Silent Night, Deadly Night

Silent Night, Deadly Night

He knows when you've been naughty.

R 1984 · 79 min · ★ 5.9 · Thriller, Horror

After a man dressed as Santa Claus brutally murders Billy Chapman's parents, little Billy then endures the cruelty of a sadistic nun at his orphanage. Years later, when adult Billy has to fill in for an absent in-store Santa, his childhood trauma brings him to the breaking point.

Directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr. · Written by Michael Hickey

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