The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve. Even tho it's not as bad as other films of Steven C. Miller's Silent Night is still your typical by the numbers slasher film and not that very good one too i'm afraid. Jaime King does give a respectable good perfomance as Aubrey, Donal Logue does his usual things and he is pretty good too and Malcolm McDowell as well also did an alright job. Unfortunately this over the top kills that the Killer Santa is making does ruin the movie alot, the script was a bit bad too and the overall plot of the movie was kind of bad to say the least. Overall a bad remake from Miller. (3/10)

So this is a pretty decent but generic slasher but what can you expect for a Christmas horror movie. The acting is campy at times but also works quite well for the humor at times, the gore is fun at times as it seems to be taking the mickey out of itself, but overall an entertaining holiday slasher.

Jaime King leads the cast here in this re-imagining of Charles Sellier's controversial holiday slasher as a deputy in a small town where a man in a Santa suit is killing residents on Christmas Eve. To complicate matters, the town's annual Santa Claus costume contest is scheduled, and the bodies are piling up like snowfall.The original "Silent Night, Deadly Night" is and always has been an exceptional piece of slasher trash; I recently re-watched it and was surprised at how shoddily put together it was, yet it still maintains enough charm and moments of horrific wit to keep itself afloat. It's a bad film with good qualities, and what horror fan doesn't love a holiday slasher? That said, it's not surprising that someone eventually sought a remake of the material. This re-imagining is loosely cribbed from the original film, but spins an entirely different premise and takes the point-of-view of a police deputy seeking the villain as opposed to the childhood trauma psychology lesson that the first film explores with Billy and his ticking-time-bomb rampage. It's a more predictable spin for sure, but the script is well written enough to compensate for this. The film has a gritty quality and is uncompromisingly grim in terms of violence— perhaps more than the original — and edges into the territory of 21st century splatter, but it's dark and effective for it. Jaime King leads the cast as a tortured police deputy, with support from veteran Malcolm McDowell, and both are very solid in their roles here. Former model and now-actress King is surprisingly believable as a cop, and her chemistry with McDowell is enjoyable on screen. Overall, "Silent Night" is a great revision of the 1984 film that is surprisingly watchable and not nearly as bad as you may expect of a direct-to-video slasher remake. Solid performances and McDowell's presence elevate everything a notch or two, but at the end of the day, the real fun here is watching a mad Santa wreak bloody havoc on unsuspecting suburbia. In some ways it's as absurd as the original, but it's overall a better-executed film, and, if nothing else, is a worthwhile complementary entry into the Christmas horror sub-genre. 7/10.

A man dressed up as a Santa is slaughtering people on Christmas Eve in a Midwestern town. It's up to officer Aubrey Bradlemore (Jamie King) & Sheriff Cooper (Malcolm McDowell) to stop him. I would consider this movie to be a very loose remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night. It does borrow some things from it, but it does its own thing for the most part. Unfortunately, this is a real stinker of a film. It tries way too hard to be explicit and offensive that it becomes easily noticeable. The original was an entertaining slasher with some genuine controversy. But unlike that movie, this movie lacks the psychological edge that Silent Night Deadly Night had. The plot is nowhere near as strong. We don't know what makes the killer tick. We get an idea during the ending, but I felt that was a stupid thing to do. In the original, Billy is mentally damaged, this guy seems like a complete psychopath for the sake of it. Sometimes that can be good, but not in this case. Gore hounds will most likely be pleased, others may abhor at the nasty stuff in this movie. I won't spoil all the goodies, but here is a few examples. We get a chopped off leg, a ridiculously bloody bullet to the head, sliced off fingers, stabbings, and lots more. Those that liked the original like I did will get a kick out of the deer antler impaling. I did feel shocking a 14-year-old to death was crossing the line, though. The acting is merely average. Jaime King is better than this film deserves. She had every reason to phone it in, but she didn't. Her character is way too thin to care about, sadly. Malcolm McDowell is pretty poor in this movie. He has a couple of good lines. "Don't put avocado on the burger" "Big mistake, bringing a flamethrower to a gunfight" . Brendan Fehr is reduced to a cameo in the beginning. The rest of the cast are strictly amateur hour. The ending paves way for a possible sequel. All I have to say to that notion, is please, no. This is a mean-spirited affair that bored me to tears. Stick with Silent Night, Deadly Night. 3/10