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Bloody Christmas

Original title: Silent Night
  • 2012
  • 16
  • 1h 34m
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
10K
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Brendan Fehr and Jaime King in Bloody Christmas (2012)
The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.
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The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.

  • Director
    • Steven C. Miller
  • Writer
    • Jayson Rothwell
  • Stars
    • Malcolm McDowell
    • Jaime King
    • Donal Logue
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.2/10
    10K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Steven C. Miller
    • Writer
      • Jayson Rothwell
    • Stars
      • Malcolm McDowell
      • Jaime King
      • Donal Logue
    • 92User reviews
    • 95Critic reviews
    • 53Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Silent Night: Public Enemy Number 1
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    Silent Night: Santa Attacks
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    Malcolm McDowell
    Malcolm McDowell
    • Sheriff Cooper
    Jaime King
    Jaime King
    • Aubrey Bradimore
    Donal Logue
    Donal Logue
    • Santa Jim
    Rick Skene
    Rick Skene
    • Ronald Jones Jr.…
    Ellen Wong
    Ellen Wong
    • Brenda
    Andrew Cecon
    Andrew Cecon
    • Deputy Giles
    Courtney-Jane White
    Courtney-Jane White
    • Tiffany
    Erik Berg
    • Dennis
    Tom Anniko
    Tom Anniko
    • Mayor Revie
    Mike O'Brien
    • Stein Karsson
    Curtis Moore
    • Reverend Madeley
    Adriana O'Neil
    Adriana O'Neil
    • Mom
    John B. Lowe
    John B. Lowe
    • Dad
    Ali Tataryn
    • Alana Roach
    Brendan Fehr
    Brendan Fehr
    • Deputy Jordan
    Cruise Brown
    • Ronald Jones Jr. as a boy
    Clayton T. Stewart
    • Fake Santa #1
    Aaron Hughes
    Aaron Hughes
    • Frank
    • Director
      • Steven C. Miller
    • Writer
      • Jayson Rothwell
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    5buckeyefanohiostate

    good not great,bad but not terrible

    Okay 1st off i have to say the kills in this movie are done pretty well but may be a bit much for some who are not into overly grosome kills ex like the kills from old school slashers like Friday the 13th or Fredy! This movie follows alot of the horror movie tropes like ppl making the stupidest decions ever that no real person would ever make but if you can over look that and some of the B movie plot holes there can be some fun! I love christmas horror movies to turn a holiday about love giving and family and turning it into a nightmare is always fun to see how the world they build for the characters is always interesting to me. Malcom Mcdowell is way over the top not to the point of Nic cage but sometimes he had me laughing thinking there is no way the was the best take lol the way the characters act and talk to each other sometimes is way too fake and even pulls you out of the movie cause its just not how a real person would act lol. When it does happen i just had to remind my self its a B movie! Over all i think this could have been a really fun movie but as is id say its just your avg scary movie not good but not bad either.
    4paul_m_haakonsen

    Once the night do become silent, this movie will not linger on...

    I was initially lured in by the somewhat odd cover for this movie; having a strange-looking Santa there with a flamethrower. If that is not an eye-catcher, then I don't know what it.

    Having seen the movie now, I somewhat sit here and wonder where the horror in the movie vanished off to, because this movie was anything but scary. And if anything, then the older movies in the same genre, such as "Silent Night, Deadly Night" or "Black Christmas" were actually more entertaining than this 2012 movie.

    The story in "Silent Night" is about a mysterious and masked person dressed up as Santa Claws who goes on a killing spree in a small town during the Christmas holidays. And it is up to the local police force to bring an end to the murderous rampage.

    Story-wise, it wasn't the most interesting of movies, as it was all something that basically had been seen before in other movies. That being said, I am not saying that it is all bad, because the movie does manage to entertain from the very start and up to the end. Sure, there were some questionable moments and goofy parts to the movie, but all in all, it did manage to entertain. However, this movie is not likely going to become a Christmas classic such as "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" is, nor is it the type of movie that you will most likely ever watch again after having seen it once.

    If you enjoy horror movies, then "Silent Night" is not the best of choices, but there are far worse movies available.
    6gavin6942

    Modern Slashers Versus 1980s Slashers? Not the Same.

    The police force of a remote Midwestern town search for a killer Santa Claus who is picking off citizens on Christmas Eve.

    First of all, let me get this off my chest: the film takes place in the Midwest on Christmas Eve and there is not one flake of snow... and the grass is still green. Even when we have no snow on Christmas (rare, but possible) the grass is quite dead... not sure what these people were thinking.

    And second, calling this a "loose remake" of the 1980s slasher "Silent Night, Deadly Night" seems to be just a way to get around the fact the idea of a killer Santa has already been done. The films have practically nothing in common beyond the title... and could be treated as completely unrelated without anyone noticing.

    But comparing a 2012 slasher to a 1980s slasher is unfair from the start. The styles are different, the culture is different. And frankly, for as bad as most slashers are these days (particularly the remakes) this one holds up surprisingly well. We like seeing Santa chase people down, we love the ax... and we really love the wood chipper. Sure, I still prefer practical effects, but they did not go overboard on the CG like they could have.
    5wormtheace

    Great practical effects, but clunky execution

    Let me get this out of the way. I had not seen the original "Silent Night, Deadly Night" until last week. I am a huge horror fan and this one kind of slipped under my radar. The original is by itself pretty bad. The acting is bad and any shades of a good horror movie are lost in the mess of bad acting and nonsensical plot. This movie attempt to rectify the problems with the original by establishing a much simpler storyline. The kills are there for sure. The practical effects are for the most part pretty good. It's a welcome sign to see a horror film that attempts to take full advantage of the advances in practicals. There are some cool callbacks to the original and its sequel while at the same time the film separates itself from the original series. The major issue with the film is that it's just not very exciting. Kills happen, and they are cool, but there is just no tension built. Even though the storyline has been slimmed down compared to the original, it feels like they missed a lot of opportunities to develop some three-dimensional characters. Everyone is just kind of there. Malcolm McDowell is the weakest part of the movie. I'm not sure when he decided to start playing every character the same, but his crazy old man routine is getting stale. Jamie King is mostly okay. We really don't much of a back story on her character and her eventual transformation is kind of out of left field. Donal Logue is probably the best thing in the movie, but his character is also just another throw in. It's a weird movie because it looks professional enough to be a wide release movie, but the holes in the film are just too wide to overcome. All and all it's a fine rental if you have 90 minutes to waste, but it certainly doesn't break any new ground. The original is certainly not hallowed ground. It's the kind of movie that just begs to be remade. I'm fine with what we ended up with. This isn't The Exorcist, The Thing, or Halloween so I'm not going to go off the deep end over a classic being remade.
    7Bezenby

    Merry Christmarse

    A nutter dressed as Santa Claus is roaming around some sleepy town in America wasting people who have been naughty (starting with an adulterer and her lover), and it's up to deputy whats-her-name and grumpy police chief Malcolm McDowell to sort him out.

    I was getting fed up with slasher movies since they, at their worst, are just the same things you've seen over and over again (see Bunnyman massacre, Mask Maker etc). Silent Night IS the same sort of thing you've seen before, but it's really well made, contains actual tension, and is a beautiful film to look at.

    Of course, there are plenty of undesirable folk for our killer Claus to perforate, from the bratty kid to the pervy priest to the pornographers, and you've got plenty of gore to go with it too (including a head split in two with an axe and someone getting fed into a woodchipper feet first). I'm no worshipper of Malcolm McDowell but here he's pretty funny as the ignorant police chief who won't listen to his deputy. "Don't put avacado on the burger" indeed.

    Just shows that a good slasher film can be made if people can be arsed.

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    • Trivia
      The line "what is this, garbage day?" is a reference to Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987) when Ricky (while on a shooting spree) says the infamous line "garbage day!"
    • Goofs
      The name of the town is Cryer but the name on the water tower shows the end of Selkirk, the town where it was filmed.
    • Quotes

      Sheriff Cooper: Don't put avacado on the burger!

    • Connections
      Featured in Phelous & the Movies: Silent Night... Whatever Night (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      CMP3138 Up On the Housetop
      Written by Benjamin Hanby (uncredited)

      Performed by Danny Infantino

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    • Release date
      • December 4, 2012 (Canada)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Noche de paz, noche de muerte
    • Filming locations
      • Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
    • Production companies
      • The Genre Co.
      • Buffalo Gal Pictures
      • Ember Productions
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    • Budget
      • $5,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $14,567
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $9,780
      • Dec 2, 2012
    • Gross worldwide
      • $130,781
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    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      • 1h 34m(94 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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