Tis (nearly) the season for killer Santas and Christmas horrors! We must have been good little ghouls this year because Lionsgate is dropping the Silent Night, Deadly Night Collection on Blu-ray for the first time! Well done, creeps! The collection arrives December 13 on Blu-ray + Digital, featuring Bill Moseley’s brains, Mickey Rooney in a horror movie, and all-new special features.
This trilogy promises pure terror with this collection of films from the Silent Night, Deadly Night series. We’re jumping right into the sequels here, the collection features Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!, Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation, Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker along with special features. That means no “Garbage day!” but that’s ok because the first two Silent Night installments continue the Slasher Santa storyline, but after that — it’s pretty much a free for all, with parts 3, 4, and 5 acting more like spiritual sequels, and they’re each classics in their own right.
In Better Watch Out!, it’s a very bloody Christmas after Ricky Caldwell, the notorious “Killer Santa Claus,” awakens from a six-year coma with one thing on his mind: murder. In Initiation, a reporter’s investigation into a mysterious death leads her into the clutches of a cult that’s chosen her as its new queen, and The Toy Maker stars Academy Award nominee Mickey Rooney as a toy maker whose creations display some very human – and deadly – tendencies. Like a Geppetto-type situation, but make it mad bonkers.
Aside from Academy Award nominees in the mix, we’ve also got genre legends Bill Moseley (The Devil’s Rejects, House of 1000 Corpses, Night of the Living Dead) sporting some iconic headwear, Clint Howard (Ice Cream Man, 3 From Hell) assisting a she-demon cult to really get into the holiday spirit, and Brian Yuzna writing and directing for Initiation. I mean come on!
This collection is a guaranteed blast if you like fun and holiday horror, and maybe a bit of witchy shit. Take a look below for a breakdown of those special features.
SPECIAL FEATURES
Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
- Audio Commentary with Film Historian Jarret Gahan
- “Outshine the Brain Cap” — An Interview with Actor Bill Moseley
- “Monte & Me” — An Interview with Creative Consultant Steven Gaydos
- “For a Live Audience: Silent Night, Deadly Night 3” — An Interview with Executive Producer Richard Gladstein
- Trailer
- Still Gallery
Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation
- Audio Commentary with Director Brian Yuzna
- Our Man Ricky with Clint Howard
- “Ritualistic Behavior” — An Interview with Screenwriter Woody Keith
- “Twisted Visions” — An Interview with Surrealistic Design & Effects Artist Screaming Mad George
- “For a Live Audience: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4” — An Interview with Executive Producer Richard Gladstein
- Trailer
- Still Gallery
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker
- Audio Commentary with Director-Cowriter Martin Kitrosser
- “The Best Presents” — An Interview with Producer-Cowriter Brian Yuzna
- “Pino’s Truth” — An Interview with Actor Brian Bremer
- “The Most Toys” — An Interview with Surrealistic Design & Effects Artist Screaming Mad George
- “For a Live Audience: Silent Night, Deadly Night 5” — An Interview with Executive Producer Richard Gladstein
- Trailer
- Still Gallery
