Silent Night Deadly Night | 80's Movie Guide

Taglines: He knows when you've been naughty. Silent Night, Deadly Night movie storyline. After seeing his parents murdered in front of him a young bit spends most of his life in an orphanage where he is abused by the mother superior when he turns into a teenager he gets a job as a department store santa and when he sees two people having sex in the store he gets flashbacks when his parents and when he can't take it anymore he turns into a santa serial killer. Silent Night, Deadly Night is a 1984 American slasher film directed by Charles E. Sellier, Jr., and starring Robert Brian Wilson, Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero, Linnea Quigley, Britt Leach and Leo Geter. Set during Christmas, the story concerns a young man, Billy, who suffers from posttraumatic stress over witnessing his parents' Christmas Eve murder and his subsequent upbringing in an abusive Catholic orphanage. In adulthood, the Christmas holiday leads him into a psychological breakdown, and he emerges as a spree killer donning a Santa suit. Released by TriStar Pictures on November 9, 1984, it is the first film in the Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise, and gained substantial controversy over its promotional material and content, which featured a killer Santa Claus. As a result, the film received negative reviews and was pulled out of theaters a week after its release. While successful during its opening week, the film was a moderate success with $2.5 million made overall. Since its release, the film has developed a cult following and was followed by four sequels (with the fourth and fifth installment having no connection to the film) and a loose remake released about 28 years later. This was the only film in the series to be distributed by Tristar Pictures. Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) Directed by: Charles E. Sellier Jr. Starring: Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Toni Nero, Robert Brian Wilson, Britt Leach, Nancy Borgenicht, Linnea Quigley, Tara Buckman Screenplay by: Michael Hickey Production Design by: Dian Perryman Cinematography by: Henning Schellerup Film Editing by: Michael Spence Set Decoration by: Linda Kiffe Art Direction by: Linda Kiffe Music by: Perry Botkin Jr. Distributed by: TriStar Pictures Release Date: November 9, 1984