Silent Night, Deadly Night 2

The producers of Natale di sangue (1984) wanted director Lee Harry to re-cut the first film and insert one or two new scenes with Eric Freeman playing a mental patient, to make the story in the original film appear to be nothing more than the ravings of an asylum inmate. Screenwriters Lee Harry, Joseph H. Earle, Dennis Patterson, and Lawrence Appelbaum wrote short vignettes involving the patient's youth, as he killed several people, and eventually it became this sequel. There wasn't enough material for a full-length film, so numerous flashback sequences were added. The film still ran short, so almost ten minutes of closing credits were added, showing the full cast and crew of this film and its predecessor.

In the VHS version, when Ricky crosses the street during his shooting rampage, the entire crew is visibly standing around, equipment and all. The DVD release crops out most of the crew, though a boom mic and the top of someone's head are still visible.

So much flashback footage from the first film is shown in the first half of this movie, that when the end credits start, the ENTIRE cast and crew from the first film is listed, along with the cast and crew of this sequel.

Edited from Natale di sangue (1984)