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Silent Night Deadly Night Part 1 1984
Not to be confused with Silent Night, Bloody Night.
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. The story concerns a young man named Billy, who suffers from posttraumatic stress over witnessing his parents' murder on Christmas Eve 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.
The film was released by TriStar Pictures on November 9, 1984, where it received substantial controversy over its promotional material and content, which featured a killer Santa Claus. In addition to receiving negative reviews, it was pulled from theaters a week after its release. However, it was a success during its opening week, grossing $2.5 million on a budget of $750,000. Since its release, it has developed a cult following[3] and spawned a series, consisting of four sequels, with the fourth and fifth installments having no connection to the original film, as well as a loose remake in 2012.
In 1971, five-year-old Billy Chapman and his family go to visit a nursing home where his catatonic grandfather stays; when Billy remains alone with him for a few minutes, his grandfather suddenly awakens and tells Billy to fear Santa Claus, as he gives presents only to the children who have been good all year, and punishes the ones who have been naughty, no matter how briefly. While driving back, a man dressed in a Santa outfit seemingly has car trouble and gets Billy's family's attention to pull over and help. As they pull over, the Santa-clad criminal shoots the father with a pistol and forcibly removes the mother and slashes her throat with a switchblade in front of Billy and his baby brother Ricky. Billy runs off to hide, leaving Ricky in the car.
Three years later in 1974, Billy and Ricky are celebrating Christmas in an orphanage run by Mother Superior, a strict disciplinarian who persistently strikes children who misbehave and considers punishment to be a necessary and good thing. Sister Margaret, the only one who sympathizes with the children, tries to help Billy play with the other children, but Billy is constantly subject to Mother Superior's scrutinizing eyes and regularly punished. On Christmas morning, the orphanage invites a man in a Santa Claus suit to visit the children; Billy gets dragged by Mother Superior and he punches the man before fleeing to his room in horror.
10 years later, in the spring of 1984, a now-adult Billy leaves the orphanage to find a normal life, and obtains a job as a stock boy at a local toy store, thanks to Sister Margaret. At the store, he develops a crush on his co-worker Pamela; he has sexual thoughts regarding her which are often interrupted by morbid visions of his parents' murders. On Christmas Eve, the employee who plays the store's Santa Claus has been injured the night before and as a result Billy's boss Mr. Sims makes him take his place. After the store closes, the staff has a Christmas Eve party. Billy (still dressed in a Santa Claus suit) tries to have a good time at the party, but he keeps having memories of his parents' murders, causing him to feel depressed. At one point, he sees his co-worker Andy making out with Pamela and they both walk into the back room. Billy walks after them and sees Andy trying to rape Pamela. This finally, psychologically, triggers his insanity; he hangs Andy with a string of Christmas lights and stabs Pamela with a utility knife, uttering darkly that punishment is good.
A highly intoxicated Mr. Sims goes into the back room to check on the noises he heard. Just when he is about to leave, Billy murders him with a hammer. Billy turns off the store's lights, causing his manager, Mrs. Randall, to go check out the back room. She screams at the sight of Mr. Sims' corpse and tries to call police, but Billy cuts the phone line using a double-bit axe, causing her to run and hide. Billy walks around the store trying to find her and, at one point, Mrs. Randall jumps out and trips Billy, stealing his axe. Before she can escape, Billy shoots and kills her with a bow and arrow.
As Sister Margaret discovers the carnage and returns to the orphanage to seek help via telephone, Billy breaks into a nearby house where a young couple named Denise and Tommy are having sex and a little girl named Cindy is sleeping; Billy then impales Denise on a set of deer antlers and throws Tommy through a window. When this awakens Cindy, Billy then confronts her and asks her if she has been nice or naughty; she says she has been nice, and he gives her the utility knife he had used earlier. After this, he witnesses bullies picking on two sledding teenage boys and decapitates one of the bullies with his axe as the other screams in horror.
The next morning, the orphanage is secured with Officer Barnes and Captain Richards aided by Sister Margaret, who knows that Billy has committed the murders. The deaf pastor, Father O'Brien, who was dressed in a Santa outfit, is mistakenly shot by Barnes upon coming forward, mistaking him to be Billy. Barnes is then axed by Billy while distracted. Due to his Santa outfit, Billy gains access into the orphanage and confronts Mother Superior, now in a wheelchair. She taunts Billy due to her disbelief in Santa Claus and just as he prepares to kill her with his axe, Richards appears and shoots him in the back, much to Sister Margaret's shock. As the dying Billy lays on the ground, he utters to the nearby children "You're safe now, Santa Claus is gone." before succumbing to his wounds. As the children gather around, Ricky, coldly staring at Mother Superior, utters "Naughty".
Directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr.
Produced by Ira Richard Barmak
Scott J. Schneid
Dennis Whitehead
Screenplay by Michael Hickey
Story by Paul Caimi
Starring
Lilyan Chauvin
Gilmer McCormick
Toni Nero
Robert Brian Wilson
Music by Perry Botkin
Cinematography Henning Schellerup
Edited by Michael Spence
Production
company
Slayride Productions Inc.
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Release date
November 9, 1984
Running time
79 minutes
85 minutes (Unrated cut)
Country United States
Language English
Budget $750,000
Box office $2.5 million
Cast :
Robert Brian Wilson as Billy Chapman (age 18)
Danny Wagner as eight-year-old Billy
Jonathan Best as five-year-old Billy
Alex Burton as Ricky Chapman at 14
Max Broadhead as four-year-old Ricky
Melissa Best as infant Ricky
Lilyan Chauvin as Mother Superior
Gilmer McCormick as Sister Margaret
Toni Nero as Pamela
Britt Leach as Mr. Sims
Nancy Borgenicht as Mrs. Randall
H.E.D. Redford as Captain Richards
Linnea Quigley as Denise
Leo Geter as Tommy
Randy Stumpf as Andy
Will Hare as Grandpa Chapman
Tara Buckman as Ellie Chapman
Geoff Hansen (Credited as Jeff Hansen) as Jim Chapman
Charles Dierkop as "killer Santa" (criminal in a Santa Claus outfit)
Eric Hart as Mr. Levitt
A. Madeline Smith as Sister Ellen
Amy Stuyvesant as Cindy
Max Robinson as Officer Barnes
Vinc Massa as Doug
John Michael Alvarez as Jim
John Bishop as Bob
Richard C. Terry as Mac
Oscar Rowland as Dr. Conway
Richard D. Clark as Officer Miller
Tip Boxell as Officer Murphy
Judith Roberts as Mother Superior (uncredited)
J. Paul Boardhead as Santa in store
Spencer Ashby as Santa in orphanage
Donald L. Shanks as Santa climbing in window (uncredited)
Angela Montoya as little girl on Santa's lap
Molly Cameron as little girl on Santa's lap's mother
Betsy Nagel as other mother in store
Joan S. Forster as other mother in store
Barbara Stafford as teen lover in orphanage
Paul Mulder as teen lover in orphanage
Dan Rogers as dispatcher
Spencer Alston as child in orphanage
Kristi Ballard as child in orphanage
Jacob Peterson as child in orphanage
Jonathan Wilde as child in orphanage
Susie Massa as child in orphanage
Sarah Stuyvesant as child in orphanag
The film was released by TriStar Pictures on November 9, 1984, where it received substantial controversy over its promotional material and content, which featured a killer Santa Claus. In addition to receiving negative reviews, it was pulled from theaters a week after its release. However, it was a success during its opening week, grossing $2.5 million on a budget of $750,000. Since its release, it has developed a cult following[3] and spawned a series, consisting of four sequels, with the fourth and fifth installments having no connection to the original film, as well as a loose remake in 2012.
In 1971, five-year-old Billy Chapman and his family go to visit a nursing home where his catatonic grandfather stays; when Billy remains alone with him for a few minutes, his grandfather suddenly awakens and tells Billy to fear Santa Claus, as he gives presents only to the children who have been good all year, and punishes the ones who have been naughty, no matter how briefly. While driving back, a man dressed in a Santa outfit seemingly has car trouble and gets Billy's family's attention to pull over and help. As they pull over, the Santa-clad criminal shoots the father with a pistol and forcibly removes the mother and slashes her throat with a switchblade in front of Billy and his baby brother Ricky. Billy runs off to hide, leaving Ricky in the car.
Three years later in 1974, Billy and Ricky are celebrating Christmas in an orphanage run by Mother Superior, a strict disciplinarian who persistently strikes children who misbehave and considers punishment to be a necessary and good thing. Sister Margaret, the only one who sympathizes with the children, tries to help Billy play with the other children, but Billy is constantly subject to Mother Superior's scrutinizing eyes and regularly punished. On Christmas morning, the orphanage invites a man in a Santa Claus suit to visit the children; Billy gets dragged by Mother Superior and he punches the man before fleeing to his room in horror.
10 years later, in the spring of 1984, a now-adult Billy leaves the orphanage to find a normal life, and obtains a job as a stock boy at a local toy store, thanks to Sister Margaret. At the store, he develops a crush on his co-worker Pamela; he has sexual thoughts regarding her which are often interrupted by morbid visions of his parents' murders. On Christmas Eve, the employee who plays the store's Santa Claus has been injured the night before and as a result Billy's boss Mr. Sims makes him take his place. After the store closes, the staff has a Christmas Eve party. Billy (still dressed in a Santa Claus suit) tries to have a good time at the party, but he keeps having memories of his parents' murders, causing him to feel depressed. At one point, he sees his co-worker Andy making out with Pamela and they both walk into the back room. Billy walks after them and sees Andy trying to rape Pamela. This finally, psychologically, triggers his insanity; he hangs Andy with a string of Christmas lights and stabs Pamela with a utility knife, uttering darkly that punishment is good.
A highly intoxicated Mr. Sims goes into the back room to check on the noises he heard. Just when he is about to leave, Billy murders him with a hammer. Billy turns off the store's lights, causing his manager, Mrs. Randall, to go check out the back room. She screams at the sight of Mr. Sims' corpse and tries to call police, but Billy cuts the phone line using a double-bit axe, causing her to run and hide. Billy walks around the store trying to find her and, at one point, Mrs. Randall jumps out and trips Billy, stealing his axe. Before she can escape, Billy shoots and kills her with a bow and arrow.
As Sister Margaret discovers the carnage and returns to the orphanage to seek help via telephone, Billy breaks into a nearby house where a young couple named Denise and Tommy are having sex and a little girl named Cindy is sleeping; Billy then impales Denise on a set of deer antlers and throws Tommy through a window. When this awakens Cindy, Billy then confronts her and asks her if she has been nice or naughty; she says she has been nice, and he gives her the utility knife he had used earlier. After this, he witnesses bullies picking on two sledding teenage boys and decapitates one of the bullies with his axe as the other screams in horror.
The next morning, the orphanage is secured with Officer Barnes and Captain Richards aided by Sister Margaret, who knows that Billy has committed the murders. The deaf pastor, Father O'Brien, who was dressed in a Santa outfit, is mistakenly shot by Barnes upon coming forward, mistaking him to be Billy. Barnes is then axed by Billy while distracted. Due to his Santa outfit, Billy gains access into the orphanage and confronts Mother Superior, now in a wheelchair. She taunts Billy due to her disbelief in Santa Claus and just as he prepares to kill her with his axe, Richards appears and shoots him in the back, much to Sister Margaret's shock. As the dying Billy lays on the ground, he utters to the nearby children "You're safe now, Santa Claus is gone." before succumbing to his wounds. As the children gather around, Ricky, coldly staring at Mother Superior, utters "Naughty".
Directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr.
Produced by Ira Richard Barmak
Scott J. Schneid
Dennis Whitehead
Screenplay by Michael Hickey
Story by Paul Caimi
Starring
Lilyan Chauvin
Gilmer McCormick
Toni Nero
Robert Brian Wilson
Music by Perry Botkin
Cinematography Henning Schellerup
Edited by Michael Spence
Production
company
Slayride Productions Inc.
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Release date
November 9, 1984
Running time
79 minutes
85 minutes (Unrated cut)
Country United States
Language English
Budget $750,000
Box office $2.5 million
Cast :
Robert Brian Wilson as Billy Chapman (age 18)
Danny Wagner as eight-year-old Billy
Jonathan Best as five-year-old Billy
Alex Burton as Ricky Chapman at 14
Max Broadhead as four-year-old Ricky
Melissa Best as infant Ricky
Lilyan Chauvin as Mother Superior
Gilmer McCormick as Sister Margaret
Toni Nero as Pamela
Britt Leach as Mr. Sims
Nancy Borgenicht as Mrs. Randall
H.E.D. Redford as Captain Richards
Linnea Quigley as Denise
Leo Geter as Tommy
Randy Stumpf as Andy
Will Hare as Grandpa Chapman
Tara Buckman as Ellie Chapman
Geoff Hansen (Credited as Jeff Hansen) as Jim Chapman
Charles Dierkop as "killer Santa" (criminal in a Santa Claus outfit)
Eric Hart as Mr. Levitt
A. Madeline Smith as Sister Ellen
Amy Stuyvesant as Cindy
Max Robinson as Officer Barnes
Vinc Massa as Doug
John Michael Alvarez as Jim
John Bishop as Bob
Richard C. Terry as Mac
Oscar Rowland as Dr. Conway
Richard D. Clark as Officer Miller
Tip Boxell as Officer Murphy
Judith Roberts as Mother Superior (uncredited)
J. Paul Boardhead as Santa in store
Spencer Ashby as Santa in orphanage
Donald L. Shanks as Santa climbing in window (uncredited)
Angela Montoya as little girl on Santa's lap
Molly Cameron as little girl on Santa's lap's mother
Betsy Nagel as other mother in store
Joan S. Forster as other mother in store
Barbara Stafford as teen lover in orphanage
Paul Mulder as teen lover in orphanage
Dan Rogers as dispatcher
Spencer Alston as child in orphanage
Kristi Ballard as child in orphanage
Jacob Peterson as child in orphanage
Jonathan Wilde as child in orphanage
Susie Massa as child in orphanage
Sarah Stuyvesant as child in orphanag
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