But this is miles beyond “a little less nice, a little less normal.” What went wrong? The first secret screening of Fantastic Fest 2025 was revealed as the upcoming Silent Night, Deadly Night, directed by Mike P. Nelson (V/H/S/85, Wrong Turn) and out December 12 from Cineverse. They provide Billy with more motivation than just “the image of Coca Cola Santa Claus triggers me,” and attempt to lend him a more sympathetic angle. Campbell flips pretty well between mopey Christmas store stocker and deranged Santa Claus killer, believably slicing the axe through quite a few Nazis (another welcome departure). But when viewing it in that larger lens — a Hallmark movie for horror fans — the magical elements, the copious gore, and the tongue-in-cheek humor actually gel pretty well.