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Silent Night, Deadly Night

Silent Night, Deadly Night

5,9 /10 (442 Votes)
1984 EN 79 min

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.

Stream

Rent

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Release date

09/11/1984

Votes

442

Popularity

1.1

He knows when you've been naughty.

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

79 min

Budget

$1,065,000

Revenue

$2,491,460

Robert Brian Wilson

Robert Brian Wilson

Billy at 18

Lilyan Chauvin

Lilyan Chauvin

Mother Superior

Gilmer McCormick

Gilmer McCormick

Sister Margaret

Charles Dierkop

Charles Dierkop

Killer Santa

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Toni Nero

Pamela

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Randy Stumpf

Andy

Linnea Quigley

Linnea Quigley

Denise

Britt Leach

Britt Leach

Mr. Sims

Leo Geter

Leo Geter

Tommy

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Amy Styvesant

Cindy

Jonathan Best

Jonathan Best

Billy at 5

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Danny Wagner

Billy at 8

Tara Buckman

Tara Buckman

Mother (Ellie)

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Geoff Hansen

Father (Jim)

Will Hare

Will Hare

Grandpa

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Eric Hart

Mr. Levitt (Storekeeper)

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A. Madeline Smith

Sister Ellen

H.E.D. Redford

H.E.D. Redford

Captain Richards

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Max Robinson

Officer Barnes

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Nancy Borgenicht

Mrs. Randall

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Vinc Massa

Young Boy Sledding: Doug

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John Michael Alvarez

Young Boy Sledding: Jim

John Bishop

John Bishop

Older Boy Sledding: Bob

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Richard C. Terry

Older Boy Sledding: Mac

Oscar Rowland

Oscar Rowland

Dr. Conway

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Richard D. Clark

Officer Miller

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Tip Boxell

Officer Murphy

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Angela Montoya

Girl on Santa's Lap

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Molly Cameron

Girl's Mother

Jayne Luke

Jayne Luke

Other Mother in Store

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Joan Forster

Other Mother in Store

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Betsy Nagel

Other Mother in Store

Paul Mulder

Paul Mulder

Teen Lover at Orphanage

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Spencer Ashby

Santa at Orphanage

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J. Paul Broadhead

Santa in Store

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Max Broadhead

Brother (Ricky) at 4

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Alex Burton

Brother (Ricky) at 14

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Melissa Best

Infant Ricky

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Dan Rogers

Dispatcher

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Spencer Alston

Child at Orphanage

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Kristi Ballard

Child at Orphanage

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Jacob Peterson

Child at Orphanage

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Jonathan Wilde

Child at Orphanage

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Susie Massa

Child at Orphanage

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Sarah Stuyvesant

Child at Orphanage

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Barbara Stafford

Teen Lovers at Orphanage

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John Chard

John Chard

2015-04-13

⭐ 6.5

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…

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Wuchak

Wuchak

2022-04-15

⭐ 6

_**Beware: An ax-wielding Santa**_ A traumatized boy grows up at a Catholic orphanage in a small Utah town near the mountains. Once he gets a job at a toy store at 18, havoc ensues. "Silent Night, Deadly Night" (1984) is infamous for causing moral outrage when it was released, but I never understood the indignation. Not only is this a horror flick, it’s a slasher. Shock and grisly killings come with the territory. Aduh. Consider clowns for a moment. They are whimsical & funny and yet no one had an issue when they were used for scares in “He Who Gets Slapped” (1924), “Terror on Tour” …

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