Story Line
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.
“He knows when you've been naughty.”
Top Cast
Robert Brian Wilson
Billy at 18
Lilyan Chauvin
Mother Superior
Gilmer McCormick
Sister Margaret
Charles Dierkop
Killer Santa
Toni Nero
Pamela
Randy Stumpf
Andy
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Rating
5.9/ 10
Release Date
1984-11-09
Runtime
1h 19m
Genres
ThrillerHorror
Part of the Series
Silent Night, Deadly Night Collection
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User Reviews (2)
John Chard
6.5/10
•4/13/2015The 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 orphan...
Wuchak
6/10
•4/15/2022_**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 mo...