Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

1987
R
1h 28m

IMDb RATING

3.9/10

9.5K

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The now-adult Ricky talks to a psychiatrist about how he became a murderer after his brother, Billy, died, which leads back to Mother Superior.The now-adult Ricky talks to a psychiatrist about how he became a murderer after his brother, Billy, died, which leads back to Mother Superior.The now-adult Ricky talks to a psychiatrist about how he became a murderer after his brother, Billy, died, which leads back to Mother Superior.

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IMDb RATING

3.9/10

9.5K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,511

1,321

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Dr. Henry Bloom
(as James L. Newman)

Elizabeth Kaitan

Jennifer
(as Elizabeth Cayton)

Jean Miller

Mother Superior

Darrel Guilbeau

Ricky - at 15

Brian Michael Henley

Ricky - at 10

Corrine Gelfan

Mrs. Rosenberg

Michael Combatti

Mr. Rosenberg

Ken Weichert

Chip
(as Kenneth Brian James)

Ron Moriarty

Detective

Frank Novak

Loan Shark

Randall Boffman

Eddie
(as Randy Baughman)

Joanne White

Paula

Lenny Rose

Loser

Nadya Wynd

Sister Mary

Kenneth McCabe

Rent-A-Cop

J. Aubrey Island

Orderly

Randy Post

Loudmouth in Theater

Storyline

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Trivia
The producers of Silent Night, Deadly Night (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.

Goofs
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.

Quotes
Ricky Caldwell: [about to shoot a man carrying a garbage can] Garbage day!

Crazy credits
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.

Connections
Edited from Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

Soundtracks
Silent Night
(uncredited)
Composed by Franz Xaver Gruber
Lyrics by Joseph Mohr

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Review

Featured review

2/10

One of the Worst Films I Have Had the Misfortune of Seeing

Ricky (Eric Freeman), the brother of the killer in the first film, talks to a psychiatrist (James Newman) about how he became a brutal killer after his brother died, leading back to Mother Superior (Jean Miller).

I can say with confidence that this movie ranks among the worst in the horror genre. I have seen worse, but it is not often. In 2012, I watched roughly 500 films... and "Silent Night, Deadly Night 2" ranks in the top three for being terrible. I would not wish it upon anyone.

The biggest problem is that it spends the entire first half of the film showing clips from the first film. So, you have no reason to watch the first movie if you watch this one. And if you did watch the first one, this film will bore you to tears... maybe even to death. The second half improves, but that does not take very much.

The second biggest problem is Eric Freeman. We could call his performance "unintentionally funny", but that would be too complimentary. He cannot act, he chews the scenery, there is nothing sympathetic or interesting about him. How he was hired remains a mystery, and he can wear it as a badge of honor that he may be the worst "actor" ever to get a paycheck.