Does Silent Night, Deadly Night Stand The Test Of Time?
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- čas přidán 12. 12. 2023
- Wading through the many aspects of a movie to decide if it stands the Test of Time is one of the
fun parts of this journey. Often times, we’ve looked at classics that are genuinely seen as good
in most aspects and decide if it was good just for its era or if it was able to transcend its place in
time and still be a good time today. What about Silent Night, Deadly Night? It was certainly controversial and is very well known for multiple scenes but how good is it? Is it just here for cheap thrills and controversy or has its deeper message of past trauma only become more relevant and insightful nearly 40 years since its stuttered and shortened release? Let’s climb down the chimney and deliver this gift of a movie to find out if it stands the Test of Time.
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Written By: Andrew Hatfield
Narrated By: Niki Minter
Edited By: Mike Conway
Produced by: Lance Vlcek and John Fallon
Executive Produced by: Berge Garabedian
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Linnea Quigley was definitely a standout in this movie.
Honestly one of my favorite 80's slashers. Great backstory, good kills and funny moments. This movie is always a must watch around Christmas in my house. I met Robert Brian Wilson very recently at a convention and even if he was ashamed of this movie for long time. I can assure you he loves how much fans like me really love this film and has the time of his life talking about it now.
Yep I agree the thing is with silent night deadly night is is the story back then in the 80s they took people with different mental illnesses and stories and if they happen to be slasher villains or you know low budget, you know Grindhouse type of movies it was different it wasn’t you know Billy‘s not burnt in a NF warehouse and has supernatural powers he’s not deformed like like Jason Vorhees he’s not or leather face or not even Michael Myers, what you know demon, spirits and stuff his him and his brother are broken people and you know that unfortunately that happens it’s one of those movies I still haven’t found them. I’m determined to find it again I don’t Noah in my my opinion I don’t think those kids should’ve been around that that Catholic and I were finish when when they had the Santa Claus thing I mean I mean most I don’t know I mean I think the 80s were different time but I don’t think it might opinion I don’t think those kids should’ve been around the Santa Claus stuff like that because I was a trigger and that’s what happened.😢
I love this movie more than I should... For me it's the perfect metaphor for how Christmas has been forced onto everyone during that time, no matter how much you disliked it. I can totally connect to that theme.
IF YOU SEE SANTA TONIGHT BOY, YOU BETTER RUN, YOU BETTER RUN.....FOR YOUR LIFE!!
This is a brilliant Christmas slasher movie, i think this is up there with Black Christmas, maybe not quite as good but it is a really good movie and i love watching it every December!
Agreed. Black Christmas is one hell of a bar to reach, so judging against it is really unfair. This is a decent film, it’s very watchable and an enjoyable Christmas Horror movie.
I watch this movie every Christmas and yes I do have the Billy action figure
Just watched this again last night... I still think it's a very good horror movie. Sure it's a little dated but it has all the elements of a fun "holiday gimmick" slasher. If that is what you are looking for then this is the perfect movie for this time of year. The music also gives it a little bit of charm 😂😂
So this director makes a movie with an abusive nun who never gets excommunicated but he goes on to make biblical films...oh, the irony...
😅😅😅😅
He was involved with the movie because he was a lapsed catholic, but still had belief in God. Plus Tri-Star wanted him to direct the movie.
@paramountparamount6815 Of COURSE a lapsed Catholic would do this...🙄
I Love Silent Night, Deadly Night When I First Saw This On TUBI Two Years Ago I Added This To My List Of Christmas Horror Movies Along With Christmas Evil, Gremlins, Jack Frost ( 1997), The Original Black Christmas And Better Watch Out.
Well it's good to know there are sequels? Even though I had to scout the comment section to find out any basic facts about them. 😂
@@justanotherfaceinthecrowd8573 The last few sequels have nothing to do with the first movie. Maybe watch the first 3.
Love this flick….. one of the very few times in which the killer is a very conventionally attractive man!
I was 17 when this came out and I can still remember the catatonic grandpa scene. It scared the shit out of me. I remember little else about it.
How could you forget the sledding decapitation?
There would be NO GARBAGE DAY without this Gem 😎
It's a great movie, with more depth than anyone would have expected back in the day
Depth? 😂😂😂😂
@@outpost31737 Noone said it was Tolstoy. Anyone who has seen the movie and has any ability to comprehend relative definitions wouldn't have bothered to type that. 🙄
It's a fun, campy novelty that was one of our first VHS rentals in the mid-80's to see what all the hype was about. I guess their attempt to be less shocking by NOT having Santa in full beard failed and it was still deemed just oh so controversial that it got yanked from theaters. I still find the 'punish' and 'naughty' proclamations hilarious each time I watch it, which should be very soon since the big day (for kids anyway) is just around the corner.
I got the special edition Blu Ray back in the late 2010's from Scream Factory and I watch this gem every holiday season.
"Warm Side of the Door" is hands-down the best horror Christmas music montage ever!
My bro buy that flick from Scream Factory last year and it’s very entertainingly dark especially around Christmastime. It’s a worth watch if other mothers didn’t protesting this again. lol!
I just watched my yearly watch of silent night & YES! It still holds up, btw thx for Christmas Evil 😎👍
The film holds up well.
Think the depiction of Santa killing good guys or bad guys will always be used shock people into watching something
I watch this 🎅 and Black Christmas 🎄 every year! 😊
Silent Night Deadly Night is a sled ride down slasher-Mount-Rushmore using Clark Griswold’s non-chloric, silicon-based kitchen lubricant, and only to receive Santa’s 🪓 NAUGHTY! Who’s saying there’s a jaded horror community?! Sounds like humanity in general now…
The soundtrack is AMAZING 👍❤👍❤
I watch it every Christmas Eve.
The First 2 Movies Rulez✊🏻!
The last 3 installments boo😒!
A great movie and the sequel was good also
I think Rosemary’s Baby and The Shining still stands the test of time and of course the original Night Of The Living Dead.
I wish it was of a sliiightly higher quality and with a more consistent tone - but it has its moments.
Yes. Silent Night, Deadly Night does stand the test of time. I'm not being biased...not that it's my favourite Christmas horror or anything.😉
“Grizzly Adams did have a beard.” Great line from Happy Gilmore
I remember having to wait for VHS because SNDN got pulled from theaters. I think it hold up well, I'm just not a huge fan of the Utah setting. Was Vancouver not available? Andy hey you notice the Santa dad who was nearly shot is Michael from Halloween 5? I swear there were only a handful of stuntmen in the 70's and 80's, and they all took turns playing Jason or Michael. And Leo Getter who got chucked out the window by Billy was also in Halloween 6 as Barry Simms.
Thanks Niki!
Havent seen this one.
I think it is the time of the year that I get to seeing it 😁
It was a good scary little movie. The scene with the grandfather is one of the most genuinely unnerving I've ever seen.
Part 2 is one of the most epic "so bad, it's good" movies in my collection. And .... 40 minutes of Part 2 is dedicated to flashbacks to Part 1 .... so people can even skip this one, somehow 😆
Poor Billy!!!
Code blue!!!!
In my top 10 Christmas slashers
Yes it does
Not many slashers are character studies so yes it does.
Yes
No but “Black Christmas” 74’ does.
@@mightybitchy everyone dies, an innocent gets blamed for the murders, the villain reveal still on of the most creepiest (the red eye through the slit behind the door, getting goosebumps jus talking about it) and then the display of the immense strength/speed at which the killer lunges down a flight of stairs so fast across the camera it’s like watching a figment of a nightmare come alive, not to mention there seriously was a time that prank calls did upset and freak ppl out. Obviously don’t remember it or have a different bar for horror or jus don’t appreciate the classics.
I think both stand the test of time and still work, but the difference in quality between this and Black Christmas is miles apart. This is decent, a fun and silly yet at times really disturbing slasher film with an interesting story and some good kills, Black Christmas is (in my opinion) the best slasher film of all time and that includes Halloween. It’s a masterpiece.
Christmas horror 🎄😈
Best Christmas movie of all time
What's the awesome background music?
It stands the teat of time to me!
Naughty.....
There was a remake in development in 2022
There was a remake in 2012 called Silent Night
Why was Billy sent to an orphanage, anyway? Didn't he and Ricky have relatives that could take them in?
Acting wise, camera angles the movie is 4/5 Stars compared to much higher budget trash.
The movie is great case study for PTSD
Does it stand the test of time? No.. lol It was garbage back then and even worse now, the acting is on par with some of the worst I've seen. With that though, if you're a horror fan, you have to see it, it's just one of those films you shouldn't miss.
I was around 17 when this movie released, we knew exactly what we were getting into when seeing it though. For those that weren't born yet or too young to remember, this movie was banned everywhere, even finding it on video back then was hard, VHS was just gaining steam, then you mix in all the controversy from this film, it was a hard find. See it if you haven't though, if nothing more than a good laugh.
Silent Night Deadly Night is my only cinematic Christmas tradition. It's brutality, humor, and cheese are unequaled. Black Christmas is fine but a wee bit too nihilistic for me.
A nightmare on elm street make way more money than this
Let's be honest it's awful.
Your accent is clearly American but your pronunciation is English as you swallow half the letters
The original Black Christmas is so dull and overrated. SNDN is so much more entertaining
I agree, I never understood the love for the original Black Xmas. I much prefer the fun 2006 remake.
Black Christmas 74 is good and I even like Black Christmas 2006
@@kingslayer2999 Agreed
Watched it for the first time last year and I enjoyed it. The sequel, not so much.