Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- campy
- lurid
- frantic
- halloween marathon
- christmas horror night
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as an exceptionally poorly made, overacted, and excessively violent Christmas slasher with camp appeal for some cult audiences.
What sets it apart
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Ricky's revenge narrative incorporates extensive material recounting Billy's earlier murders and death.
Eric Freeman's heightened performance as Ricky and the film's lurid murder set pieces create an intentionally or unintentionally campy register.
The plot and marketing center Christmas, Santa Claus associations, prayer, and holiday-night killings as components of slasher menace.
Ricky leaves the mental hospital carrying memories of Billy's death and pursues Mother Superior through a retaliatory killing spree.
Films like Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2, and why
Silent Night, Deadly Night
campy Christmas slasher horror with an aggressively over-the-top killer and darkly comic tone
Christmas Evil
holiday-themed slasher structure combining seasonal imagery, serial-killer violence, and lurid camp
Maniac Cop 2
cult slasher horror distinguished by exaggerated performances, graphic murders, and unintentional comedy
The Return of the Living Dead
self-aware, sensationalist horror comedy built around a theatrical killer and excessive genre conventions
Movie Details
- Director
- Lee Harry
- Release Date
- 1987-04-10
- Runtime
- 88 min
- Rating
- 4.4 / 10 (200)
Cast
- Eric Freeman
- James Newman
- Elizabeth Kaitan
- Jean Miller
- Darrel Guilbeau
- Brian Michael Henley
- Corrine Gelfan
- Michael Combatti
- Ken Weichert
- Ron Moriarty
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Fandor, Shudder, Night Flight Plus, Shudder Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Shudder Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Cineverse Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 about?
- A traumatized mental-hospital escapee launches a wildly excessive Christmas-season revenge spree against the religious authority he blames for his brother’s death.
- What is Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 as graphic.
- What did critics think of Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2?
- Critics broadly regard the film as an exceptionally poorly made, overacted, and excessively violent Christmas slasher with camp appeal for some cult audiences.
- Which films are like Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2?
- Films with a similar feel include Silent Night, Deadly Night, Christmas Evil, Maniac Cop 2, and The Return of the Living Dead.
- How long is Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2?
- Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 runs 88 minutes.
- Where can I watch Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2?
- In United States, Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 streams on Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Fandor, Shudder, Night Flight Plus, Shudder Amazon Channel, Screambox Amazon Channel, Midnight Pulp, Shudder Apple TV channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Cineverse Amazon Channel.
