Not only granpa Champman in SilentNIght , Deadly Night !
Added 7/8/2005
The Nine Year old boy said " Nobody can save you from santa claus. Christmasnight is the scariest night of the year !
Santa only brings presents to good children ! All naughty kids punishes ! You see santa claus ! you better run girl for cover !
Santa 's waiting for you to die ! Christmas Eve is slowly fading . Can you hear Santa at night looking and waiting for children like you ! Close the Door turn out the light !
Santa Claus going to bring a big suprize tonight ! Try not to be
scare lizzie , Santa Claus would not hurt you ! Then again Santa claus is a mass murder then just beware Santa Claus here caming after you ! Santa Claus is caming to get you in your sleep !
Santa Claus love to kill children and nuns , adluts ! Santa Claus
is a killer on Christmas eve ! Santa Claus chop off heads of little chidren and Children like us ! You are going to die by santa claus ! you are going to be killed Santa Claus on Christmas
Eve just like the horror slasher ! " On the school bus in 1984 !what maded me watch the horror movie on channel 11 uncut ! I was
scared for a week of oringinal SilentNight , DeadlyNight sleeping
my bed with the lights on holding my stuff animal and blanket !
I was Scared that I had nightmares on January 1, 1990 after the first two SilentNight, DeadlyNight 1 and 2 ! What My nightmare realeive later that night when I was sleeping in my bed that Santa Claus there telling me about a bully by the name of Joshua
Hornete ! Santa Claus showing a picture and write it down on peice of paper ! "Joshua Hornete is a naughty boy " in 1990 after watching the Part3 of the sequel of SilentNight,
DeadlyNight !
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a cult classic!
Added 2/5/2005
Silent Night, Deadly Night is the christmas movie nobody wanted us to see. When it came out it was protested, for having Santa Clause as a killer. One christmas eve a family is off to visit there grandfather in the nursing home, on their way home a man in a Santa Clause custume ends up killing Billy and Ricky's parents. The event tramatizes Billy, he hates Santa and Christmas. Years later Billy gets a job at a department store, and has to dress in a Santa Custume. Billy then snaps and goes on a murderous rampage. We getta see some creative killings. Overall a good movie.
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Controversial 1980's Christmas Horror Drama
Added 11/30/2004
While not generally a fan of that particular genre known as the "slasher flicks", which mushroomed out of all proportion during the 1980's in the wake of the huge success of John Carpenter's classic "Halloween", I do find that this film contains some quite interesting elements interdispersed among its often very disturbing scenes. "Silent Night, Deadly Night", is certainly not your average "family", Christmas movie complete with snow, sleigh bells and a jolly Father Christmas, and it would never be suitable in any generation for children's viewing. That of course doesn't necessarily make it a bad movie and I believe using the holiday season as a setting for such a bloody tale as this will always cause people to have very strong and definite views on its worth as a piece of suitable entertainment as has proven to be the case. There have been far more gory movies released than this one however "Silent Night, Deadly Night", earned eternal infamy when upon its release in 1984 the film was picketed in many countries by family organisations outraged at a lovable figure like Santa Claus being depicted in the guise of an insane mass murderer who goes on a bloody rampage on Christmas Eve. Probably the film got more notoriety than in actual fact it deserved however for the record it is not a film for the squeamish and does contain some very frightening moments.
We first see young Billy Chapman as a young child on Christmas Eve 1971 when with his parents and younger brother he is visiting his hospitalizied Grandfather. Strangely the Grandfather comes out of a comatose state just long enough to warn young Billy to "be afraid of what Santa can do to naughty young boys". On the way home tragedy strikes when the family car is held up by an escaped convict wanted for murder dressed in a Santa Claus suit. He shoots the father and brutally rapes and kills Billy's mother right before his eyes permanently traumatizing him. We then jump forward about 4 years where Billy and his younger brother are now living at St. Mary's school for orphans run by the cold hearted Mother Superior (Lilyan Chauvin), who is frustrated by Billy's inability to fit in. The kindly Sister Margaret (Gilmer McCormick), can see that Billy's problems are very deep seated and are the result of the horrors that he witnessed as a young boy and that need professional help. His irrational behavour takes the form of savage depictions of Christmas scenes in his drawings and a terror of the image of Santa Claus. The years pass and Billy (Robert Brian Wilson), grows into a young man and Sister Margaret still trying to help the disturbed boy she knows so well arranges for him to begin work in a Toy Store in town. Working for the jovial Mr. Sims (Britt Leach), everything at first goes well and Billy becomes an excepted part of the stock control team. However Christmas time arrives and when the store Santa breaks a leg Mr. Sims innocently recruits Billy to become the Santa in his place. Billy 's old fear of Santa Claus returns and he begins behaving very irrationally. At the Christmas Eve store drinks after closing Billy still dressed in the Santa outfit suddenly snaps when he sees two of the store employees having sex in the stock room. Billy has a flash back to his parents brutal murder and he begins a killing spree beginning with all his store co workers who he feels "need to be punished", for being naughty. Sister Margaret unfortunately visits the store later to see how he is going and instead finds the terrible carnage caused by the insanely possessed Billy. The police begin tracking him down but Billy continues his murderous rampage killing first an innocent young couple and a snow sleigher. He then begins a journey back to St. Mary's Orphanage pursued by Sister Margaret and a Police Inspector. Christmas is being celebrated at the Orphanage and through a tragic error the homes Santa is shot by a policeman who thought he was Billy approaching the children in the play yard. Billy then turns up at the Orphanage and after brutally killing the policeman who is on patrol there he breaks in on the Mother Superior and the terrified children. Just as he is about to kill the Mother Superior with his axe however he is shot down by the Police Inspector who arrives just in time with Sister Margaret. Billy dies in Sister Margaret's arms however his younger brother standing close by suddenly becomes possessed by that same demon spirit that drove Billy on his bloody killing spree and says a simple but very eerie "naughty", indicating further trouble ahead.
"Silent Night, Deadly Night", would never be up there with "Halloween", or "Nightmare on Elm Street", as far as absolute suspense or sheer terror goes however as a tale of the mind being totally taken over by the trauma of an early horrific experience it does hold some interest. Within the limitations of the role Robert Brian Wilson does reasonably well as the young man who is suddenly set off on a killing spree by having to be a store Santa Claus. His innocent good looks actually serve the part very well and he is definately a scary individual once his mind is affected by the traumatic flash backs to the murder of his parents. None of the supporting characters have much to build on in their characters as is generally the case in these types of films however Gilmer McCormick as the kindly Sister Margaret does a good job in her efforts to protect Billy from himself. Having alot of the action set in a Catholic Orphange is quite interesting and the two nuns are quite distinct characters that show interesting good and bad elements. Even though these things dont hold much importance in these types of films, "Silent Night, Deadly Night", does have the benefit of some beautiful on location photography in snowbound Utah which does give the film a better look than most of its kind.
It is of course unsettling for a Christmas lover like myself to see Santa portrayed as an axe weilding maniac as he is in "Silent Night, Deadly Night", however I never associate this movie with the Christmas season that I enjoy and instead treat it as an at times nail biting fright movie that was very much a product of the decade it was made in. Never could it be considered as the best "slasher flick" whatever that would mean anyway, as experts in this genre would I'm sure say that there is not enough blood or gore despite the terrible murders that take place. Frankly I'm not a great fan of blood on screen anyway and the scenes where little is shown are far more effective in my book. The reasons why Billy goes on his killing spree I find much more interesting than the actual murder spree itself. "Silent Night, Deadly Night", is not for everyone's taste to be sure however along with "Halloween", it is really the only one of the 1980's slasher films that holds some interest for me. Turn down the lights and lock the doors when you watch "Silent Night, Deadly Night", and certainly dont expect the usual holiday fare with this movie.
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This murderer kills when two people are having sex.
Added 10/6/2004
For Adults Only! Contains nudity, sexual situations and violence. Please do not watch while children are around.
Very disturbing film to watch, especially the first 28 minutes.
A mom (Tara Buckman), dad (Jeff Hansen), young son (Jonathan Best) and a baby (Melissa Best) come back from a trip from seeing Grandpa in a nursing home. meanwhile a crook in a Santa Claus suit robs and kills a conveinence store cleark. The family as they are driving down the road, see the Santa crook and the crook kills the mom and dad. The young boy, Billy, hides off the road.
The boy (Danny Wagner) is sent to the St. Mary's home of Orphaned Children. That tragic night is still bottled up inside of him. The boy has turned out to be very nice, but sad. He is so wrongfully punished and abused by the mother Superior (Lilyan Chauvin). When he is forced to sit with a Santa Claus, with all of his might he gets away from him. Billy thinks it is his punishment to see Santa Claus.
As a man, Billy (Robert Brian Wilson), the good nun (A. Madeline Smith) sets him up with a job. Billy is well liked by the boss and women, but a series of events is about to make this nice man snap. Especially, when he sees two people having sex in the workplace.
Filmed in Utah.
Sequels: Slent Night, Deadly Night Part II (1987)
Silent Night, Deadly Night III--Better Watch Out! (1989)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 (1990)
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toymaker (1991)
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Too bad, too bad
Added 9/27/2004
All hype, and controversy aside, I think this thing had the potential to be a really good movie. First of all, it was a story about a crazy axe-wielding Santa Claus, for crying out loud. I don't think that had ever been done before. The closest thing to it was maybe that movie where the guy in the Santa Claus suit walks into a bank with a gun, and robs it, and I've never even seen that flick (I just remember seeing a clip from it in the movie "Terror In The Aisles"), but like all original and creative ideas it was met with skepticism, humor, and of course outright fear. That is probably why this movie was so cheaply made. No self-respecting cinematic company would take part in such an outlandish, off-the-wall project. Hence, they had to settle for a production company that no one had ever heard of. The film suffered, as a result.
I think this might have been a better movie if they had been able to sink maybe say, a hundred thousand more dollars into it (1984 dollars, mind you), hired a better camera crew, screen writer, and music composer. The acting, and the special effects were actually fairly good, especially Robert Brian Wilson, who played Billy, the troubled young lad who would eventually run amok with an axe while wearing a Santa Claus suit.
Say what you will, but it's no secret that film companies have a lot more freedom these days, and if Castle Rock Entertainment, or New Line Cinema were to produce this film today I think it might have turned out as good as "A Nightmare On Elm Street 3," or any number of it's successors. But even as it stands it's a fairly interesting, and entertaining movie. Good for laughs, if nothing else. Don't buy it, though. Rent it first, and see how it rubs you.
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Not only granpa Champman in SilentNIght , Deadly Night !
Added 7/8/2005
The Nine Year old boy said " Nobody can save you from santa claus. Christmasnight is the scariest night of the year !
Santa only brings presents to good children ! All naughty kids punishes ! You see santa claus ! you better run girl for cover !
Santa 's waiting for you to die ! Christmas Eve is slowly fading . Can you hear Santa at night looking and waiting for children like you ! Close the Door turn out the light !
Santa Claus going to bring a big suprize tonight ! Try not to be
scare lizzie , Santa Claus would not hurt you ! Then again Santa claus is a mass murder then just beware Santa Claus here caming after you ! Santa Claus is caming to get you in your sleep !
Santa Claus love to kill children and nuns , adluts ! Santa Claus
is a killer on Christmas eve ! Santa Claus chop off heads of little chidren and Children like us ! You are going to die by santa claus ! you are going to be killed Santa Claus on Christmas
Eve just like the horror slasher ! " On the school bus in 1984 !what maded me watch the horror movie on channel 11 uncut ! I was
scared for a week of oringinal SilentNight , DeadlyNight sleeping
my bed with the lights on holding my stuff animal and blanket !
I was Scared that I had nightmares on January 1, 1990 after the first two SilentNight, DeadlyNight 1 and 2 ! What My nightmare realeive later that night when I was sleeping in my bed that Santa Claus there telling me about a bully by the name of Joshua
Hornete ! Santa Claus showing a picture and write it down on peice of paper ! "Joshua Hornete is a naughty boy " in 1990 after watching the Part3 of the sequel of SilentNight,
DeadlyNight !
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a cult classic!
Added 2/5/2005
Silent Night, Deadly Night is the christmas movie nobody wanted us to see. When it came out it was protested, for having Santa Clause as a killer. One christmas eve a family is off to visit there grandfather in the nursing home, on their way home a man in a Santa Clause custume ends up killing Billy and Ricky's parents. The event tramatizes Billy, he hates Santa and Christmas. Years later Billy gets a job at a department store, and has to dress in a Santa Custume. Billy then snaps and goes on a murderous rampage. We getta see some creative killings. Overall a good movie.
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Controversial 1980's Christmas Horror Drama
Added 11/30/2004
While not generally a fan of that particular genre known as the "slasher flicks", which mushroomed out of all proportion during the 1980's in the wake of the huge success of John Carpenter's classic "Halloween", I do find that this film contains some quite interesting elements interdispersed among its often very disturbing scenes. "Silent Night, Deadly Night", is certainly not your average "family", Christmas movie complete with snow, sleigh bells and a jolly Father Christmas, and it would never be suitable in any generation for children's viewing. That of course doesn't necessarily make it a bad movie and I believe using the holiday season as a setting for such a bloody tale as this will always cause people to have very strong and definite views on its worth as a piece of suitable entertainment as has proven to be the case. There have been far more gory movies released than this one however "Silent Night, Deadly Night", earned eternal infamy when upon its release in 1984 the film was picketed in many countries by family organisations outraged at a lovable figure like Santa Claus being depicted in the guise of an insane mass murderer who goes on a bloody rampage on Christmas Eve. Probably the film got more notoriety than in actual fact it deserved however for the record it is not a film for the squeamish and does contain some very frightening moments.
We first see young Billy Chapman as a young child on Christmas Eve 1971 when with his parents and younger brother he is visiting his hospitalizied Grandfather. Strangely the Grandfather comes out of a comatose state just long enough to warn young Billy to "be afraid of what Santa can do to naughty young boys". On the way home tragedy strikes when the family car is held up by an escaped convict wanted for murder dressed in a Santa Claus suit. He shoots the father and brutally rapes and kills Billy's mother right before his eyes permanently traumatizing him. We then jump forward about 4 years where Billy and his younger brother are now living at St. Mary's school for orphans run by the cold hearted Mother Superior (Lilyan Chauvin), who is frustrated by Billy's inability to fit in. The kindly Sister Margaret (Gilmer McCormick), can see that Billy's problems are very deep seated and are the result of the horrors that he witnessed as a young boy and that need professional help. His irrational behavour takes the form of savage depictions of Christmas scenes in his drawings and a terror of the image of Santa Claus. The years pass and Billy (Robert Brian Wilson), grows into a young man and Sister Margaret still trying to help the disturbed boy she knows so well arranges for him to begin work in a Toy Store in town. Working for the jovial Mr. Sims (Britt Leach), everything at first goes well and Billy becomes an excepted part of the stock control team. However Christmas time arrives and when the store Santa breaks a leg Mr. Sims innocently recruits Billy to become the Santa in his place. Billy 's old fear of Santa Claus returns and he begins behaving very irrationally. At the Christmas Eve store drinks after closing Billy still dressed in the Santa outfit suddenly snaps when he sees two of the store employees having sex in the stock room. Billy has a flash back to his parents brutal murder and he begins a killing spree beginning with all his store co workers who he feels "need to be punished", for being naughty. Sister Margaret unfortunately visits the store later to see how he is going and instead finds the terrible carnage caused by the insanely possessed Billy. The police begin tracking him down but Billy continues his murderous rampage killing first an innocent young couple and a snow sleigher. He then begins a journey back to St. Mary's Orphanage pursued by Sister Margaret and a Police Inspector. Christmas is being celebrated at the Orphanage and through a tragic error the homes Santa is shot by a policeman who thought he was Billy approaching the children in the play yard. Billy then turns up at the Orphanage and after brutally killing the policeman who is on patrol there he breaks in on the Mother Superior and the terrified children. Just as he is about to kill the Mother Superior with his axe however he is shot down by the Police Inspector who arrives just in time with Sister Margaret. Billy dies in Sister Margaret's arms however his younger brother standing close by suddenly becomes possessed by that same demon spirit that drove Billy on his bloody killing spree and says a simple but very eerie "naughty", indicating further trouble ahead.
"Silent Night, Deadly Night", would never be up there with "Halloween", or "Nightmare on Elm Street", as far as absolute suspense or sheer terror goes however as a tale of the mind being totally taken over by the trauma of an early horrific experience it does hold some interest. Within the limitations of the role Robert Brian Wilson does reasonably well as the young man who is suddenly set off on a killing spree by having to be a store Santa Claus. His innocent good looks actually serve the part very well and he is definately a scary individual once his mind is affected by the traumatic flash backs to the murder of his parents. None of the supporting characters have much to build on in their characters as is generally the case in these types of films however Gilmer McCormick as the kindly Sister Margaret does a good job in her efforts to protect Billy from himself. Having alot of the action set in a Catholic Orphange is quite interesting and the two nuns are quite distinct characters that show interesting good and bad elements. Even though these things dont hold much importance in these types of films, "Silent Night, Deadly Night", does have the benefit of some beautiful on location photography in snowbound Utah which does give the film a better look than most of its kind.
It is of course unsettling for a Christmas lover like myself to see Santa portrayed as an axe weilding maniac as he is in "Silent Night, Deadly Night", however I never associate this movie with the Christmas season that I enjoy and instead treat it as an at times nail biting fright movie that was very much a product of the decade it was made in. Never could it be considered as the best "slasher flick" whatever that would mean anyway, as experts in this genre would I'm sure say that there is not enough blood or gore despite the terrible murders that take place. Frankly I'm not a great fan of blood on screen anyway and the scenes where little is shown are far more effective in my book. The reasons why Billy goes on his killing spree I find much more interesting than the actual murder spree itself. "Silent Night, Deadly Night", is not for everyone's taste to be sure however along with "Halloween", it is really the only one of the 1980's slasher films that holds some interest for me. Turn down the lights and lock the doors when you watch "Silent Night, Deadly Night", and certainly dont expect the usual holiday fare with this movie.
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