Holiday shoppers scanning the crowds this season may notice more than discounted gadgets and glittering storefronts—there’s a sinister buzz building around Silent Night, Deadly Night, the new theatrical horror arriving December 12. Tickets have officially gone on sale, and early promotions are turning Black Friday and Cyber Monday into a blood-red countdown to release day. With Fandango offering limited-time buy-one-get-one tickets and a fresh preview clip stirring up fan chatter, the film is positioning itself as winter’s most chaotic night at the movies. The latest incarnation of the cult franchise comes from filmmaker Mike P. Nelson, who writes and directs a new story that revisits the chilling legacy of Billy, a traumatized boy who grows into a holiday-season executioner. Nelson’s take leans into tragedy as much as terror—violence is inevitable, but for the first time, someone might try to pull Billy back from the brink. Rather than simply revive the original film’s shock value, th...