Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

5.9	Listal rating
5.7	IMDB rating

Directed by

Charles E. Sellier Jr.

Starring (View all)

Mother Superior

Sister Margaret

Pamela

Billy at 18

Britt Leach

Mr. Sims

Nancy Borgenicht

Mrs. Randall

H.E.D. Redford

Captain Richards

Danny Wagner

Billy at 8

Written by

Paul Caimi

story

Michael Hickey

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Unmistakably banal and pointless

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PvtCaboose91

"You see Santa Claus tonight you better run boy, you better run for ya life!"

Due to its premise concerning an axe-wielding serial killer dressed in a Santa Claus outfit, Silent Night, Deadly Night stirred up quite a ruckus when it hit cinema screens back in 1984. Most notably, renowned critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert positively detested it, calling the film both irresponsible t... read more

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Release date : 9 November 1984
UPC: 013131260199

Christmas (5), Horror (4), Santa Claus (3), 1984 (3), Slasher (3), Thriller (3), Nudity (2), Trauma (2), Female Nudity (2), Murder (2), Nun (2), Axe (2), Orphan (2), 1980s (2), Orphanage (2), Grindhouse (2), Pervert (1), Usa (1), First Of Series (1), Phone Call (1)

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""You see Santa Claus tonight you better run boy, you better run for ya life!" @ DVD Pretty darn stupid and not enjoyable in any way, oddly enough. The main problem about this film is that it takes itself far to seriously. Judging by the premise of this film, this should be a fun slasher film. It's not. Because it takes itself to seriously by trying to get under the skin of the killer. The first half of this film is a tremendous bore, devoted to exposition, explaining every detail about the kil"