Violent Night (2022)
You better watch out.
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Violent Night rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.7/10· 121K votes
Rotten Tomatoes74%
Metacritic55%
TMDb7.223/10· 3K votesWith 74% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.7/10 on IMDb and 55/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About Violent Night
When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.
Cast of Violent Night
David Harbour
as Santa
John Leguizamo
as Scrooge
Beverly D'Angelo
as Gertrude
Alex Hassell
as Jason
Alexis Louder
as Linda
Edi Patterson
as Alva
Cam Gigandet
as Morgan Steel
Leah Brady
as Trudy
André Eriksen
as Gingerbread
Brendan Fletcher
as Krampus
Mike Dopud
as Commander Thorp
Alexander Elliot
as Bert
Violent Night facts
- Budget
- $20M
- Box office
- $75.7M
- Collection
- Violent Night Collection
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Audacious action comedy blends holiday sentiment with brutality
- •Christmas setting adds novelty to familiar action thriller beats
- •Aggressive tone subverts traditional holiday movie expectations
What the audience disliked
- •Tonal inconsistency between comedy and dark action violence
- •Fantasy premise undermines stakes of home defense situation
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