24 Days of HorrorXmas- Silent Night (2012)

I will be posting Christmas themed horror films over the next 24 days, for the thirteenth night I am listing the 2012 slasher Silent Night.

Silent Night (2012)

Dir- Steven C Miller

A small town deputy is ordered to investigate what turns out to be the murder of a missing colleague; she then finds that other brutal deaths are happening in her town on Christmas Eve. The mysterious killer is disguised as Santa Claus and can move about easily due to the town's Christmas celebration that features a large group of people dressed as Santa Claus. When Silent Night was released, it was billed as a semi-remake of the infamous 1984 slasher, but the movie should not be sneered at for the association. Its a surprisingly well-made slasher with some creative and gory death scenes, a decent cast featuring Malcolm McDowell and Jaime King and some dark humor that will either make you laugh or groan. The movie is easily one of the better remakes that came out in that era and except for the conclusion could have been released as a fully independent Christmas horror film. I watched it not knowing it was a semi-remake but enjoyed the movie on its own merits and feel it is one of the better Christmas themed horror movies released in the past decade.