Rohan Campbell on Killing Nazis, Playing Horror Icon in Silent Night, Deadly Night Reboot | Interview

ComingSoon spoke with Silent Night, Deadly Night star Rohan Campbell about his new horror movie. Campbell discussed his new spin on Billy Chapman, the film’s wild Nazi-killing scene, and more. It’s out in theaters on December 12, 2025.

“After witnessing his parents’ brutal murder on Christmas Eve, Billy transforms into a Killer Santa, delivering a yearly spree of calculated, chilling violence. This year, his blood-soaked mission collides with love, as a young woman challenges him to confront his darkness,” says the official synopsis.

Tyler Treese: I really enjoyed Silent Night, Deadly Night. Throughout the film, you’re constantly responding to this voice in your head. How is it acting out that interplay with somebody that’s not physically there? How did you kind of incorporate that into your performance?

Rohan Campbell: Oh, man. I felt insane. I think around week two of filming, I was like, “This is real.” It was real. It felt like I was just acting with Mike on the boom. He was like the voice of God from off-camera. It was really funny to see the movie for the first time because my experience making it was that voice in my head was just Mike. Then hearing the real thing was like really jolting. But yeah, I just felt crazy. It makes you go crazy.

One of my favorite scenes of the film was the “I’m Dreaming of a White Power Christmas Party,” where you are just destroying all these Nazis that are all in Santa outfits. This is one of the wildest things I’ve ever seen. How was it just filming that action? It was awesome.

Man, it was crazy. I think like you said, you show up to set and you’ve read that you’re gonna be attacking a white power Christmas party, and then you walk in and there’s all these Nazi banners, and she’s giving that speech, and nothing can prepare you for like, actually walking into that and like doing that scene.

I just remember looking at Mike and being, “This is really happening, huh? Okay, great. Let’s do this.” A lot of rehearsals, a lot of practice, and a lot of really talented stunt people. Man, I just think it’s such a fun little sequence that we put together. It’s so insane.

These films have always really just gone for it, and I think that’s one way this movie really continues that tradition of the franchise. What was your kind of history with Silent Night, Deadly Night? Had you seen the films before? Did you go back and watch ’em?

Yeah, you know what, I saw the original… Quentin Tarantino has a theater in Los Angeles called The New Beverly. And I went down there around Christmas, and I saw the movie for the first time, actually, like, I think it was like a month before I got the script or something like that.

So it was this weird timing thing where it was really fresh in my head. There is nothing like seeing that original film with a crowd. Like, you can’t beat it. It’s really great. So that was fresh in my head, and yeah, I mean, it was that recent. So I think I watched it again when I was in Winnipeg shooting just to sort of get the feeling for it. And then I sort of just tried to dive into Mike’s idea of it and get into that.

The way this movie sets up a sequel is so exciting. Without getting into spoilers, what was your reaction when you just read the script and saw that genius plot invention where the story can keep continuing?

I just think that was such a big, like, “I just need to work with Mike,” moment. Like, I just thought it was such a smart way to carry this on. And Ruby’s such a badass, it’s gonna be… like fingers open, powers to be, you know, whatever. But it would be so cool to see that movie.

And I think the other thing for me is I just can’t think of anything funnier and more smart than what happens when a relationship is one person in another person’s head. That would be such a fun world to explore. So hopefully he gets a chance to do that.

Do you have a favorite Christmas movie that’s maybe not as evil as Silent Night, Deadly Night?

I’m gonna say the original Grinch cartoon. I can’t remember what year that is, but I have such a good time every time I watch that. It’s amazing. Although it’s almost just as scary and creepy, it’s very unsettling. It’s a great movie.

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