Writer-director Mike P. Nelson remakes Charles E. Sellier Jr's 1984 controversial cult classic of same name (ntbcw Silent Night, Bloody Night).
Original was previously re-imagined as Silent Night (2012), also the title of several other unrelated films.
Rohan Campbell - Billy Chapman
Ruby Modine - Pamela "Pammy" Sims
Mark Acheson - Charlie
David Lawrence Brown - Dean Sims
David Tomlinson - Max Benedict
Summary
At a care home, an eight-year-old Billy Chapman (Logan Sawyer) visits his Grandpa who tells him:
"Good boys get good things. Naughty boys get punished. Santa is always watching."
Shortly after, he suddenly vomits blood, as Billy watches in horror.
10 years later (presumably in 2025), Billy has recurring nightmares about his parents shot dead by a man dressed as Santa called Charlie, who through more flashbacks, transferred his 'curse' over to Billy before he died.
Having fled to the town of Hackett (where kids have a habit of going missing), Billy literally has Charlie's voice in his head and when he 'gets one of those feelings', Billy claims a new victim.
Amidst all this is romantic interest Pamela, who suffers from what her father Dean dubs EPD (Explosive Personality Disorder).
Suffice to say, those on Billy's annual 'naughty' list will be punished.
Guns are for pussies
Not great by any means, but still extremely watchable.
Corey Cunningham gets a lot of hate for Halloween Ends, but he's actually pretty good here, as is the already unhinged Modine.
As bizarre as it sounds, the curse idea rips off Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers (1988), as like Jamie touched Michael's hand, Billy does the same to Charlie.
What might annoy people is the regularity of Acheson's voice and goofy humour, but I'm okay with it.
Fun nods to the original include Elroy's Trees, since 1984, Ida's Trinket Tree rather than Ira's Toy Store, Billy using a box cutter to open packages (he used the same weapon to murder Pamela) and Billy impaling The Foster Mother on a set of deer antlers (identical to how Denise dies).
Undoubtedly the standout sequence is Billy attending the I'm Dreaming of a White Power Christmas party on 22 December and massacring a room full of Nazi Santas. The batshit factor is cranked up further, when its leader Delphine (Sharon Bajer) pulls out an uzi and is then decapitated in the woods.
HA HA HA!
On Christmas Day, after Dean was shot dead by a masked assailant, Pammy wants revenge.
Billy tells her that Charlie was the janitor at the care home and he knew about his parents poisoning grandpa, prior to him signing over his inheritance.
Anyway, they find the Snatcher's lair and find the missing kids hidden beneath a ball pool. Billy manages to kill him, but is seriously injured in the process.
Max turns up and fatally shoots Billy, who before succumbing to his wounds, transfers his power to Pammy, allowing her to see visions of the past. Knowing Max was Elroy's accomplice and probably killed Dean, she bites his nose off and hacks him to death with the axe.
Before leaving the scene, she hears Billy's voice speaking to her.
While door is left open, a sequel is 50/50.
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