Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation

Name: Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4
Genre: Horror
Released: 1990-11-21
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Rating: 4.1
Cast: Clint Howard, Neith Hunter, Tommy Hinkley

Original title: Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4

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1h 27m

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4.1/10

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Maud Adams in Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990)

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A reporter investigating the bizarre death of a woman who leaped from a building in flames finds herself mixed up in a cult of witches who are making her part of their sacrificial ceremony d... Read allA reporter investigating the bizarre death of a woman who leaped from a building in flames finds herself mixed up in a cult of witches who are making her part of their sacrificial ceremony during the Christmas season.A reporter investigating the bizarre death of a woman who leaped from a building in flames finds herself mixed up in a cult of witches who are making her part of their sacrificial ceremony during the Christmas season.

IMDb RATING

4.1/10

2.4K

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- Brian Yuzna
Writers
- Zeph E. Daniel(screenplay)
- Richard N. Gladstein(story)
- Arthur Gorson(story)
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Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990)

Maud Adams and Neith Hunter in Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990)

Glen Chin and Neith Hunter in Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990)

Neith Hunter in Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990)

Maud Adams, Marjean Holden, and Neith Hunter in Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990)

Allyce Beasley in Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990)

Tommy Hinkley in Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990)

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Trivia
The basis of the film's script was originally meant for the third Silent Night, Deadly Night film, but ended up being used here after the makers of that film turned the original script down.

Goofs
The numbers on Lonnie's house are backwards, which normally would indicate flipped footage, but that's clearly not the case as it appears this way in multiple shots of the house. For whatever reason, the production crew put the numbers on the house backwards on purpose.

Quotes
Ricky: [picks up a hamburger from the street and opens it] Oww. No fucking cheese!

Alternate versions
The 1996 UK video version (titled "Bugs") was cut by 8 secs by the BBFC. A shot of a man hanging by his nipples was removed.

Connections
Featured in Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991)

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The Yuzna touch prevails

I'm a huge Brian Yuzna fan, it all began after watching the classic horror/comedy Re-Animator.

This fourth installment of the moderately entertaining Silent Night Deadly Night franchise is far better than the previous three. Granted I was disappointed when Santa never made an appearance in this film, but Yuzna ands ingredients that had been lacking from the original three films.

Screaming Mad George's effects are always first rate, the giant bugs were marvelous and gross at the same time. How does he do it? Lead actress Neith Hunter is a very capable actress, and much like other Yuzna flicks(Re-Animator's Barbara Crampton & Progeny's Jillian McWhirter) isn't afraid to showcase some skin here and there.

I absolutely hate Ron Howard's talentless brother Clint, but much like Tori Spelling in Sol Goode, his minuscule talents were suited for the role.

Go ahead and rent it if your a fan of decent low budget horror flicks.

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