Back to slashers! This holiday-themed horror film features a twisted antagonist in Billy, a man scarred by his violent past and driven to mass homicide. As a child, Billy witnessed the murder of his parents on Christmas Eve, was subsequently subject to abuse in a Catholic orphanage, and years later, dons a Santa suit to carry out some vicious murders.
Like Gremlins, Silent Night, Deadly Night has some genuinely shocking scenes. People are shot, stabbed, nearly raped, hammered to death, killed by way of bow and arrow, impaled with antlers, and more. This pattern of uniquely hostile kills might be something that Murphy is inspired by — let's just hope he leaves the antlers out of it.