Andrea and Alex interrogate the pearl clutching that went on during Silent Night, Deadly Night‘s initial theatrical run, what it means to cultivate festive cheer, and the importance of being nice and never naughty.
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REQUIRED READING
Silent Night, Deadly Night. Dir. Charles Sellier Jr, 1984.
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At the Movies: Silent Night, Deadly Night. Siskel and Ebert’s review.
A Once Controversial Release, “Silent Night, Deadly Night” Gains Another Chance to Terrorize. Film at Lincoln Center’s piece on the history and importance of Silent Night, Deadly Night.
Santa Claus: The Myth in America. A look at St. Nick’s bizarre (and frankly, kind of hilarious) origin story as a folk hero and a religious icon
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I had no interest in watching this film, and I even dimly recall that the Classic Horror Cast covered it and I still didn’t watch it, but then I did because you said it was being covered for this month… and that means I blame you for getting me to sit through such a bad film.
Admittedly, slashers are my least favorite sub-genre of horror, but this seems distinctly inferior to the lesser-known (and earlier) Christmas Evil. That film had a more coherent protagonist whose love of Christmas just went to insane extremes. This seems to be cribbing from Halloween by starting a decade in the past with the protagonist as a kid, but the set up of him hating/fearing Santa and drawing a picture of him dead doesn’t fit with him thinking of himself as Santa. Nor does he have any reason to go from the store where he works to the home he invades or the hill where he kills those kids. Instead so much stuff is here because it seems obligatory for a slasher movie.
What murders in residential schools were you referring to?
This was a good show. I appreciate the historical notes. Hard to believe the same director did “IN SEARCH OF NOAH’S ARK.” Funny story, I went to a mate’s birthday party and the parents took us all to see the ark movie. Not a huge hit with pre-pubescent males BUT there was a National Geographic intro film about the AMAZON rain forest. And in that there were topless females. Don’t ask me how that got paired up with Noah but we were focused on the intro film!