Review of Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) by Jørgen W — 12 Jun 2007

Man what a movie. A kid gets a twisted view of what Santa should do on Xmas. Love horror movie, this is a MUST see.

This review of Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) was written by Jørgen W on 12 Jun 2007.

Silent Night, Deadly Night has generally received mixed reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Silent Night, Deadly Night

Review of Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

By Hugo G (498) on 01 Aug 2015

4.4/10 The movie for sure had some potential, but it took too much telling the origin story of the killer, that it felt like it was missing…

Read Review

Review of Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

By Sam M (1,488) on 01 Jan 2017

This is 80s slasher at it's finest. So good…

Read Review

Review of Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

By Paul Attanasio (217) for Washington Post (9,851) on 03 Jan 2018

Silent Night, Deadly Night takes off from the notion that Santa Claus is an ax murderer, but it never quite lives up to the delicious perversity…

Read Review

Review of Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

By Dakota D (35) on 01 Dec 2018

With a new concept of a killer Santa the movie doesn't fall short in originality and story, but the acting is where it takes a dive…

Read Review

Review of Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

By Mathias01 (7) on 30 Nov 2019

I don't know what planet these critics are from but this movie is good old fashioned cheesiness at its finest…

Read Review

Review of Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

By Ruairí C (39) on 28 Oct 2013

The first part of the film, focusing on the evolution of the serial killer, is intriguing and well paced, but his transformation to costumed…

Read Review

Review of Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

By Brett H (1,346) on 27 Apr 2013

Cheesetastic slasher with some fairly memorable kills and a half-decent story…

Read Review

Review of Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

By Wesley J (162) on 22 Apr 2013

Only worth watching so you can say that you did. Very bad acting. Very bad. Very bad script. Very bad…

Read Review

Review of Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

By Michael W (3,003) on 02 May 2013

Notorious Santa-slasher film is extremely violent & poorly-made…

Read Review

Review of Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

By Paul D (6,077) on 28 May 2014

This was entertaining in a guilty/sleazy kind of way…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Wild at Heart (1990)

By Hal Hinson (447) for Washington Post (9,851) on 05 Aug 2008

What Wild at Heart feels like is a kind of housecleaning -- a disjointed collection of images and odd snatches of ideas that the director couldn't…

Read Review

Review of Strange Days (1995)

By Martin D (1,305) on 20 Feb 2010

My main interest in seeing this was to see an early film by the director of The Hurt Locker (which I found to be rather brilliant)…

Read Review

Review of Shaft (2000)

By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 30 Nov 2007

What Jackson's Shaft can't do is talk the talk, or much of anything else, in director John Singleton's feature-length insult to one of the…

Read Review

Review of Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

By Nazgulero (109) on 16 Jan 2012

Stanley Kubrick, a famous director, turns into a dirty old man before he dies. This movie is probably about his own fantasies…

Read Review

Review of Swimming Pool (2003)

By Danielb1982 (17) on 24 Feb 2015

I very rarely write a bad review, but felt I needed to for this. I actually forced myself to sit through this, I really wish I hadn't…

Read Review

Review of Insomnia (2002)

By Jakub M (52) on 18 Aug 2014

Very odd, Al Pacino looks terrible, Robin Williams is completely underused, Hilary Swank isn't in the poster. Some nice photography…

Read Review

Review of A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

By Anh H (260) on 05 Aug 2014

It was so bad. I'm bored to death. Gotta say the ceiling blood bath is creative, but random scare like that is not gonna work…

Read Review

Review of Cube Zero (2004)

By James M (2,946) on 20 Sep 2014

I was surprised to learn this series managed three films considering the simple premise but it works, and the third film is still good…

Read Review

Review of Tough Enough (2006)

By Kristy P (519) on 25 Mar 2011

Um, yeah...pathetic. Dennis Quaid BOXING??? Who's bright idea was this one…

Read Review

Review of Killing Zoe (1993)

By Mike W (1,027) on 08 Sep 2016

Pre-heist is decent, the heist is awful, shoot outs are wank and the ending is so predictable. Only highlight is Delpy…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Interstellar

2014

83%1,261 Reviews

Babylon

2022

68%144 Reviews

Top Gun: Maverick

2022

82%272 Reviews

Hillbilly Elegy

2020

61%141 Reviews

War for the Planet of the Apes

2017

78%1,656 Reviews

The Gentlemen

2020

70%170 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

Joker

2019

81%299 Reviews

Mad Max: Fury Road

2015

83%1,378 Reviews

The Menu

2022

70%145 Reviews