Trailer Treatment: Silent Night.

Act 1.
A young boy is tucked up in bed on Christmas Eve and his mother is sat beside him. She has just finished telling him a Christmas tale. After the mother has wished the boy goodnight and left, his older brother sneaks into his room. He tells him the 'real' Christmas story that happened years before: a young boy with mental problems was taken away from his parents near Christmas time and was sent to a mental home. During this time he went crazy and escaped, killing those who got in his way. One Christmas he came back and killed his family in the very house the boy lives in.

Act 2.
After hearing the story his older brother told him, the young boy is scared and begins to hear and see strange things around his neighbourhood. He has yet to see this mysterious killer but feels as if he is being watched by him. Strange things continue to happen until someone is killed and the boy realizes this story is actually real and that the killer is coming for him. People start to dissappear and the older brother Sebastian, with his friends hear a woman scream so they go to investigate. They split up and not before long, 2 friends in the group are killed. The killer attacks Sebastian who is left injured and as the killer goes to make the fatal blow, a passer by sees the events and goes to hunt them.


Act 3.
More people are being killed. Several people are murdered and the boy starts realizing that the killer is getting closer. The boy gets trapped in his house and after running around trying to hide, the killer has cornered the boy and is about to kill him when he is suddenly saved by his brother when he stabs him with a kitchen knife, seemingly killing. The boy and older brother leave the house and police have arrived outside. The film ends with a shot of the killers body and a close up of his hand which begins to twitch.