com
"Fans of the classic may be bemused at a remake that not only brings the gore, but manages to put a bizarrely positive spin on being a rampaging, seasonal serial killer. But while I’ve always been impressed by any film that manages to nail that elusive film type I call the feelgood horror movie, it’s also a truly nifty example of a remake flipping the script in a way that’s utterly new, yet reassuringly familiar." ★★★★ WeveGotBackIssues.com
"With this take on the 80s classic, the director of Summer School and Wrong Turn 2021 does something totally different with the main plot, and I fricking loved it...After an opening similar to the original, this film takes liberties... [Billy] regularly hears a voice in his head telling him to kill like he’s got Venom living inside him or something. For most of the movie, I kind of hated this aspect and thought it unnecessary, but it all makes perfect sense by the final act... The absolute highlight of Billy’s kills is when he crashes a white supremacist Nazi holiday party and slaughters everyone in attendance.... It’s in the final act that the plot takes a total turn and becomes its own animal, and it totally rocks. I think it was brilliant to completely change the plot line. It’s fresh, different, and much more character focused than the original movie, offering something unique rather than a Christmas cookie cutter slasher. There’s also a fantastic sequence that takes place in a ball pit." BoysBearsAndScares.com
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