Mike P. Nelson’s Silent Night, Deadly Night will hit theaters on December 12, 2025, marking a modern reimagining of the 1984 holiday horror movie. The new film brings back Billy Chapman, now played by Rohan Campbell. Billy is a troubled young man whose buried trauma resurfaces every December, leading to a violent, blood-soaked rampage.The cast includes Rohan Campbell, Ruby Modine, Mark Acheson, David Lawrence Brown, and David Tomlinson. Filming took place across several Manitoba locations, including Winnipeg, Selkirk, Carman, Stonewall, and Steinbach.When and where is Silent Night, Deadly Night releasing?Silent Night, Deadly Night premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 21, 2025. It will be released nationwide by Cineverse starting December 12, 2025. Global distribution is handled by Sixth Dimension, a StudioCanal division specializing in genre films, with rights covering the UK, Ireland, France, parts of German-speaking Europe, Australia, New Zealand, the Benelux countries, and Poland.The movie was shot entirely in Canada, utilizing Manitoba’s cold, atmospheric scenery to match the spooky winter theme of the series.What is Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) about?A general view of the atmosphere during the "Silent Night, Deadly Night" premiere on December 4, 2025, in North Hollywood, California. (Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Cineverse)This fresh twist dives into Billy Chapman's life, where nightmares of a killer Santa from his childhood still haunt him. Now grown, he keeps to himself at work in a quiet town, gradually building a genuine connection with Pamela, played by Ruby Modine. As winter arrives, old terrors resurface, unsettling his mind and leading him down a dark path.Director Mike P. Nelson said he maintained the core of the first movie but didn’t want to replicate it exactly. In an interview with The Direct, he explained:“It was important to me to, first of all, do a film that was important to me… I wanted to make something warm and cozy that also kept in the spirit of the irreverence of the original, but didn’t have to copy it.”Nelson wanted the remake to honor the original’s odd personality while forging a new identity.“That being said, I feel like the main thing is, like, the original 'Silent Night, Deadly Night,' has an incredibly strange tone, which, again, gives it its presence. You know what I mean?”While the film has brutal slasher elements, Nelson made it clear he embraced the story’s chaotic fun.“I just want to have fun doing such a weird and bizarre little movie,” he said.One of Nelson’s biggest creative additions is the film’s stylized Kill Cards, dramatic title cards that appear before Billy’s violent acts. He told The Direct that these were part of the script from the beginning.“The Kill Cards were actually scripted… There was one moment where I thought, ‘This shouldn’t be able to happen—but f*ck it, we’re gonna do it,’ and that makes me happy.”Main cast of Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025)Erik Bernard attends the "Silent Night, Deadly Night" premiere on December 04, 2025, in North Hollywood, California. (Photo by Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Cineverse)Below is the main cast of the movie:Rohan Campbell as Billy ChapmanRuby Modine as Pamela VaroMark Acheson as CharlieDavid Lawrence BrownDavid TomlinsonSilent Night, Deadly Night is written and directed by Mike P. Nelson. It is produced by Scott Schneid, Dennis Whitehead, Jeremy Torrie, Tanya Brunel, Jamie R. Thompson, Erik Bernard, with financial backing from Bondit Media Capital and the Royal Bank of Canada.Also read: Five Nights at Freddy's 2 ending explained: What happened to Vanessa?