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Director:
Lee Harry
Writers:
Michael Hickey (characters) and
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Release Date:
10 April 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama | Horror more
Tagline:
GARBAGE DAY!!! more
Plot:
Ricky, the brother of the killer in the first film, talks to a psychitrist about how he became a brutal killer after his brother died, leading back to Mother Superior. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Eric Freeman ... Richard 'Ricky' Caldwell
James Newman ... Dr. Henry Bloom (as James L. Newman)
Elizabeth Kaitan ... Jennifer Statson (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
Kenneth Brian James ... Chip
Ron Moriarty ... Detective

Frank Novak ... Loan Shark

Randall Boffman ... Eddie (as Randy Baughman)
Joanne White ... Paula
Lenny Rose ... Loser
Nadya Wynd ... Sister Mary
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Finland:K-18 | Netherlands:16 | Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Australia:R | UK:(Banned) | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Pasadena, California, USA
Company:
Silent Night Releasing Corporation more

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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 just 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. But 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. But there was not enough material for a full length film, so numerous flashback sequences were used to extend the running time. When the film still ran short, a lengthy closing-credits sequence (nearly ten minutes in length, showing the full cast and crew of this film and its predecessor) was added to pad-out the film's running time even further. more
Goofs:
Crew or equipment visible: When Ricky crosses the street during his shooting rampage, the entire crew is visible standing around, equipment and all. more
Quotes:
Ricky Caldwell: What did you say this movie was about again?
Jennifer Statson: Oh, it's great. It's about this guy who dresses up like Santa Claus and kills people.
Ricky Caldwell: What?
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Movie Connections:
References King Kong (1933) more

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Awful, 3 February 2009
Author: Michael_Elliott from Louisville, KY

Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 (1987)

1/2 (out of 4)

Ricky (Eric Freeman), the younger brother of the first film's killer, is now in a psycho ward where he tells a shrink (James Newman) why he turned into a killer. This here is one of the most disappointing sequels ever made because as a kid I rented this expecting a sequel but that's certainly not what we got. Well, not really. The original film was so controversial that it was pulled from theaters so the producer's figured out they might as well re-edit it and throw it back out years later. They hired new filmmakers who in return shot forty-minutes worth of new footage and then edited parts of the original in with them. So, the first forty-plus minutes of the movie are nothing but flashbacks from the original film but since Ricky never saw what happened how in the hell could he actually flashback to them? Trying to put logic to this film would be crazy and in the end this is just a horrible movie. The new scenes are all poorly directed, the dialogue is awful and the performance by Freeman is just downright horrid. The only thing that saves this from a BOMB rating are many unintentional laughs scattered throughout all the movie's badness. This includes the performance by Freeman, which is just so incredibly bad that you can't help but think he's just spoofing the film. His acting with his eyebrows are priceless as are his line deliveries like "Garbage Day!". I've read some people say that this film worked because you get all the death scenes from the original film but that's not true. The original movie was released into theaters unrated but this one here went in front of the MPAA because the producer's wanted a R-rating, which the film got. They got the R-rating because they cut out all the gore from the original film clips and the new footage doesn't feature anything too graphic. I'm a fan of the original film because there's just nothing like it out there among the slashers but this one here is just plain awful from start to finish.

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