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DOUCE NUIT, SANGLANTE NUIT

Silent Night, Deadly Night

1984 US HMDB
novembre 9, 1984

C'est la veille de Nöel, le petit Billy et sa famille rendent visite au grand-père qui mène une vie de légume dans une institution pour personnes âgées. Sur le chemin du retour, un voyou déguisé en père Nöel massacre les parents de Billy. L'enfant échappe au tueur et finit placé à l'orphelinat Sainte Marie. Profondément marqué par la mort brutale de ses parents, il grandit péniblement et à ses 18 ans, il trouve un emploi dans un magasin de jouets. Tout se passe très bien mais Nöel approche et Billy se montre de plus en plus nerveux...

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Production: Ira Barmak (Producer)
Scenario: Michael Hickey (Writer)
Musique: Perry Botkin Jr. (Original Music Composer)
Photographie: Henning Schellerup (Director of Photography)

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Marco Castellini
Nuit de Noël : un voleur sans scrupules, déguisé en Père Noël, fait irruption dans une maison et, sous les yeux du petit Billy, tue ses parents avant de disparaître dans la nuit avec le butin. L'enfant passe une enfance malheureuse dans un orphelinat et, une fois adulte, retourne dans sa vieille ville où il trouve du travail dans un magasin de vêtements. Noël arrive : le propriétaire du magasin demande à Billy de porter un déguisement de Père Noël et l'esprit du jeune homme commence à être assailli par de funestes souvenirs… Il s'agit du premier chapitre (et, à notre connaissance, le seul sorti en Italie) d'une véritable "saga" slasher-horror américaine, qui compte à son actif cinq suites (la quatrième réalisée par rien de moins que Yuzna, qui a ensuite écrit et produit la cinquième). Convaincante l'idée de l'ambiance de Noël de l'histoire qui crée un contraste efficace entre l'horreur des meurtres et l'air joyeux qui accompagne Noël mais, à part cela, le film n'offre pas d'autres éléments particuliers qui le rendent mémorable. Un slasher-movie décent injustement "célèbre" outre-Atlantique. Pratiquement absent du circuit télévisuel, il est pourtant à nouveau disponible à la vente (édité par Avofilm).
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John Chard

John Chard

6 /10

The Original Bad Santa.

A cult horror classic, Silent Night, Deadly Night is something of a treat for the old school horror faithful. Plot has a young boy witness the slaying of his parents by a man dressed as Santa Claus. He grows up in an orphanage run by an over zealous Mother Superior, moves out when manhood beckons and gets a job in a department store. Come Christmas time he is coerced into being the store Santa and promptly cracks up, grabbing an axe and wreaking slasher hell on everyone who gets in his way.

That's pretty much it, the stalk and slash formula in all its bloody glory. It's done very well here, with invention, genuine shocks and it's all boosted by having the mad Santa as an angelic faced beefcake (Robert Brian Wilson). Of course any new-age horror film fan coming to it for the first time now will struggle to see what the appeal is? So listen to the staccato music, feel the nastiness - the humbug of it all, observe that the film makers don't use filler or padding - they get in for some short sharp shock, and it's deliberately icky to garner a reaction.

Masterpiece of horror cinema? No of course not, the acting is sub-standard, the ending rushed, but in the same year as Wes Craven unleashed one of cinema's ultimate bogeymen upon us, Charles E. Sellier Jr. and his writers offered us a reason to actually hope Santa Claus doesn't exist. 6.5/10

Wuchak

Wuchak

6 /10

Beware: An ax-wielding Santa

A traumatized boy grows up at a Catholic orphanage in a small Utah town near the mountains. Once he gets a job at a toy store at 18, havoc ensues.

"Silent Night, Deadly Night" (1984) is infamous for causing moral outrage when it was released, but I never understood the indignation. Not only is this a horror flick, it’s a slasher. Shock and grisly killings come with the territory. Aduh.

Consider clowns for a moment. They are whimsical & funny and yet no one had an issue when they were used for scares in “He Who Gets Slapped” (1924), “Terror on Tour” (1980) and “Poltergeist” (1982). How exactly is Santa off limits, especially since he was depicted as the killer twelve years earlier in “Tales from the Crypt” (1972), not to mention four years earlier in “Christmas Evil” (1980)?

Unlike many slashers, this one takes the time to establish why the killer does what he does. The tone is mostly serious, but there’s also a wink of humor or camp here and there. While it lacks the mood and artistry of “Silent Night, Bloody Night” (1972), it’s serviceable as a one-dimensional (and sometimes amusing) slasher. I appreciated the scenic mountain town locations.

Linnea Quigley is notable on the female front as Denise, as is winsome Toni Nero as Pamela. Both are shown top nude so, if that offends you, I suggest staying away.

The full version is succinct at 1 hour, 22 minutes (while the theatrical version is 3 minutes shorter). It was shot at Heber City & nearby Midway, Utah, which are both east of Salt Lake City on the other side of the mountain pass.

GRADE: B-

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