Silent Night, Deadly Night Review: Christmas Slasher Remake Is a Mixed Bag

The original film embodied the spirit of the mid-1980s and a focus on limited government, but Mike P. Nelson’s updated version is much darker. It focuses on the evil that lurks beneath a friendly facade – those who seem like good neighbors but secretly harbor sinister intentions. While we might all put on a cheerful face during the holidays, this film suggests some people are hiding truly disturbing behavior. Like the characters in shows like Dexter, the killer in this film only targets terrible people. And like Venom, he’s driven by an internal voice with unclear motives – is it a mental illness, or something else, like Santa Claus himself? Either way, some truly awful people are going to meet a violent end.







