Silent Night (2012)

(In French, On Cable TV, December 2020) Whether Silent Night is a remake, reboot or legacy sequel of the “classic” slasher film Silent Night, Deadly Night is immaterial – it’s still a Christmas-themed slasher, and you know what that means: paper-thin writing, excessive gore, nihilistic humour and straightforward filmmaking. This film doesn’t break the rules, as a psychotic Santa goes around murdering those on his naughty list. Silent Night is really for the hardcore horror fans more than general audiences: it delivers what’s expected in that subgenre, and doesn’t even pretend to be anything more. I suppose that its best audiences are mid-December gorehounds tired of relentless holiday cheer.