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09/11/1984 Thriller, Horror 1h 19m
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He knows when you've been naughty.

Overview

After a man dressed as Santa Claus brutally murders Billy Chapman's parents, little Billy then endures the cruelty of a sadistic nun at his orphanage. Years later, when adult Billy has to fill in for an absent in-store Santa, his childhood trauma brings him to the breaking point.

  1. Michael Hickey

    Writer

  2. Charles E. Sellier Jr.

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Robert Brian Wilson

    Billy at 18

  2. Lilyan Chauvin

    Mother Superior

  3. Gilmer McCormick

    Sister Margaret

  4. Charles Dierkop

    Killer Santa

  5. Toni Nero

    Pamela

  6. Randy Stumpf

    Andy

  7. Linnea Quigley

    Denise

  8. Britt Leach

    Mr. Sims

  9. Leo Geter

    Tommy

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2015-04-13
The Original Bad Santa.

A cult horror classic, Silent Night, Deadly Night is something of a treat for the old school horror faithful. Plot has a young boy witness the slaying of his parents by a man dressed as Santa Claus. He grows up in an orphanage run by an over zealous Mother Superior, moves out when manhood beckons and gets a job in a department store. Come Christmas time he is coerced into being the store Santa and promptly cracks up, grabbing an axe and wreaking slasher hell on everyone who gets in his way.

That's pretty much it, the stalk and slash formula in all its bloody glory...read the rest
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Recommendations

  1. Silent Night, Deadly Night63%
  2. Terrifier 367%
  3. The Children60%
  4. Trick58%
  5. Thanksgiving64%
  6. Halloween II66%
  7. The Hills Have Eyes64%
  8. Scream74%
  9. Play Dead60%
  10. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre63%
  11. Halloween75%
  12. The Lodge60%
  13. Cheat69%
  14. Grindhouse70%
  15. Influencers62%
  16. Halloween62%
  17. A Nightmare on Elm Street73%
  18. The Collector66%
  19. From Dusk Till Dawn70%
  20. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning61%

Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,065,000.00

Revenue
$2,491,460.00

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