Last year , Bloody Disgusting andTerrifier 3distributor Cineverse foretell a partnership to revive the holiday slasher seriesSilent Night , Deadly Night . Now , the reboot ’s find its first major molding in Rohan Campbell , who will play the first film ’s baddie , Billly Chapman .
Bloody Disgustingitself broke the news , teasing the actor would “ punish the naughty ” in a “ tonic take ” on the 1984 picture show . Campbell ’s well lie with for play Corey Cunningham inHalloween Ends , a protégé of sort to Michael Myers who could be consideredEnds’co - resister . ( Being an apprentice to Michael goes about as well as you ’d expect . ) More recently , he appeared in Osgood Perkins’The Monkeyand was a co - lead on Hulu’sHardy Boysshow .
In the originalSilent Night , Deadly Night , Billy ( played by Robert Brian Wilson ) get a psychotic break as a child when he find a man dressed as Santa pop his parent on Christmas Eve , only to take up a similar role himself as an adult . Billy ’s tale continued across the second and third film , and he ’s dissentious in the slasher / repugnance pantheon . Some consider him among thebestor creepiest , others found him ( and the film overall)deeply offensiveback in the Clarence Day .
Rohan Campbell as Corey in Halloween Ends.© Universal/Blumhouse
What else in store for the reboot publish and directed byWrong Turn’sMike P. Nelson ? Bloody Disgusting razz “ much more ” news forSilent Night , Deadly Nightin the make out weeks ahead of its release this vacation season .
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