Silent Night, Deadly Night Remake Hits Theaters December 12, 2025

A controversial Christmas horror classic has returned to theaters after more than four decades, with a new remake of "Silent Night, Deadly Night" arriving in select cinemas across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom on December 12, 2025.

The original 1984 film, directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr., drew widespread outrage for its depiction of a Santa Claus-suited killer, leading to protests from parent groups and advertisers. Its television advertisements, which featured graphic scenes of violence during family viewing hours, prompted distributor TriStar Pictures to withdraw the movie from theaters just one week after its debut. Despite the backlash, the film quickly gained a cult following through home video releases, spawning four sequels and inspiring numerous imitations in the holiday horror genre. Produced on a modest budget of $750,000, it centered on Billy Chapman, a young boy who witnesses his parents' murder by a deranged man dressed as Santa on Christmas Eve. The trauma follows him into adulthood, where he works at a toy store and, after enduring further abuse in an orphanage, snaps into a vengeful killing spree while donning a Santa suit to punish those...