What do Black Christmas and Silent Night, Bloody Night have in common?
Blurry first-person Pov? Check. Mouth-breathing killer? Double check. Creepy phone calls? Triple Check. In both Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974) and Theodore Gershuny’s Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972), an unknown killer stalks their victims around the Christmas season, both striking terror and intrigue. Each entry succeeds to varying degrees in balancing cheer and fear; one becoming a holiday classic and the other a largely-forgotten gem. As a slasherific double feature, this holiday season brings a little goodwill and a whole lotta torture.
Gene Siskel once called Black Christmas a “routine shocker,” giving it a measly 1.5 out of 4 stars. That’s a paltry review for a tightly-wound and tense proto-slasher that helped catapult the slasher genre into the limelight. It might have come four years before Halloween, but it does many of the same things and in some ways,...
Blurry first-person Pov? Check. Mouth-breathing killer? Double check. Creepy phone calls? Triple Check. In both Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974) and Theodore Gershuny’s Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972), an unknown killer stalks their victims around the Christmas season, both striking terror and intrigue. Each entry succeeds to varying degrees in balancing cheer and fear; one becoming a holiday classic and the other a largely-forgotten gem. As a slasherific double feature, this holiday season brings a little goodwill and a whole lotta torture.
Gene Siskel once called Black Christmas a “routine shocker,” giving it a measly 1.5 out of 4 stars. That’s a paltry review for a tightly-wound and tense proto-slasher that helped catapult the slasher genre into the limelight. It might have come four years before Halloween, but it does many of the same things and in some ways,...
- 12/21/2023
- by Bee Delores
- bloody-disgusting.com
For those of you who’ve been waiting patiently for a direct sequel to filmmaker Theodore Gershuny’s Silent Night, Bloody Night, Santa has finally heard your nightly cries. Writer John Klyza and director Dustin Ferguson’s Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival… Continue Reading →
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- 12/15/2015
- by Todd Rigney
- DreadCentral.com
Donald Trump vs. Starbucks' War on Christmas. The War on Christmas: The movies that come to mind We're still in November, but the War on Christmas – according to online buzz, a second cousin once removed of the War on Cops – has begun. Weeping and gritting of teeth has seized certain population segments in the U.S.A. (and perhaps other countries as well) after Fox News, that beacon of intellectual freedom at the end of the cable news tunnel, announced that … Starbucks' holiday season cups are a) red b) devoid of Christmas decorations. Could it be a satanic conspiracy disguised as politically correct inclusiveness? The result of a communist takeover at the Seattle-headquartered company? Cruel and unusual Christian persecution in the form of paper cups? Your guess is as good as mine. Far-right Republican icon, U.S. presidential candidate, and 2015 political circus ringmaster Donald Trump seems to think that Starbucks...
- 11/15/2015
- by M.T. Philipe
- Alt Film Guide
To all a good fright! Filming has begun on New Wave Independent Pictures’ Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival. The movie is a direct sequel to Theodore Gershuny’s 1974 gothic proto slasher, taking place forty years later and expanding on the original mythology. Jennifer Runyon Corman and Jeff Dylan Graham join the cast.
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- 12/28/2014
- by Horrornews.net
- Horror News
Throughout the month of December, we will be highlighting a film a day that has some tie into the holiday somehow. Some titles will be obvious, others won’t be. Some films will be good and, again, others won’t be. However, we think all titles are worth your time whether to give you chills inside your home or to make you drink more eggnog until you puke laughing.
‘ Twas the night before Christmas not a creature was stirring. Except for the dude on fire. Twenty years go by and Butler Mansion sits empty waiting to be sold. A lawyer representing the heir comes to town to close on the property. The Mayor, Sheriff, and a mute John Carradine are all eager to be rid of the place. Seems to have a lot of bad mojo. But unfortunately a serial killer breaks out of an asylum making a bee line...
‘ Twas the night before Christmas not a creature was stirring. Except for the dude on fire. Twenty years go by and Butler Mansion sits empty waiting to be sold. A lawyer representing the heir comes to town to close on the property. The Mayor, Sheriff, and a mute John Carradine are all eager to be rid of the place. Seems to have a lot of bad mojo. But unfortunately a serial killer breaks out of an asylum making a bee line...
- 12/3/2014
- by Jeremy Jones
- Destroy the Brain
Hello and welcome to another episode of Mondo Squallido. Today we are looking at a film that’s been talked up a hell of a lot, especially with regards to the recent release by Vinegar Syndrome. That film is of course the Lloyd Kaufman penned art house sexploitation film Sugar Cookies, directed by Theodore Gershuny.
A film of death, lies and lots of nudity from the likes of Lynn Lowry and Mary Wornorov. Is the films and release deserving of its praise? We will have to put on our fancy shoes, cock our guns and find out.
A film of death, lies and lots of nudity from the likes of Lynn Lowry and Mary Wornorov. Is the films and release deserving of its praise? We will have to put on our fancy shoes, cock our guns and find out.
- 11/11/2014
- by Mondo Squallido
- Nerdly
Many horror fans have seen Black Christmas and Silent Night, Deadly Night, but there’s one Christmas-themed horror movie that pre-dates them both. We have word that 1974′s Silent Night, Bloody Night has been digitally restored and will be released just in time for Christmas:
“It’s Christmas Eve in a small town, but the local children aren’t dreaming of sugarplum fairies in Silent Night, Bloody Night, on DVD Dec. 10, from Film Chest.
A ’70s drive-in, B-movie flick, Silent Night, Bloody Night gained notoriety in the mid-1980s when it was featured on Elvira’s Movie Macabre, gaining a dedicated cult following. Now don’t miss a bloody drop … Enjoy this thriller in HD for the first time ever!
In Silent Night, Bloody Night, a young man inherits a mansion once used as an insane asylum … and in which his grandfather died in a fire.When he puts it up for sale,...
“It’s Christmas Eve in a small town, but the local children aren’t dreaming of sugarplum fairies in Silent Night, Bloody Night, on DVD Dec. 10, from Film Chest.
A ’70s drive-in, B-movie flick, Silent Night, Bloody Night gained notoriety in the mid-1980s when it was featured on Elvira’s Movie Macabre, gaining a dedicated cult following. Now don’t miss a bloody drop … Enjoy this thriller in HD for the first time ever!
In Silent Night, Bloody Night, a young man inherits a mansion once used as an insane asylum … and in which his grandfather died in a fire.When he puts it up for sale,...
- 11/18/2013
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Now that Halloween is over and millions of turkeys are embarking on their death march, it's time to start thinking about the holiday season. And what better way to kick off your December than with a demented little movie fully restored for the first time?
From the Press Release
It’s Christmas Eve in a small town, but the local children aren’t dreaming of sugarplum fairies in Silent Night, Bloody Night, on DVD December 10 from Film Chest.
A ’70s drive-in, B-movie flick, Silent Night, Bloody Night gained notoriety in the mid-1980s when it was featured on Elvira’s Movie Macabre, gaining a dedicated cult following. Now don’t miss a bloody drop … Enjoy this thriller in HD for the first time ever!
In Silent Night, Bloody Night, a young man inherits a mansion once used as an insane asylum… and in which his grandfather died in a fire.
From the Press Release
It’s Christmas Eve in a small town, but the local children aren’t dreaming of sugarplum fairies in Silent Night, Bloody Night, on DVD December 10 from Film Chest.
A ’70s drive-in, B-movie flick, Silent Night, Bloody Night gained notoriety in the mid-1980s when it was featured on Elvira’s Movie Macabre, gaining a dedicated cult following. Now don’t miss a bloody drop … Enjoy this thriller in HD for the first time ever!
In Silent Night, Bloody Night, a young man inherits a mansion once used as an insane asylum… and in which his grandfather died in a fire.
- 11/15/2013
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Stars: Adrienne King, Sabrina Dickens, Sule Rimi, Lee Bane, Richard Goss, Kathy Saxondale, Philip Harvey | Written by Andrew Jones, James Plumb | Directed by James Plumb
Welsh filmmakers Andrew Jones and James Plumb re-team once more following Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection, for yet another film that shares it moniker with a previous film – this time the 1972 film starring John Carradine and Mary Woronov, Silent Night Bloody Night. And as they did with their previous horror flick Jones and Plumb take the basic premise of the ’72 movie and craft a new film around it. So as with Notld: Resurrection, Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming is essentially a remake of the original film – taking in a number of the same characters, the same abandoned “mansion” and yet another escaped psycho from the local looney bin, yet giving it a British Welsh spin and adding a few new scenes and characters into the mix…...
Welsh filmmakers Andrew Jones and James Plumb re-team once more following Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection, for yet another film that shares it moniker with a previous film – this time the 1972 film starring John Carradine and Mary Woronov, Silent Night Bloody Night. And as they did with their previous horror flick Jones and Plumb take the basic premise of the ’72 movie and craft a new film around it. So as with Notld: Resurrection, Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming is essentially a remake of the original film – taking in a number of the same characters, the same abandoned “mansion” and yet another escaped psycho from the local looney bin, yet giving it a British Welsh spin and adding a few new scenes and characters into the mix…...
- 10/9/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
What with pre-seasonal excitement building for Steven C. Miller's loose 'Silent Night' remake we can't overlook British Xmas slasher thrills in the form of 'Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming'. The Brit-based remake of Theodore Gershuny's 1974 'Silent Night, Bloody Night' comes courtesy of director James Plumb ('Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection') and writer Andrew Jones. A selection of new bloody stills have been gifted to Bloody Disgusting from the production which is just finished shooting in Wales. 'Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming' is loosely based on the original and stars Adrienne King ('Friday the 13th'), Sabrina Dickens, Richard Goss, Philip Harvey, Victor Ptak, Rosemary Smith and Matthew Batte. Check the new and probably Nsfw stills below....
- 5/14/2012
- Horror Asylum
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