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Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

Film · 1984 · 79 min · R · Thriller · Horror

He knows when you've been naughty.

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.

Starring Robert Brian Wilson, Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick, Charles Dierkop, Toni Nero, Randy Stumpf, Linnea Quigley, Britt Leach

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In cinemas9 November 1984
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Physical release1 May 1986
First release anywhere9 November 1984

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