A new bloody edition with something new to present

Film redesign is always an interesting possibility. Adhere to the original and start asking, “What is the point?” A new version of Jose van Saint. Stray is far from what happened before and begins to feel the same, albeit for various reasons. This leads us to director Mike B. The new Nelson of the famous Christmas in the 1980s, “a silent night, a deadly night”. He walks on a thin line, to become a new edition that justifies its existence. At the same time, it dramatically distinguishes himself in surprising ways.

The Remake was recently shown in Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas as one of the secret Fest offers. In this new version, It is very similar to the original classic horror of ChristmasA young boy named Billy witnesses his parents ’brutal killing by a man in the Santa Claus suit. From there, things diverge a little. After years with Billy (Rohan Campbell) we pick up as an adult who is now raising a Santa suit, and began a series of violent murders on his own. Its motives seem purely evil, at least in the beginning – but over time, his real goal becomes more clear.

What I can say while I am sitting here now is that I am still thinking about this movie and how it reveals. Maybe I will be for some time. Whether it is great or not, I don’t know. What I can say with confidence is that Nelson was generous in one way or another, the hypothesis of director Charles Celier, but he used that hypothesis to tell a story of his own. This story is wild. I love it or hate it, it is difficult to respect it.

When “Night Night, Nightly Night” arrived in 1984, I felt dangerous. The idea of ​​watching a man in Santa clothes was killing people offensive to many, and she became very controversial in his day. In 2025, In an era in which “Terifier 3” can achieve approximately $ 90 million at the box office As an unnoticed festival, very worrying with the art of clown wearing Santa, the shock and dread factor does not exist with the hypothesis alone.

Nelson understood this, and to be clear, he does not pull punchs when it comes to violence. Billy has his reliable ax on hand and benefits from it. There is Gore-A-PENTY with some brutal killing. But Nelson also decides to do something that is radically different with Pelly character and used his shock in new ways, making it a wonderful and strange piece. There are some great discoveries that do not deserve corruption, but as soon as this movie reveals itself, there is a real big “Oh!” One moment when all that clicks are in place.

What Nelson does with this substance is only safe. It is a great and crazy swing. In an era when Hollywood is very obsessed, even if not everything works like Gungbusters, there is something refreshing about the feasibility of this film straight. For those who did not see it, Nelson also restarted the wrong “Turn Turn” for the year 2021 Which was likely bold. In this case, he converted more than the source material. However, it quickly emphasizes himself as a person who can take a long -term IP address and do something interesting. If we should continue to restart and reshape things, then why don’t we enjoy them?

“Silent Night, Deadly Night” is a traumatly traumatized privilege, with four sequences and now two reinterpreased processes. Many of this deserves to be attractive to the central character, Billy Chapmann. It has sometimes resulted The gemstones that suffer from this such as “Silent Night, Night Deadly 2.” In this case, Nelson treats the material more seriously. This will not work at all without the correct actor. Rohan Campbell was the right actor at all.

Campbell is a kind of stole the offer as Korean in “Halloween End”, “,” A film that swings in a pre -existing concession. Pelly throws him perfection, because he brings the quality of every man to this strange twisted character. Billy is not like Jason Faris or any other convincing diagonal without much humanity. He is a real person and a multi -dimensional personality, which also occurs to raise the number of body. Take on Billy in this movie is bold and it will be easy for the wrong actor to drop the ball. Campbell rises to this task, which makes an issue for himself as one of the most persuasive modern kings along the way.

What remains for us is a movie that makes one think more than anyone expected to go to. It is sometimes ridiculous. He does not take himself seriously. However, it also contains something loud and timely to say. It goes difficult with Goer when it needs it. The movie feels a long time in the teeth, especially before we get to know what is going on, but this is a simple crime compared to what Nelson moved away from here.

I prefer to get a little messy movie sticking to me more than a safe and boring reformulation of what came before any day of the week. In this way, “a silent night, a deadly night” is more than it earns its place in the world.

/Film classification: 7 out of 10

“A silent night, a deadly night” strikes theaters on December 11, 2025.