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{{quote| ''"[[Ear Worm|Santa's watching, Santa's waiting...]]"''}}
 
'''''Silent Night, Deadly Night''''' is a series of [[Slasher Movies|slasher]] (and later outright horror) films. The series began in [[The Eighties]] during the slasher movie boom started by ''[[Halloween (Film)|Halloween]]'' and ''[[Friday the 13 th13th (Film)|Friday the 13th]]'' and, like those two series, centered around a holiday - in this case, Christmas. Despite there being several Christmas-themed horror films released before the original ''Silent Night, Deadly Night'' was the one that caused the [[Moral Guardians]] to froth at the mouth in rage over the film [[Berserk Button|depicting Santa Claus as a villain.]] The film was pulled from theatres quickly, but found a cult following on home video and was followed by four sequels.
 
But let's face it, you're only here because of the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7gIpuIVE3k Garbage Day] scene.
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''He's home... but he's not alone.''
 
Loosely connected to the previous film this one gets more into the holiday spirit, featuring [[Living Toys|toys that kill]]. After the mysterious death of her husband a woman, her son and her former lover begin investigating the toys produced by an enigmatic toymaker named [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Joe Petto and his son Pino]]. Mickey Rooney portrays Joe, despite being one of the most vocal haters of the original film; he probably [[Rock Bottom|needed]] [[Money, Dear Boy|the work]] and plays a mean, scary drunk surprisingly well.
 
After being in [[Development Hell]] for years, a remake (simply called ''Silent Night'') is finally being made.
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* [[Berserk Button]]: The color red sets off Ricky's murderous urges in ''Better Watch Out!'' (and maybe ''Part 2'').
* [[Big Creepy Crawlies]]: The larvae and cockroaches in ''Initiation''.
* [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]]: Ricky (and to a lesser extent Chip's) crazy, fluttery eyebrows from ''Part 2''.
* [[Blind Seer]]: Laura of ''Better Watch Out!''
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: ''Better Watch Out!'' borders on this; most of the death occur offscreen, with only the aftermath being shown. The deaths that are directly shown are fairly tame.
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* [[Determinator]]: Ricky gets shot several times at the end of ''Part 2''. And <s>survives</s> ''doesn't even flinch'' until another officer tries shooting him with a shotgun, which finally knocks him down.
* [[Developing Doomed Characters]]
* [[Dolled -Up Installment]]: ''Initiation'' was originally written as a pseudo-sequel to ''Society'', according to various reports, but turned into the fourth ''Silent Night, Deadly Night'' film to secure funding.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: When Kim gets the bug juice dripped on her face in ''Initiation'' it pretty much looks like she's been facialized.
** Plus there's the mask Ricky wears during Kim's introductory ceremony. It's flesh colored and has a really, really long nose...
* [[Drop the Hammer]]: Billy stabs Mr. Sims in the head with a claw hammer in ''Silent Night, Deadly Night''.
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* [[Living Toys]]: Pino's creations from ''The Toy Maker''.
* [[Loud Gulp]]: Ricky's girlfriend gives out one when he goes after her in ''Part 2''.
* [[Market -Based Title]]: The first two films were unable to get any real release outside of North America for various reasons, including foreign censorship standards and the controversy that the first film had caused. Hence, ''Better Watch Out!'' became ''Blind Terror'' for its international release, ''Initiation'' became ''Bugs'', and ''The Toy Maker'' had the "Silent Night, Deadly Night" part dropped from its name.
* [[Milkman Conspiracy]]: ''Initiation''.
* [[Mind Screw]]: The whole plot of ''Initiation''.
* [[Money, Dear Boy]]: Come on, is there really any other reason why Mickey Rooney would have played the villain in ''The Toy Maker'' after leading protests against the original film?
** Also the reason why Monte Hellman agreed to direct ''Better Watch Out!'' -- he had suffered a serious illness after shooting his previous film, and needed some money to pay his medical bills.
* [[My Little Panzer]]: The superhero toy and remote control plane from ''The Toy Maker''.
* [[NamesName's the Same]]: There are also two other Christmas-themed horror films called ''Silent Night, Bloody Night'' and ''Silent Night, Evil Night'' (latter being the alternative title for ''[[Black Christmas]]'').
** The Ricky of the first three films, and the one from ''Initiation'' and ''The Toy Maker''.
* [[Nonchalant Dodge]]: In ''Part 2'' to avoid an out of control car barreling down on him Ricky simply does a tiny little sidestep.
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* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: ''The Toymaker's'' trailer spoils the [[Robotic Reveal]].
* [[Trampled Underfoot]]: Shown when Ricky closes in on Mother Superior's house in ''Part 2''.
* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: Clint Howard's Ricky obviously dies in ''Initiation'', yet returns briefly as a mall Santa in ''The Toy Maker'' (though this could be another instance of [[NamesName's the Same]]).
* [[Ungrateful Bastard|Ungrateful Bitch]]: Billy saves Pamela from being brutally raped in the first film. She freaks out and calls him a crazy bastard before punching him in the face. Granted, Billy had gone perhaps a bit further in stopping the attempted rapist than Pamela really wanted him to, but still...
** Inverted in ''Part 2''. Ricky happens on a near-identical situation and flattens the attempted rapist with his own car, and this time the girl seems really pleased about Ricky's actions.
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Ricky's brain dome in ''Better Watch Out!''
* [[Verb This]]: Ricky's [[Pre -Mortem One -Liner]] to Mother Superior when she tells him that he's being naughty is "Naughty THIS!"
* [[Villain Protagonist]]: Billy and Ricky.
* [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]]: Both Billy and Mother Superior. Despite their rather... ''extreme'' methods, they both seem to genuinely believe that they're doing the right thing. Less so in Ricky's case -- initially he seems to be pursuing a form of vigilante justice, but by the time of "Garbage Day" it's clear that he's just killing people for the hell of it.*
[[Berserk Button|people were not happy about Santa being a killer]]. Despite the fact that there were a few horror themed christmas movies before this one.
 
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