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Monday, October 27, 2008

Horror Review 4: Silent Night, Deadly Night

Silent Night, Deadly Night - 4.75/5

This is fucking golden, man. Silent Night, Deadly Night is a slasher film in the vein of Halloween, but only this time WITH CHRISTMAS INSTEAD! Filled with delicious bloody slashing (in the typical creative Friday the 13th/Nightmare on Elm St. fashion, making for a lot of fun), gratuitous nudity and cheap filmmaking (although strangely more effective here than on counterparts like Friday III or The Burning, with some genuinely creepy and dark moments that will stay in your head for a long time), this movie just sleighs (pun intended).

In addition to being slasher gold, it's also very funny. With lines like "Let's get shitfaced!" from the ever-lovable store manager character, "It's just your imagination, Mr. Simms" (listen to the way the older female employee says this; it made me burst out laughing), and the great scene in which the police bust in on the "Santa Claus," in addition to some of the killings themselves, this packs a gamut of laughs for everyone.

And, hell, it's a movie about a serial killing Santa Claus.

Process that for a few seconds.

This is gold for the bad movie fans. Highly recommended.

Next: Dellamorte Dellamore

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