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Nearly four years have gone by since we heard that Orwo Studios and Black Hanger Studios, the folks behind Jeepers Creepers: Reborn, were going to be making a reboot of the classic Christmas slasher movie Silent Night, Deadly Night (watch it Here)… and while those plans didn’t work out and Orwo Studios and Black Hanger Studios are no longer involved, a Silent Night, Deadly Night remake is still moving forward. Back in November, we learned that the film will be coming our way from Cineverse, the company behind the Terrifier franchise, with writer/director Mike P. Nelson at the helm. Now, Deadline has broken the news that Sixth Dimension, the new in-house genre label at Studiocanal, has picked up the global rights (excluding North America) to the project as first acquisition. The new Silent Night, Deadly Night will be heading into production this spring, aiming to reach theatres by the end of this year.

Nearly four years have gone by since we heard that Orwo Studios and Black Hanger Studios, the folks behind Jeepers Creepers: Reborn, were going to be making a reboot of the classic Christmas slasher movie Silent Night, Deadly Night (watch it Here), which happens to be celebrating its 40th anniversary this year… and if you’ve been wondering what was going on with that reboot, we finally have an update! For one thing, Orwo Studios and Black Hanger Studios are no longer involved. Instead, the new version of Silent Night, Deadly Night will be coming our way from Cineverse, the company behind the Terrifier franchise, and Deadline reports that it’s expected to start filming soon with writer/director Mike P. Nelson at the helm! The project is aiming for a late 2025 theatrical release – so it sounds like we’ll be getting it just in time for Christmas!

Nelson already has some reboot experience,...

A new episode of the What Happened to This Horror Movie? video series has just arrived online, and in this one we’re looking back at the 1990 film Predator 2 (watch it Here), which blends the genres of horror, sci-fi, and action. This one isn’t as popular as its predecessor, but does have a solid fan following of its own. To hear all about it, check out the video embedded above!

Directed by Stephen Hopkins (Judgment Night) from a screenplay written by Predator writers Jim Thomas and John Thomas, Predator 2 has the following synopsis: Los Angeles is enduring a heat wave and a crime wave, so the pressure on police officer Mike Harrigan to solve a strange string of murders is mounting. Harrigan thinks the culprit can be found among the warring gangs and drug cartels, but FBI Special Agent Peter Keyes knows the horrible truth: Their killer...

2024 marks the 40th anniversary of the classic Christmas slasher movie Silent Night, Deadly Night (watch it Here) – and to mark the occasion, Scream Factory will be giving the film a 4K Uhd and Blu-ray release on December 10th! Copies of the 4K Uhd / Blu-ray set are available for pre-order on the Scream Factory website – but the company is also selling a bundle that includes a paperback novelization! Or, you can just buy the novelization on its own. The 4K Uhd / Blu-ray set goes for the price of $35.99, the novelization bundle is $64.98, and the novelization by itself is $30.

Directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr. from a screenplay by Michael Hickey (with Paul Caimi receiving story credit), Silent Night, Deadly Night has the following synopsis: Bearing the emotional scars of a young boy who has seen his mother and father brutally murdered by a savage killer in a Santa Claus costume, 18-year-old...

5 Best Christmas Horror Movies(Photo Credit –IMDb)

When one thinks of Christmas, horror, and gore are generally not the first things that come to mind. Christmas is all about having fun. It’s full of life and color, and identifying it as scary would be out of place. And while Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas” does make a perfect example of a ‘scary Christmas,’ it does not qualify as a traditional, spine-chilling horror movie. But contrary to popular narrative — certain media out there does it, and does it well. Think of the latest “Fargo” episode that runs a Halloween theme and blends it with “Nightmare Before Christmas.”

So, the appeal behind it is understandable. This is why we have curated a list of the best Christmas horror movies you can enjoy for a change of pace from all the happy and sparkly traditions.

1. Krampus (2015) Krampus (Photo Credit –IMDb...

The episode of The Test of Time covering Silent Night, Deadly Night was Written by Andrew Hatfield, Narrated by Niki Minter, Edited by Mike Conway, Produced by John Fallon and Tyler Nichols, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

Wading through the many aspects of a movie to decide if it stands the Test of Time is one of the fun parts of this journey. Often times, we’ve looked at classics that are genuinely seen as good in most aspects and decide if it was good just for its era or if it was able to transcend its place in time and still be a good time today. Last year we looked at Christmas Evil, a movie that still is underseen, but is a true holiday classic. While Black Christmas is probably on the Mount Rushmore of both Slashers And Christmas Horror and doesn’t require a re-evaluation, what about Silent Night,...

A couple months ago, we looked back at the 1988 film Pumpkinhead with an episode of our Best Horror Movie You Never Saw video series. Now we’re moving on to an examination of the 1994 sequel Pumpkinhead 2: Blood Wings (watch it Here) – and since this isn’t exactly one of the most popular sequels around, we’re covering it in an episode of our The Black Sheep video series. To find out why we think Pumpkinhead II deserves more appreciation, check out the video embedded above!

Directed by Jeff Burr from a screenplay written by Constantine Chachornia and Ivan Chachornia, Pumpkinhead 2: Blood Wings has the following synopsis: In a small Kansas town in 1958, a group of teenagers torture and kill a disfigured orphan named Tommy. After 35 years, another gang of teens robs the cabin of an old witch. Using some blood and a spell taken from her house, the...

Last week, The Arrow in the Head Show hosts John “The Arrow” Fallon and Lance Vlcek prepared for the holidays by taking in a viewing of the 2006 version of Black Christmas. Now that we’re heading into Christmas weekend, The Arrow and Lance continue their holiday viewings with the 1984 slasher classic Silent Night, Deadly Night (watch it Here). To find out what they think of the movie, check out the video embedded above!

Directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr. from a screenplay by Michael Hickey (with Paul Caimi receiving story credit), Silent Night, Deadly Night has the following synopsis: Bearing the emotional scars of a young boy who has seen his mother and father brutally murdered by a savage killer in a Santa Claus costume, 18-year-old Billy explodes into a lethal frenzy – he’s asked to put on a Santa Claus suit himself to entertain the customers of the department store where he works.

The 1984 classic Silent Night, Deadly Night (watch it Here) and the 1974 classic Black Christmas (watch that one Here) are two horror films that many genre fans make sure to watch every holiday season – so the folks at Gutter Garbs have very wisely put imagery promoting both films together for their “Holidays of Horror Double Feature” collection. A T-shirt, a hoodie, and a poster showing Silent Night, Deadly Night and Black Christmas double feature artwork can be purchased at This Link – and you can take a look at those items at the bottom of this article.

Directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr. from a screenplay by Michael Hickey (working from a story by Paul Caimi), Silent Night, Deadly Night has the following synopsis:

Bearing the emotional scars of a young boy who has seen his mother and father brutally murdered by a savage killer in a Santa Claus costume, 18-year-old Billy...

With the new Predator movie Prey being released through the Hulu streaming service earlier this month, a lot of people have been talking about the Predator franchise and revisiting the early movies. In the new episode of The Arrow in the Head Show, hosts John “The Arrow” Fallon and Lance Vlcek are getting in on the Predator action as well, looking back at the 1990 film Predator 2 (watch it Here). To find out what they had to say about Predator 2, check out the video embedded above!

Directed by Stephen Hopkins from a screenplay written by Jim Thomas and John Thomas, Predator 2 has the following synopsis:

Los Angeles is enduring a heat wave and a crime wave, so the pressure on police officer Michael Harrigan to solve a strange string of murders is mounting. Harrigan thinks the culprit can be found among the warring gangs and drug cartels, but...

Louisa Mellor Sep 22, 2019

From lobsters to poker to beef in the trifle, we count down the top 25 episodes of Friends…

There was a time, thanks to the enthusiasm and regularity of its syndicated broadcasts, when it felt as though Friends was more air than a sitcom. It was ambient. Omnipresent. It would always be there as part of the TV scenery. And then all of a sudden, it went away. We learned a valuable lesson that day: don't take sitcom for granted. Treasure it and keep it close to your heart.

Now, it's back. Well, it is for Netflix subscribers at least (until it's not again and Peacock takes over)

In the interests of cherishing the show that coined a hundred phrases and made Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Joey, Monica and Phoebe fixtures in our lives, here are 25 of its top episodes...

25. The Last One

Season 10, Episodes 17 and 18

“I got off...

Louisa Mellor Jan 9, 2018

Now that Friends is available on Netflix UK, from lobsters to poker to beef in the trifle, we count down its top 25 episodes…

There was a time, thanks to the enthusiasm and regularity of E4's broadcasts, when it felt as though Friends was more air than sitcom here in the UK. It was ambient. Omnipresent. It would always be there as part of the TV scenery. And then all of a sudden, it went away. We learned a valuable lesson that day: don't take sitcom for granted. Treasure it and keep it close to your heart.

See related Altered Carbon: new featurette

Now, it's back. Well, it is for Netflix subscribers at least.

In the interests of cherishing the show that coined a hundred phrases and made Ross, Rachel, Chandler, Joey, Monica and Phoebe fixtures in our lives, here are twenty-five of its top episodes...

25. The...

A confession: I’m not wild about Christmas. As somebody who gets unnecessarily neurotic about whether or not everybody else is having a good time, the onset of shopping crowds, traveling woes, gift-buying difficulties, and food-related malaise often overwhelms my delicate constitution. (Also, the constant claptrap about the War on Christmas doesn’t make the season any more fun.)

But there are a handful of Christmas traditions I have adopted over the years that have made the last six weeks of the year something close to bearable. The cornerstone of those rituals is the annual viewing of Silent Night, Deadly Night,...

Now that Halloween is over, it’s time to start watching those Christmas-themed horror movies. One of the more popular ones is Silent Night, Deadly night and it’s coming to theaters across the country this December. The screenings are courtesy of Brainstorm Media and Fangoria, who made the announcement:

“Fangoria is thrilled to announce the re-release of the controversial, ultra-bloody anti-Holiday slasher favorite Silent Night, Deadly Night, opening wide across the country in theaters everywhere!

Released in 1984 to outrage and parental paranoia, director Charles Sellier’s killer Kris Kringle creeper tells the tale of a tot who, on Christmas Eve 1974, sees mommy kissing Santa’s axe as a lunatic invades their home and murders his family. Growing up in an abusive Catholic orphanage, the poor put-upon lad grows up to be a similar psycho in a Santa suit and goes on a bloody rampage. The film will be fully uncut and re-mastered,...

Tis the season to survive Christmas. That pretty much means in any and all ways possible. This is the season that makes your wallet scream, your kids paranoid and forces you into crowded situations with groups of angry parents. Good thing that Anchor Bay gave us the Christmas Survival Double Feature including the first two installments in the Silent Night, Deadly Night series. The same day that A.B. puts out the remake of the 1984 classic Santa Claus kill kill picture, they’ve decided to make available the out of print double feature DVD (not Blu-ray) of one of the most controversial flicks in American horror history (Decemeber 4th… order now for Christmas delivery). Billy Chapman and his brother want to share the true meaning of Christmas and teach you how to embody the holiday spirit. Let 1980x tell you just how they plan to do that. We’ll run...

Both the first and second Silent Night, Deadly Night films were previously released by Anchor Bay and have been out of print for quite some time. With the remake, Silent Night, coming out just in time for Christmas, Anchor Bay will be re-releasing the original films as well:

“On December 4th, Anchor Bay Entertainment releases the remake of the 80s cult classic Silent Night, Deadly Night. But to celebrate the future, one must first honor the past…

The same day, Anchor Bay Entertainment opens the vaults to re-release the original 1984 Silent Night, Deadly Night, along with the 1987 sequel Silent Night, Deadly Night 2. For the horror fan, the “alternative Christmas movie” fan and everyone in-between, this deadly double feature arrives with a stocking-stuffer friendly Srp of $14.98 for the collection.

Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

Years ago, little Billy saw his parents murdered by an escaped killer wearing a Santa Claus costume. The...

Malcolm McDowell has boarded Genre Company and Inferno's Ember production's reboot of the classic 1984 horror film, Silent Night, Deadly Night.

The remake will be called Silent Night and follows a local police department's search for the killer Santa Claus terrorizing a remote Midwestern town on Christmas Eve. The actor will be portraying Sheriff Cooper, a small-town hero ready for some big-time action.

Steven C. Miller will be directing the remake from a script by Jayson Rothwell. Richard Saperstein, Brian Witten and Shara Kay are producing with Phyllis Laing.

Production for the project begins next month with a possible holiday season release date.

Silent Night, Deadly Night was released November 9th, 1984 and stars Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero, Robert Brian Wilson, Britt Leach, Nancy Borgenicht, H.E.D. Redford, Danny Wagner. The film is directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr..

Year: 1984Director: Charles E. Sellier, Jr.Cast:  Robert Brian Wilson, Lilyan Chauvin, Toni Nero, Linnea QuigleyFright Meter Award Winner: Best Supporting Actress

A young boy, Billy, who witnesses his parents brutally murdered by a sociopath dressed in a Santa Claus suit suffers psychological distress at memories of the terrible crime and at the hands of the diabolically stern Mother Superior of the orphanage that he and his little brother are condemned to. When he turns eighteen, he gets a job at a toy store, which requires him to dress up as Santa Clause during the Christmas season. This proves to be too much for him, as the trauma from his childhood floods him, causing him to go on one of the most controversial murder sprees in film history to punish the "naughty."Judged for what it is--a slasher film--Silent Night, Deadly Night is perhaps one of the best post-Friday the 13th...

1984 - 85 mins. - Rated R

D: Charles E. Sellier Jr.

C: Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Robert Brian Wilson, Linnea Quigley

Young boy who witnessed his parents being killed and raped by a killer in a Santa Claus suit grows up and carries out his own murderous rampage while decked out in a Santa outfit after being forced to wear the costume at a toy store during the holiday season.  

Due to all the talk this film has generated over the years, this might be a curio for some. However, Silent Night Deadly Night is pure and utter trash. The contempt this film has for audiences is clear. The people behind this film have obviously went in with the mentality of "how do we go about pushing the buttons of audiences as much as possible?". They, of course, do this with the notion of a killer Santa Claus. Silent Night Deadly...