Silent Night, Deadly Night

Director: Charles E. Sellier Jr. Charles E. Sellier Jr.

Overview

Offended parents and others protested this slasher film when it was released in 1984 because it portrays Billy (Robert Brian Wilson) as a toy-store Santa Claus who goes on a rampage and axes people to death while still in his Santa garb. Four sequels prove the adage that there is no such thing as bad publicity. When Billy was just a boy he saw someone dressed as Santa murder his parents at Christmastime. Billy's stint in an orphanage did nothing to unwarp his mind (he is tied to his bed for "misbehavior"), and when he starts playing Santa in the store -- much against his wishes since he is deathly afraid of both Christmas and Santa Claus, he first only frightens the children who come to see him. Then his mind snaps, and he repeats the scene he saw as a child, on one person after another, in full gory color.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/05/2017
UPC:	0826663180978
Original Release:	1984
Rating:	R
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Time:	2:44:00
Sales rank:	3,078

Special Features

Disc One - Theatrical Version: ; Theatrical trailer; Radio spot; TV spots; ; Disc Two - Unrated Version: ; NEW "Slay Bells Ring: the story of Silent Night, Deadly Night" - featuring interviews with writer Michael Hickey, co-executive producers Scott J. Schneid and Dennis Whitehead, editor/second unit director Michael Spence, composer Perry Botkin, and actors Robert Brian Wilson and Linnea Quigley; NEW "Silent Night, Deadly Night Film Locations - Then and Now"; NEW audio commentary with Robert Brian Wilson and Scott J. Schneid; Audio commentary with Michael Hickey, Perry Botkin, Scott J. Schneid and Michael Spence ; Audio interview with director Charles E. Sellier, Jr.; "Santa's Stocking of Outrage" ; Poster and still gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Lilyan Chauvin	Mother Superior
Gilmer McCormick	Sister Margaret
Toni Nero	Pamela
Robert Brian Wilson	Billy at 18
Britt Leach	Mr. Sims
Nancy Borgenicht	Mrs. Randall
H.E.D. Redford	Capt. Richards
Danny Wagner	Billy at 8
Linnea Quigley	Demine
Leo Geter	Tommy
Will Hare	Grandpa
Eric Hart	Levitt
Max Robinson	Barnes
Oscar Rowland	Dr. Conway
Jonathan Best	Billy at 5
Tara Buckman	Mother/Ellie
Charles Dierkop	Killer Santa

Technical Credits

Michael Hickey

Charles E. Sellier	Director
Ira R. Barmak	Producer
Perry Botkin	Score Composer
Paul Caimi	Original Story
Verkina Flower	Costumes/Costume Designer
Michael Hickey	Screenwriter
Linda Kiffe	Set Decoration/Design
Diane Perryman	Production Designer
Henning Schellerup	Cinematographer
Scott Schneid	Executive Producer
Michael Spence	Editor