I’ve got a soft spot for December slashers. Give me a nasty hook, a bit of visual flair, and one good mean streak under the tinsel, and I’m happy. This one turns up with a sack full of concepts… and then drops them all down the chimney.
The 2025 Silent Night, Deadly Night remake is hectic. It borrows familiar setups from a bunch of recent films and keeps restarting itself, jumping to the next moment before any tension has time to stick. A lot of it is shot and staged plainly, with flat lighting and action that doesn’t have much shape or bite.
The setup does the job, but it never lands that nasty little punchline you want from a killer-Santa film. A slasher can be cheap and still have personality. This one mostly has clutter — and I felt relief when it ended.