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Silent Night2012

Name: Silent Night
Genre: Slasher, Splatter & Gore, Comedy Horror
Released: 2012-11-30
Rating: 5.3

“You better watch out.”

Directed by Steven C. Miller

5.3

Crypt Score

Blended from 4 sources

IMDb 5.2Rotten Tomatoes 62%Metacritic 53TMDB 5.2

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Year

2012

Runtime

94 min

Box Office

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue (worldwide)

$130,781

Domestic

$14,567

The premise

As their small Midwestern town prepares for its annual Christmas Eve parade, a sheriff and his deputy discover that a maniac in a Santa suit is murdering those he judges as naughty.

Horror Vault's take

When a killer dressed as Santa Claus begins carving a bloody path through a quiet Midwestern town on Christmas Eve, a no-nonsense sheriff and her deputy race to stop the carnage before the holiday parade turns into a massacre. This gleefully brutal remake leans hard into its slasher roots, delivering inventive kills and a dark comedic streak alongside the yuletide terror. Malcolm McDowell's cantankerous sheriff keeps things entertainingly off-kilter while bodies pile up in increasingly outrageous fashion.

Content: Graphic Violence, Gore, Graphic Kills Including Electrocution, Axe Murder, And Woodchipper, Flamethrower Violence, Sexual Content, Strong Language