Violent Night, one of the Christmas season’s most gruesome films, is now available for streaming on Peacock. The movie, starring Stranger Things star David Harbour and directed by Tommy Wirkola, was released to U.S. theaters on December 2nd, 2021.
Described as a “genre-bending romance,” Violent Night stars David Harbour as Santa Claus, who’s tired of serving the public and stuffing presents up everyone’s chimneys on Christmas Eve. With his magic fading as a result of his own mistrust, Santa becomes Nikamund the Red to protect 7-year-old Trudy Lightstone (Leah Brady), and her mother Linda (Alexis Lauder), from her abusive real Viking man. and his father Jason Lightstone (Alex Hassell). From a home invasion at a family reunion by brutally murdering intruders led by Mr. Scrooge (John Leguizamo).
The well-reviewed ‘Violent Night’ film Comes to Peacock
In a review for Variety, Owen Gleiberman described David Harbour’s Santa as a “weapon-wielding badass”. Who “looks like a member of The Expendables, dispatching enemies with old-school brutality. When he wields a hammer, then he becomes a wish-fulfilling version of Thor. Defending Harbour’s casting, Gleiberman later said, “David Harbour gives off a likable ping. It gives him a down-in- Makes him the perfect actor to play Vengeance-Is-Mine Santa. This is actually underneath his bloody self-spotted gray curls, the Christmas mensch we wish he was.
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About six and a half weeks after debuting in theaters. Violent Night with David Harbour is now available on Peacock. Along with other titles such as Yellowstone, Nope, and Real Housewives of Miami. According to Variety, the Christmas thriller should give the box office a nice boost as it makes its streaming debut, as Violent Night reportedly debuted in the middle of its box office estimates, with $11.8 million in its opening weekend had done Violent Knight, along with all other titles on the platform, will only be available to customers with a paid Peacock subscription.
