The 1984 Silent Night, Deadly Night — once banned in the UK — is a middling slasher, falling several red noses short of the classic holiday-horror status of Black Christmas , Christmas Evil or the episode of Tales From The Crypt where a psycho Father Christmas strangles Joan Collins. Nevertheless, Silent Night, Deadly Night became a franchise — four sequels, a 2012 semi-remake ( Silent Night ) and a stockingful of imitations.

A fresh take on the very basic SNDN set-up.

A rule of thumb in grindhouse horror is that you’re on firmer ground remaking iffy originals than butchering classics. Writer-director Mike P. Nelson, who’s already been down this route with a Wrong Turn requel , manages an impressive party piece in a fresh take on the very basic SNDN set-up. As in the

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