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Silent Night

You better watch out.

2012 · 1h 34m · R Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by Steven C. Miller

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Overview

As their small Midwestern town prepares for its annual Christmas Eve parade, a sheriff and his deputy discover that a maniac in a Santa suit is murdering those he judges as naughty.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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All reviews
64%
Tomatometer
Fresh

Apart from some modestly inventive carnage and an undeniably humorous hambone turn by Malcolm McDowell, there's really nothing here to make genre fans dash through the snow (or maneuver through traffic) to megaplexes.

Joe Leydon, Variety
Rotten

Fans of nearly nude women being fed into wood chippers will not go home disappointed (except, very likely, in their hollow lives.)

Nick Pinkerton, Village Voice
Fresh

The movie's intended audience will likely be satisfied by its parade of gory mayhem, cheap thrills and groan-worthy dark humor. Everyone else: You're on your own.

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
Fresh

This brisk reimagining of the 1984 slasher "Silent Night, Deadly Night" delivers the seasonal goods with admirable efficiency and not a little wit.

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
Rotten

This unimaginative remake of Silent Night, Deadly Night continues the trend of mediocre remakes of '80s era horror films.

Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

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