Very well executed

Some things I liked some I did not.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Malcolm McDowell and Jaime King star in this 2012 horror film. This takes place on Christmas Eve in Wisconsin town, Cryer where a brutal killer dressed as Santa Claus lurks. McDowell (A Clockwork Orange, Halloween) plays Sheriff Cooper who intends to find him with help from one of his deputies, Aubrey Bradimore (King), a recent widow who tries to get through the holidays. Donal Logue (Blade, Gotham) also appears as Santa Jim. This sort of resembles and pays tribute to other holiday horror/slasher flicks like "Silent Night, Deadly Night," "Christmas Evil" and "Black Christmas." It also feels a bit like a Rob Zombie film, McDowell and King are good in it and there's gruesome deaths/killings. I'd give this a view if you're into the genre.

In 1984, Silent Night, Deadly Night was a success cause controversy because angry parents didn't like see a killer Santa Claus in a horror movie.It a overrated movie, but still is a O.K. picture. A remake was release in 2012, make many mistakes like a very boring and sad main character, Aubrey Bradimore and others not likable characters. Other major issue in modern remake of classic horror, wasted too much time explain their reasons for being villains. Should waste time in creating a very good bad guy that explain him. Reason that most of people like villains in horror because they are played by good actors or actresses in a good history which is full of suspenseful scenes and likable supporting characters. After watching ending, i was confused because history of killer is that he saw his dad being killing by a police officer, father of main character, because movie shows son having a burn scars that doesn't make sense he wasn't burn in face,that happened to his father not himself. Other thing, why killer kill random people before killing man who killed his daddy? Reason that make his father want to kill everyone who being bad in Christmas because his wife is cheating and leaving him. Original gives a much better explanation,Billy saw his parents being killing and was abused by nuns for years,they always keep says to him that doing bad things is wrong and that why is being punched that why is killing people who is doing bad things. If you wanna see a good Christmas horror movies, watch Black Christmas(1974),Christmas Evil(1980)and original Silent Night, Deadly Night(1984).

Getting Malcolm McDowell for your horror movie is always a nice treat. And he seems to be willing to help (young) filmmakers out, like in this case. This fun little slasher, is not profound, but it does not need to be. You just want to pop in the movie, drink the beverage of your choice and have a bowl of whatever in front of you, to cheer on the events unfolding on screen.Christmas has been used in other movies to go dark and evil, so that's not new (even Santa has been bad quite a few times in the past), but the level of violence reached here has to be in the top 3 at least. There are some innovative ways Santa is disposing of "evil" persons and it's kind a fun to watch this low budget movie, even when it struggles at times. Fun, because we know it's a movie.

Jaime King leads the cast here in this re-imagining of Charles Sellier's controversial holiday slasher as a deputy in a small town where a man in a Santa suit is killing residents on Christmas Eve. To complicate matters, the town's annual Santa Claus costume contest is scheduled, and the bodies are piling up like snowfall.The original "Silent Night, Deadly Night" is and always has been an exceptional piece of slasher trash; I recently re-watched it and was surprised at how shoddily put together it was, yet it still maintains enough charm and moments of horrific wit to keep itself afloat. It's a bad film with good qualities, and what horror fan doesn't love a holiday slasher? That said, it's not surprising that someone eventually sought a remake of the material. This re-imagining is loosely cribbed from the original film, but spins an entirely different premise and takes the point-of-view of a police deputy seeking the villain as opposed to the childhood trauma psychology lesson that the first film explores with Billy and his ticking-time-bomb rampage. It's a more predictable spin for sure, but the script is well written enough to compensate for this. The film has a gritty quality and is uncompromisingly grim in terms of violence— perhaps more than the original — and edges into the territory of 21st century splatter, but it's dark and effective for it. Jaime King leads the cast as a tortured police deputy, with support from veteran Malcolm McDowell, and both are very solid in their roles here. Former model and now-actress King is surprisingly believable as a cop, and her chemistry with McDowell is enjoyable on screen. Overall, "Silent Night" is a great revision of the 1984 film that is surprisingly watchable and not nearly as bad as you may expect of a direct-to-video slasher remake. Solid performances and McDowell's presence elevate everything a notch or two, but at the end of the day, the real fun here is watching a mad Santa wreak bloody havoc on unsuspecting suburbia. In some ways it's as absurd as the original, but it's overall a better-executed film, and, if nothing else, is a worthwhile complementary entry into the Christmas horror sub-genre. 7/10.