How To Watch Violent Night At Home

Look, I'm not here to call Andy Williams a liar or anything, but the Christmas season is not always "the most wonderful time of the year." In fact, despite the twinkly lights and readily available peppermint mocha offerings everywhere you look, Christmas can be a straight-up miserable time for a lot of people. The cruel irony is that this is also the time of year when sentimental films take over the airwaves, much to the chagrin of anyone feeling less than holly-jolly. Fortunately, alternative Christmas movies are aplenty, and this year brought the addition of "Violent Night," a soon-to-be Christmas classic, especially for anyone who favors watching a film like "Die Hard" instead of "A Christmas Story" to celebrate the season.

For the uninitiated, "Violent Night" is a gory action film starring "Stranger Things" favorite David Harbour as Santa Claus. After an elite team of mercenaries breaks into a family's compound and holds them hostage on Christmas Eve, Santa Claus arrives to deliver gifts and becomes the family's savior by pulling a "John Wick" on these criminals. While the plot of "Violent Night" sounds like something you'd find in an underground indie film you can only buy off a random table at a horror convention, the final product directed by Tommy Wirkola ("Dead Snow," "Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters") and written by Pat Casey and Josh Miller ("Sonic the Hedgehog," "Sonic the Hedgehog 2") is an absolute blast and a half.

If you've been unable to catch a "Violent Night" in the theaters, we've got some good news because this Christmas action film will be available to watch at home faster than you can say, "Grandma got run over by a reindeer."

Peacock will be bringing "Violent Night" to streaming starting on January 20. It's a little late to enjoy the Yuletide mayhem, but this action-packed holiday movie will be fun no matter what time of the year you watch it.

Before that, "Violent Night" will be available on PVOD, aka premium video on demand. Or, as I like to call it, "pay for it video on demand." If you're hoping that you'll just be able to pop on your favorite streaming service and choose "Violent Night" from an available catalog, you'll, unfortunately, have to wait a little while longer. However, if you're down to pay a rental fee to see the film from the comfort of your home while it still plays in theaters, PVOD services like Vudu, Apple, Prime Video, Google Play, and all of the other usual haunts will have "Violent Night."

Many families celebrate the holidays by going to the theater, so in case MeeMaw and PawPaw don't want anyone from the bingo hall to see them buying a ticket for such a brutal and blasphemous film, the streaming and VOD accessibility allows you to bring the gift that keeps on giving to your family from the privacy of your living room. Tuck in the kids, put away all of the leftovers, and watch Santa Claus kick the jingles off some bad guys. With movie options like this, maybe it really is the most wonderful time of the year after all.

Not long after "Violent Night" arrives on Peacock, the film will also be arriving on physical media. Starting on January 24, you can snag "Violent Night" on Blu-ray and DVD. Sadly, for all you high-definition hounds out there, it doesn't look like it will be available on 4K UHD, so you'll have to settle for the HD of Blu-ray. Thankfully, there are plenty of deleted/extended scenes and special features to keep you occupied. Here's what's on the home video release:

EXCLUSIVE BONUS FEATURES ON BLU-RAY, DVD & DIGITAL:

• Deleted and Extended Scenes
  • Family Arrives at the Mansion
  • Jason and Linda in Bedroom
  • Krampus Sees Trudy's Radio
  • Santa on the Roof
  • Walk to the Manger
  • Family Resolution
  • Bad Dad
  • Cast Call Back
  • Extended Scenes
• Quarrelin' Kringle – Cast and crew relay why David Harbour is the perfect brawler for this combative rendition of Santa.
• Santa's Helpers: The Making Of VIOLENT NIGHT – Tommy Wirkola and David Leitch have reunited for another madcap, violent fairytale with heart in VIOLENT NIGHT. This making-of will celebrate their spirited reunion as well as the other little helpers.
• Deck the Halls with Brawls – Go behind the action as we go blow for blow with the new villains of Christmas.
• Feature Commentary with Director Tommy Wirkola, Producer Guy Danella, Writer Pat Casey and Writer Josh Miller