A serial killer dressed as Santa Claus hacks his way through a small Minnesota town. Along the way, he also falls in love with a local business owner. He’s evil; he should be the villain, but in Silent Night, Deadly Night , we’re forced to consider, maybe he’s not?

Written and directed by Mike P. Nelson, Silent Night, Deadly Night is a remake of the 1984 cult classic of the same name by Charles E. Sellier Jr. That film also followed a man dressed as Santa who thinks he’s killing for good, but, in this remake, things get even deeper, as the film paints its central character as a hero with a fatal flaw, instead of a psychopath. And in that balance is where the film loses its way.

Each Christmas, Billy (Rohan Campbell of Halloween Ends ) puts on a Santa suit and kills one person

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