Silent Night, Deadly Night Parts 1 & 2
Cinema Shock Christmas Special
In this holiday-themed installment of Cinema Shock Roulette, we’re decking the halls with blood and sleigh bells as we dive into the yuletide controversy of SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (1984) — the slasher that sparked national outrage and was pulled from theaters after just two weeks.
But we don’t stop there. We’re also unwrapping SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 2, the low-budget sequel that reused nearly half the footage from the first film — and somehow gave us one of the most memeable moments in cult horror history: “Garbage Day!”
From protest picket lines to killer Santas, from Catholic guilt to VHS resurrection, we’re tracing the strange and sleazy legacy of this infamously naughty franchise.
BONUS: SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT, PARTS 3-5:
Think SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 2 was the end of the story? Oh, you sweet summer child. In this bonus episode, we take a quick detour through the rest of the franchise — from the incomprehensible SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 3: BETTER WATCH OUT! to the experimental oddity of SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 4: INITIATION, and the toy-obsessed weirdness of SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 5: THE TOY MAKER starring Mickey Rooney (yes, really). It’s a grab bag of direct-to-video holiday horror, loosely connected by name only — and we’re unwrapping them all.
Theme Song: "There's Still a Little Bit of Time, If We Hurry and I Mean Hurry" by Slasher Film Festival Strategy.
This episode was written, produced and edited by Gary Horne, and Justin Bishop..
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