SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT (1984) d. Charles Sellier (USA)
It's time to celebrate the Happy HorrorDays with two Christmas classics, both of which are celebrating milestone anniversaries!
Director Bob Clark’s effective (and underrated) holiday thriller BLACK CHRISTMAS (full review HERE) pre-dates the slasher film craze and its influence is felt in Halloween, When a Stranger Calls, and countless others.
Utilizing extensive handheld camerawork, this is also among the first usage of the “heavy-breathing killer’s point-of-view” shots that would become a staple of the slasher oeuvre.
Meanwhile, 1984’s notorious ad campaign for SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT (full review HERE), with its iconic poster art showing Santa descending a chimney with an axe in hand, became the stuff of legend, prompting outraged parents to picket theaters and write scathing letters to distributor Tri-Star until the movie was yanked from cinemas.
But what of the feature itself? It’s actually pretty solid by slasher standards, with director Sellier and screenwriter Michael Hickey providing plenty of gore, gratuitous nudity, and several nifty plot twists.
Grab your sleds and join AC and his dazzling panel of enthusiasts (Tim Palace, Mackenzie Parker, Chris Scales, Ian Simmons, and Ciara Wylie) as they honor the chills of the season!
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