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Controversial 1980s horror film that was PULLED from theaters because it was so gruesome set for reboot
A controversial 1980s horror film that was pulled from theaters because it was so gruesome is now set to get a reboot.
A follow-up to the disturbing 1984 flick Silent Night, Deadly Night is set to hit theatres just in time for Christmas.
The remake is coming from the same team behind last December's bloody holiday hit Terrifier 3, which grossed over $90 million a the box office.
A jaw-dropping unrated version will be released on December 12, 2025, according to Bloody Disgusting.
The original film, released in 1984, followed the story of Billy Chapman, who suffered from PTSD after witnessing his parents' murder on Christmas Eve by a man dressed as Santa Claus.
After his parents were killed, he was then sent to an orphanage where he's brutally abused by Catholic nuns.
As an adult, the holiday season sent Billy into a psychological breakdown and resulted in the disturbed young man donning a Santa suit and going on a killing spree.
The film was incredibly controversial at the time, with outraged parents eventually getting it pulled from theatres.
Despite the scandal, it went on to spawn four sequels throughout the '80s and early '90s.
A remake was also released in 2012 starring Malcolm McDowell and Jaimie King.
For the upcoming remake, Rohan Campbell, who played Corey Cunningham in Halloween Ends, will star as Billy Chapman.
Silent Night, Deadly Night isn't the only horror franchise roaring back into theatres soon.
A reboot of Silent Hill, titled Return to Silent Hill, is set for release on January 23, 2026.
The reboot stars English actor Jeremy Irvine and will be based on the second game in the video game series.
The first Silent Hill movie was released in 2006 and grossed over $100 million at the box office and spawned a 2012 sequel called Silent Hill: Revelation.
It comes as a semi-reboot of '90s slasher I Know What You Did Last Summer prepares to hit theatres next month.
The film is a continuation of the 1997 film of the same name, which starred Jennifer Love Hewitt, Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Ryan Phillippe as four teens who cover up a horrific accident, only for that to come back to haunt them a year later.
Instead of rebooting the story entirely, this new project - in theaters July 18 - brings back Love Hewitt and Prinze Jr. as Julie James and Ray Bronson from the original, as they try to help a new group of kids being stalked by a killer fisherman.
The trailer opens with Danica Richards (Madelyn Cline)'s engagement party, where her friends Ava (Chase Sui Wonders), Milo (Jonah Hauer-King), Teddy (Tyriq Withers) and Stevie (Sarah Pidgeon) have gathered.
Danica opens one last card, which only has the cryptic title phrase written on it - 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' - as they show a flashback to an accident similar to the one from the original film.
Also like the original film, the group of friends swore that night never to tell anyone about what happened, but clearly someone knew, and is coming after them.
When they dismiss any notion of going to the cops, they track down both Julie and Ray, survivors of the now-infamous Southport Massacre of 1997.
The trailer features Julie and Ray trying to help the friends, with one cryptic shot even showing Ray pointing a gun at someone off camera.
Another shot shows Julie telling Ava, 'Get them, before they get you,' adding, 'Whoever is doing this, it's personal to them.'
One of the final shots shows Julie telling one of the other youngsters, 'We are not gonna die today,' though the final line had all the fans talking.
The final shot showed a subdued Love Hewitt saying to someone off camera, 'What are you waiting for?' calling back to her famous line in the original where she screamed it out loud for her killer to hear, that has become one of the film's most lasting moments.
