Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! (1989) (V)

Director:

Monte Hellman

Writers:

Steven Gaydos (writer)
Richard N. Gladstein (writer)

Release Date:

17 November 1989 (USA)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

When Your Nightmare Ends, the Real Terror Begins!

Plot:

The Ricky Caldwell, the "Santa Claus Killer," once thought dead, has been brought back to life by a crazed scientist. A blind woman finds that she is somehow psychically connected to the reanimated serial killer.

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Coma | Killer Santa Claus | Santa Claus | Schizophrenia

Cast

Richard Beymer	...	Dr. Newbury
Bill Moseley	...	Richard 'Ricky' Caldwell
Samantha Scully	...	Laura Anderson
Eric DaRe	...	Chris Anderson (as Eric Da Re)
Laura Harring	...	Jerri (as Laura Herring)
Elizabeth Hoffman	...	Granny
Robert Culp	...	Lt. Connely
Richard C. Adams	...	Santa
Melissa Hellman	...	Dr. Newbury's Assistant
Isabel Cooley	...	Hospital Receptionist
Leonard Mann	...	Laura's Psychiatrist
Carlos Palomino	...	Truck Driver
Marc Dietrich	...	Gas Station Attendant
Jim Ladd	...	Newscaster
Richard N. Gladstein	...	Detective

Also Known As:

Blind Terror (USA) (alternative title)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:K-18 | Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Dallas, Texas, USA

Company:

Quiet Films Inc.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Richard 'Ricky' Caldwell: Laura...

Movie Connections:

Edited from Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

The worst movie of the SNDN series...

Not only is this movie the worst of the entire Silent Night, Deadly Night series, it is also one of the worst slashers ever made. The main reason for this movie being so awful is that it has absolutely horrendous pacing. It moves beyond slow, and as a result is dull during times when it should be exciting, like when the killer is getting closer and closer to a victim, but in this movie the killer is so messed up and brain damaged he walks slower than any grandma walking the planet when he's actually a skinny twentysomething year old dude. It is due to the killer's slugglishness that taints the whole movie because since he is so slow pretty much every scene he is in bores you out of your mind. If your making your way through the SNDN series in order, SKIP THIS ONE, and move on to SNDN 4 which may have nothing to do with Christmas but it is actually the second best of the series in my opinion because it is very entertaining and creative, plus it has giant cockroaches, wormslugs, and Clint Howard, so, yeah, exactly, you just can't go wrong with that combination.