“A delightfully trashy entry in the seasonal subgenre,” according to The New York Times, the movie that Slash Film said “has something pretty loud and timely to say” and Indiewire called “a strange holiday rom-com with a gnarly edge” has scored an 84% on Rotten Tomatoes as of 9am ET on December 12. The film also features a hotly debated scene that features Billy Chapman killing a room full of Santa Nazis that went viral online.

“Silent Night, Deadly Night brings cult fans the reboot they’ve all been looking forward to. We’re thrilled by the positive reactions to seeing Billy Chapman back in his bloody glory in time for the holiday movie season, and that the film is on pace to be a profitable part of our growing slate,” Yolanda Macias, Chief Motion Pictures Officer of Cineverse commented, which in addition to distributing to theaters has distribution rights across all windows, from TVOD and physical home entertainment to streaming.

SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT is distributed by Cineverse in North America, and also opens this weekend in theatres across STUDIOCANAL territories – the UK, France, Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Benelux and Poland – via its in house genre label Sixth Dimension. Billy Chapman makes his return to theaters in Silent Night, Deadly Night, the unrated reboot of the franchise that infamously debuted in 1984 from Tri-Star. Silent Night, Deadly Night is written and directed by Mike P. Nelson (Wrong Turn, V/H/S/85) and stars Rohan Campbell as Billy and Ruby Modine as Pamela, along with Mark Acheson, David Lawrence Brown, and David Tomlinson.