Lifetime Movie Network, different from the Lifetime channel itself, is running a series of thriller movies and series they are calling Slay Bells. The new movie in this series is Silent Night, Fatal Night. I’m not quite sure what to make of it.

Mallory (Alex Camacho) is the writer of a popular mystery series featuring female detective Gideon. After her most recent release, Mallory has decided to retire Gideon to focus on a new project. However, her literary author, Michael (Matthew Pohlkamp), has already accepted an advance from her publisher for a new Gideon book. In order to get the new book, Michael fakes Mallory’s death and kidnaps her to his mountain house so she can write a new Gideon book.

I’m not going to lie. There are a lot of plot holes in this movie. Mallory’s reported death was extremely fast. Supposedly, Michael “found” the body but there weren’t any police reports or anything since there was no actual body. Also, Michael had told Mallory to go to his mountain house to relax. We see Michael on his phone in his office while Mallory is on the landline at the house. Then immediately Mallory is chloroformed and knocked out. Yet, when she wakes up, we see that Michael is the bad guy. He must travel at lightspeed.

And those are only some of the plot holes. If you can overlook those and you are into super cheesy thrillers, you might enjoy this. Otherwise, it’s just another dumb movie on the list.

Rating: More Carrie, less Michael