Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991)

Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker is an American horror film of the holiday and slasher genres. It is the fifth and, to date, final installment in the Silent Night, Deadly Night film series. The movie was written and directed by Martin Kitrosser and co-written by Brian Yuzna. It was produced by and released direct-to-video in VHS format by International Video Entertainment and DVD in Region 1 format by Lions Gate Home Entertainment on November 6th, 1991. The film stars William Thorne as Derek, Jane Higginson as Sarah Quinn, Van Quattro as Tom Quinn, Tracy Fraim as Noah Adams and Neith Hunter as Kim.

Notes & Trivia

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 * Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker was released on DVD in Region 1 format on December 1st, 2009 by Lions Gate Entertainment in a box set with Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! and Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation. That DVD set is no longer in production.


 * This movie marks the directorial debut of Martin Kitrosser. Kitrosser is mostly a script supervisor and screenplay writer who has written material for Friday the 13th Part III, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter and Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.


 * This film is the second feature in the series in which Clint Howard plays the role of Ricky Caldwell. He also appeared in Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation.


 * At the Santa Claus display in the shopping center, one of the customers is wearing a Re-Animator t-shirt. Screenwriter Brian Yuzna also worked on Re-Animator.


 * A character makes reference to the film Bride of Re-Animator in this movie.


 * Mickey Rooney is known for bad-mouthing the original Silent Night, Deadly Night. The desire for a paycheck being what it is however, it didn't stop him from playing a role in this film. Rooney is also known for providing the voice for Jolly Ole Saint Nick in the Rankin-Bass stop-motion animated films Santa Claus is Coming to Town, The Year Without a Santa Claus and Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July.