The holiday season is set to turn blood red this Friday, December 12, as STUDIOCANAL’s new genre label, Sixth Dimension, delivers a reinvention of Silent Night, Deadly Night to theatres. The release, arriving in partnership with Cineverse, is the first theatrical outing from Sixth Dimension, and it revisits one of the most notorious entries in slasher cinema with a modern lens.
Directed by Mike P. Nelson (Wrong Turn, V/H/S/85), this version holds true to the original’s dark premise: a boy witnesses his parents’ murder at the hands of a killer dressed as Santa Claus, and grows up to don the red suit himself, doling out grim festive “justice.” Yet while the premise remains familiar, Nelson’s take injects psychological tension, brutal slasher set-pieces, a sprinkling of the supernatural, and, unexpectedly, a thread of romance.
The cast includes Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends) as Billy, Ruby Modine (Happy Death Day) as Pamela, alongside Mark Acheson, David Lawrence Brown, and David Tomlinson.
To celebrate the impending release, CinemaChords’ Howard Gorman caught up with Nelson and Modine, who reflected on the creative choices behind this reinvention, exploring everything from the film’s tonal balance and the intricate dynamic between Billy and Pamela, to the challenge of stepping into a cult classic with a long and uneven lineage. They also touch on the deliberate shaping of Billy’s inner voice, the influences guiding the story’s modern twist, and the moral questions the film raises about intention, trauma, and accountability — all without shying away from the darker corners of the holiday season.
Silent Night, Deadly Night opens in US, UK and Irish cinemas on 12 December 2025.
