Silent Night (2012) – Review 🎄

“Santa’s coming to town… and he brought a flamethrower.”


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Let’s start by showing y’all the trailers, shall we? 🎥

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⚠️ WARNING

This movie is violent, bloody, and absolutely not for everyone.
It’s a sleazy holiday slasher — just a heads up before you dive in.


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🎄 Non-Spoiler Plot Overview

Silent Night (2012) is a loose remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night, and when I say “loose,” I mean LOOSE.
The plot follows a serial killer Santa rampaging through a small town on Christmas Eve.
Meanwhile, the local cops — led by Malcolm McDowell acting like he’s in a totally different movie — try to track down the killer before the town’s holiday festival turns into a massacre.

The vibe?
This movie feels like someone dared the director:

> “Make a Christmas slasher that’s part grindhouse, part Hallmark, part Final Destination.”



It’s chaotic, it’s mean-spirited, it’s dumb as hell… but also kinda fun if you go in with the right mindset.


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👥 Character Rundown

Aubrey Bradimore (Jaime King)

The rookie cop trying to hold the town together. She’s actually solid in this — she plays it straight even when the script doesn’t.

Sheriff Cooper (Malcolm McDowell)

He’s basically doing a parody of a sheriff.
Wild line delivery. Zero subtlety. It’s hilarious whether it’s supposed to be or not.

Killer Santa

Big dude. Creepy mask. Zero lines. Maximum carnage.
That’s the whole character and honestly? Works for what it is.

Town of Weirdos

This movie fills the town with every “local oddball” stereotype imaginable just to set up more death scenes.


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⏳ Pacing / Flow

The plot is basically:
kill scene → cop scene → kill scene → cop scene → festival showdown.

It never stops long enough for you to care about the characters, but it also never slows down enough to get boring.

It feels like a rollercoaster that’s somehow rickety AND fun.


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🎁 Pros

Some surprisingly creative kills

Great practical gore

Jaime King does legit good work

Malcolm McDowell carries this movie into parody territory

A few actually creepy Santa moments

A grindhouse-style Christmas vibe that kinda works



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🧨 Cons

Tone is all over the place
Sometimes it’s gritty, sometimes it’s comedy, sometimes it’s classic slasher.
It never fully commits to one.

Very shallow characters
People are basically walking targets.

Plot is meh
It’s not doing anything you haven’t seen before in slashers.

The remake connection is pointless
It barely relates to the original.



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🎅 Final Thoughts

Silent Night (2012) is EXACTLY the kind of movie you watch when you’re in the mood for dumb holiday carnage.

It’s not smart.
It’s not deep.
It’s not special.

But it IS entertaining in that “drink some hot chocolate and watch people get chainsawed by Santa” kind of way.

Jaime King does her best. Malcolm McDowell goes full chaotic gremlin. The kills go hard.
And honestly? Sometimes that’s enough.


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⭐ Rating: 6/10

A fun, trashy Christmas slasher — nothing more, nothing less.


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🔥 Spoiler Warning

Alright y’all. Spoilers ahead. Turn back now if you don’t want to know who Santa barbeques.


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🎄🔪 SPOILERS (Full detail, NO bullet points)

The movie opens with a brutal “naughty list” massacre where Killer Santa kills a man with a cattle prod and strings him up with Christmas lights. This immediately sets the tone: ridiculous, mean, and Christmas-themed gore.

From there, Santa moves through town picking off the worst people imaginable — a creepy pastor, a porn photographer, a corrupt Santa impersonator, and a teenage girl who runs a leaf blower over her father’s ashes. The highlight kill is easily the wood chipper scene, where Santa literally throws a woman into a chipper while Christmas lights flash in the background. The mixture of cartoon logic and gore is kind of hilarious in the worst way.

Meanwhile, Sheriff Cooper bumbles around town giving the most unhinged line deliveries you’ve heard in a Christmas horror movie. Aubrey becomes the real detective, trying to understand the pattern behind the killings. Eventually she learns that years ago, a man dressed as Santa burned alive in a horrific accident — and now his son has returned for revenge, targeting everyone connected to the tragedy.

The final showdown takes place at the town Christmas parade, where Santa shows up and kills half the cast in front of a screaming crowd. Aubrey eventually tracks him to an abandoned mill, where she shoots Santa point-blank and burns his body. The mask melts away, revealing the vengeful son beneath.

But in true slasher fashion, as the film ends, another Santa figure is seen driving away — making it clear the terror isn’t over.