After reviving a holiday slasher cult classic franchise this year, Mike P. Nelson is already looking ahead to next Christmas.
The Silent Night, Deadly Night writer/director recently said that he “would absolutely come back” for a sequel to his remake of the 1984 slasher, which is now playing in theaters.
“I’ve already started playing around and getting into the head space of what that would look like,” he told SlashFilm of the potential for a follow-up.
“Let’s just say there are some really fun and crazy ideas that we’re tossing around right now,” added Nelson. “I actually lightly pitched to the producers just the other day, and I even threw some ideas out to Ruby [Modine] and Rohan [Campbell] and they’re totally into it. So yeah, we’re going to put it out in the universe, and when it happens.”
In Nelson’s Silent Night, Deadly Night, Billy Chapman (Campbell) witnesses a man dressed as Santa killing his parents, which ignites a lifelong tradition of donning St. Nick’s red suit to spread holiday fear in a blood-soaked quest for justice.
Rohan Campbell in ‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ (2025) (Cineverse Entertainment/Courtesy Everett Collection)
Since writer Michael Hickey and director Charles E. Sellier Jr.’s original SNDN premiered in 1984, the franchise has spawned five sequels and another loose remake previously released in 2012.
The first movie was pulled from theaters over its controversial nature, which led to altercations outside theaters and letters angry letters from parents. Nelson’s remake has capitalized on that bit of history, marketing the update with social media posts from pearl-clutching haters of the film.