Although the first film was nothing new or too original in the slasher genre, it was a fun. I was baffled as why this film was in the silent night series. In the uk, its called bugs, which is a much more descriptive title. Initiation also known as bugs in the united kingdom is a 1990 american horror film directed by brian yuzna, and written by brian. In all honesty i loved silent night, deadly night 3 but initiation and the toymaker silent night, deadly night 4 and 5 were decent. Part three follows the previous films but to be honest the ending to better watch out is kind of creepy and unnerving. After going on a rampage, ricky winds up in an institution, where he tells his story to a psychiatrist named henry bloom. The nowadult ricky talks to a psychiatrist about how he became a murderer after his brother, billy, died, which leads back to mother superior. Surprisingly, the film also features a couple of familiar faces in clint howard and reggie bannister, a fact that had me somewhat excited to check this one out despite the fact.
Bearing little resemblance to its predecessors, initiation. Initiation, released in the uk as bugs, is a 1990 american horror film directed by brian yuzna, and written by brian yuzna, woody keith, and arthur gorson. 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. Silent night, deadly night silent night, deadly night part ii silent night, deadly night iii. What you get is a very disappointing sequel the controversial cult hit, silent night, deadly night. This installment is unrelated to the previous three. The initiation is a 1984 american slasher film directed by larry stewart, and starring daphne zuniga, clu gulager, vera miles, and hunter tylo.
This entry in the silent night, deadly night series has nothing to do with any of the others, dropping the killer santa caldwell brothers for an entirely new plot. Comprised largely of footage reused from the first film framed as flashbacks, the sequel was panned by critics and is mainly remembered for. Maud adams as fima tommy hinkley as hank allyce beasley as janice clint howard as ricky neith hunter as kim marjean holden as jane jeanne bates as katherine laurel lockhart as ann. Silent night, deadly night is the heartwarming story of little billy chapman who was traumatized by his parents christmas eve murder, then. A beautiful reporter investigating a bizarre murder falls prey to a sinister cult shedemons who seek to initiate her into their satanic sorority. The toy maker, however, are entirely different, and each focuses on a different christmasthemed horror story. Fima is the seemingly sweet proprietor of a bookstore who in. If you want to see a christmas horror film, there are a few to choose from. Vhs trailer for the 1990 christmas horror film silent night, deadly night 4 initiation, directed by.
Initiation found the series abandoning the saga of santacrazed killer brothers billy and ricky. Silent night, deadly night 4 initiation 1990 trailer. Fima is the seemingly sweet proprietor of a bookstore who in actuality is a fanatical worshipper of lilith. It was directed by brian yuzna and written by yuzna, woody keith and arthur gorson. Exploring series silent night deadly night 4 initiation duration. As a completest, of course, i had to do the rest of the series which i wasnt too familiar with at the time, but became a good setjetting journey. Jul 17, 2017 vhs trailer for the 1990 christmas horror film silent night, deadly nigh. Gorson, and brian yuzna screenplay by woody keith director. Initiation 1990 the leader maud adams of a shedemon cult has her helper clint howard fetch a newswoman neith hunter for initiation, involving insects. Silent night, deadly night is a 1984 american slasher film directed by charles e.
Silent night, deadly night official trailer youtube. Silent night, deadly night is an american horror film series consisting of six slasher films. Silent night, deadly night is the heartwarming story of little billy. Vhs trailer for the 1990 christmas horror film silent night, deadly nigh. The movie has nothing to do with the original about a killer dressed in a santa suit. Silent night, deadly night 4 was a directtovideo affair from brian yuzna of bride of reanimator fame. Silent night, deadly night tells the tale of billy chapmen. The ricky in this film isnt the same from the previous ones. Called bugs in some releases after a woman bursts into flames in the midst of jumping off a building, wannabe investigative reporter kim levitt looks into what caused her death, encountering a straw feminist cult and freaking huge insects during her search. Dec 29, 2012 after three movies, the silent night, deadly night franchise had apparently exhausted itself in point of fact, it had done so after the first silent night, deadly night, but it took people a couple of horribly misjudged sequels to figure that out because 1990 s silent night, deadly night 4. One night in december, derek quinn finds a gift on his porch. After three movies, the silent night, deadly night franchise had apparently exhausted itself in point of fact, it had done so after the first silent night, deadly night, but it took people a couple of horribly misjudged sequels to figure that out because 1990s silent night, deadly night 4.
The movie begins with a woman falling off a buildings roof engulfed in flames. Factory has devoted itself to the higher pursuit of pop culture for the past. After garnering quite a bit of criticism for its killer santa theme, the silent night, deadly night series gave its hallmark a rest in the fourth installment of this infamous series. The story concerns a young man named billy, who suffers from posttraumatic stress over witnessing his parents murder on christmas eve and his subsequent upbringing in an abusive. Initiation is a 1987 australian adventure drama thriller film directed by michael pearce based on his idea and starring bruno lawrence and rodney harvey. A sequel to 1984s silent night, deadly night, the film focused on billy caldwells younger brother, ricky. With eric freeman, james newman, elizabeth kaitan, jean miller. Consisting of about fifty percent flashbacks to the original film, silent night, deadly night part 2 follows billys brother richard ricky caldwell, who followed in his siblings footsteps and grew up to be a psychotic murderer. The first silent night, deadly night is an average slasher movie with a few nice touches, but is overall a pretty forgettable film.
Silent night, deadly night part 2 is a 1987 horror film written and directed by lee harry, cowritten by joeseph p. Nov 18, 2012 silent night, deadly night 4 initiation, 1990, c live 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. Fima takes in the protagonist, kim, to mold her into her ideal daughter, meticulously destroying. Ricky caldwell, the notorious killer santa claus, awakens from a sixyear coma after being kept alive on lifesupport by a slightly crazed doctor experimenting with esp and other special abilities. The film stars clint howard, neith hunter, tommy hinkley, reggie banister, allyce beasley, and maud adams.
Silent night, deadly night 2 has the last 1015 minutes going for it, but after about 70 minutes of boredom it doesnt help much. Maud adams as fima tommy hinkley as hank allyce beasley as janice clint howard as ricky neith hunter as kim marjean holden as jane jeanne bates as katherine laurel lockhart as ann ben. Silent night, deadly night better watch out initiation. The film was released on dvd december 1, 2009 by lionsgate in a box set with silent night, deadly night 3. The first film in the series, silent night, deadly night 1984, originally titled slay ride, tells the story of billy, a young man who experiences a psychotic break and goes on a murder spree dressed as santa claus. Robert brian wilson in silent night, deadly night 1984 silent night, deadly night. A directtovideo release, the film is the second sequel to the 1984 film silent night, deadly night and centers around the christmasobsessed killer ricky caldwell awakening from a coma and stalking a blind teenager with psychic powers, while she travels to her grandmothers. This movie features a scene with sexual assault and i include some footage of it in this video for commentary purposes. Silent night, deadly night 4 or bugs as its also known is a departure from the previous three movies as is the follow. That dvd set is now out of print, and unlike the third film, this sequel and the fourth film have not been reissued on dvd as of april 2020. When i was 14 i went through a phase when i needed to watch as many horror flicks as possible. Silent night, deadly night 4 the list contains related movies ordered by similarity.
Oct 28, 1990 live home video silent night, deadly night 4. Silent night, deadly night 4 initiation, 1990, c live a reporter investigating the bizarre death of a woman who leaped from a building in flames. Initiation make cameo appearances, but as far as i know, they arent the same characters. Dec 10, 2014 its nice to see the snob rip apart a christmas horror film, especially those of the silent night deadly night series. This star power is the only real reason to watch silent night, deadly night 4. 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. The leader maud adams of a shedemon cult has her helper clint howard fetch a newswoman neith hunter for initiation, involving insects.
The plot focuses on a sorority member and a group of pledges, who are stalked and murdered during their initiation ritual in a department store after hours. Recommendation engine sorted out scary, serious, suspenseful and rough films with plots about deadly, murder, crimes, gory, danger, supernatural and slasher mostly in horror and thriller genres. May 18, 2012 hello guest, this is a official trailer of. I have read almost all of the comments here, and i find them all pretty accurateeven if severely divergent. Ricky targets a young, clairvoyant blind woman, named laura, whom is traveling with her brother chris, and his girlfriend jerri to their grandmothers house for christmas eve, and ricky decides to. A loose remake of the film, titled silent night, was released on december 4, 2012, starring jaime king and malcolm mcdowell. Third attempt at delivering a sequel with the silent night, deadly night franchise is a bland, poorly constructed film with poor acting, and directing by monte hellman who changes up the flavor of. A few years ago, i decided to track down the locations for the infamous garbage day scene in silent night, deadly night part 2. Silent night, deadly night 4 is a 1990 horror film directed by brian yuzna. Content from this network is not currently available on this device, but it.
Silent night deadly night 6 fan slasher movie part 1 of 4 duration. Thak you fo bringing fat grandma back, and i see that linkara is using an actual wig this time, and not that beard he used before seriously, folks, he said that in the behindthescenes of the disney afternoon episode of the nostalgia citic. Clint howard, neith hunter, maud adams, tommy hinkley, hugh fink, ben slack anno. Silent night, deadly night 4 initiation titolo originale. Silent night, deadly night 1984 official trailer youtube. The film received theatrical distribution from tristar pictures, but was pulled from. Silent night, deadly night 4 initiation, 1990, c live 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. If you want to see rosemarys baby, watch roman polanskis creepy masterpiece. Silent night, deadly night part 2 1987 rotten tomatoes. After a woman bursts into flames in the midst of jumping off a building. Silent night, deadly night 4 1990,with allyce beasley,was one of them. Dec 28, 2015 this star power is the only real reason to watch silent night, deadly night 4. Initiation cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more.
Neith hunter, clint howard and conan yuzna who played kim, ricky and lonnie in silent night, deadly night 4. Vhs trailer for the 1990 christmas horror film silent night. Its nice to see the snob rip apart a christmas horror film, especially those of the silent night deadly night series. With clint howard, neith hunter, tommy hinkley, hugh fink.
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