It had nothing to do with the original, so for the first half of the movie I was seriously thinking it’s not even 2 stars worthy, but by the end I was totally into it.
I loved the original: a classic slasher with linear storytelling about trauma + the hero’s psychological breakdown, where the focus isn’t on logic or motivation, but on escalation and the scare factor. So when the supernatural stuff started here, I got kinda disappointed and a bit tense😬 I’m not saying it should be a straight copy, but I can’t stand it when a reboot turns the whole thing upside down.
Got even more annoyed when instead of the promised gore there were literally just a couple of slightly bloody scenes (seen this movie in “new bloody horrors” lists before tho).
But by the end I started changing my mind. I realized the movie took a risk and it totally paid off: the plot logic is fresh and weirdly cool, the trauma’s still there but with a mystical twist (the voice/contact with the killer, the murder ritual via the “advent calendar”), and most importantly - the romance line isn’t annoying and actually fits!!
It’s kinda like superman but santa?? That’s actually so funny
I hate both copy-paste reboots and ones that change everything, but Silent night, deadly night 2025 actually works!
It had nothing to do with the original, so for the first half of the movie I was seriously thinking it’s not even 2 stars worthy, but by the end I was totally into it.
I loved the original: a classic slasher with linear storytelling about trauma + the hero’s psychological breakdown, where the focus isn’t on logic or motivation, but on escalation and the scare factor. So when the supernatural stuff started here, I got kinda disappointed and a bit tense😬 I’m not saying it should be a straight copy, but I can’t stand it when a reboot turns the whole thing upside down.
Got even more annoyed when instead of the promised gore there were literally just a couple of slightly bloody scenes (seen this movie in “new bloody horrors” lists before tho).
But by the end I started changing my mind. I realized the movie took a risk and it totally paid off: the plot logic is fresh and weirdly cool, the trauma’s still there but with a mystical twist (the voice/contact with the killer, the murder ritual via the “advent calendar”), and most importantly - the romance line isn’t annoying and actually fits!!
It’s kinda like superman but santa?? That’s actually so funny
I hate both copy-paste reboots and ones that change everything, but Silent night, deadly night 2025 actually works!
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