Silent Night, Deadly Night

This reminded me a bit of “Violent Night” (2022) as it rather challenges the typical image of the avuncular Santa Claus. This one, here, is much more focussed on the folks who have been naughty, and with his advent calendar counting down with it's own sort of macabre biometric souvenirs, he has only four days left to complete his latest annual search for some nasties. “Billy” (Rohan Campbell) is the man whom we know dons the suit and who is egged on by a violent devil on his shoulder to keep motivated, but when they arrive in a small town preparing for the festivities, he meets “Pamela”…

Premise, meet execution This premise shows a lot of promise, and could easily have been squandered, and almost is, but this movie picks up in its third act and becomes heartfelt and drives well into its conclusion. The casting is good, the direction solid, the effects where they need to be. This is a great remake of a movie most would have forgotten.