Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

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Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

Credits
Title:	Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2
Directed by:	Lee Harry
Written by:	Lee Harry; Joseph H. Earle; Dennis Patterson; Lawrence Appelbaum
Produced by:	Lawrence Appelbaum; Joseph H. Earle; Eric A. Gage
Music by:	Michael Armstrong
Cinematography:	Harvey Genkins
Edited by:	Lee Harry
Production
Distributors:	Silent Night Releasing Corporation International Video Entertainment
Released:	April 10th, 1987
Rating:	R
Running time:	88 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Budget:	$250,000
Gross:	$154,323
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Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 is an American low-budget independent feature film of the holiday horror and slasher subgenres. It is the second installment in the original Silent Night, Deadly Night film series. It was directed by Lee Harry with a screenplay written by Harry and Joseph H. Earle based on a story treatment developed by Harry, Earle, Dennis Patterson and Lawrence Appelbaum. It was produced by the Silent Night Releasing Corporation and released theatrically in the United States on April 10th, 1987. The film stars Eric Freeman as Ricky Caldwell - brother of the late Billy Caldwell, who breaks out of a mental institution to take up his deceased sibling's calling in punishing those that he deems to be "naughty".

Plot[]

Ricky Caldwell is the younger brother of deceased serial killer Billy Caldwell. When they were both children, the Caldwell brothers witnessed the violent murder of their parents by a deranged maniac dressed in a Santa Claus outfit. They were both sent to live at the same orphanage, but Billy grew up traumatized by the experience and became a killer Santa Claus himself. When he returned to the orphanage years later to murder the cruel Mother Superior, young Ricky watched his brother being gunned down by police officers.

Seeing his brother's demise, coupled with the surprisingly vivid memories of his parents' murder, Ricky grew up to become an unstable maniac himself. After committing several murders of his own, Ricky was remanded to a psychiatric institute. Prior to incarceration, Ricky had fallen in love with a woman named Jennifer, whom he was led to believe was a virgin. One evening, Ricky took Jennifer to see a violent movie at the theater. An obnoxious heckler earned Ricky's wrath, and he murdered him in the back of the theater while Jennifer watched the movie. He later had an encounter with Jennifer's ex-boyfriend, Chip. Ricky murdered him by shoving live jumper cables into his mouth, electrocuting him. Having learned that his beloved Jennifer was not the virgin she claimed to be, Ricky "punished" her by strangling her to death. He was apprehended by police officers soon after.

In the present, Ricky is a patient at a mental hospital under the care of Doctor Henry Bloom. Caldwell is sarcastic and belligerent towards the doctor, but Bloom succeeds in coaxing Ricky into telling him about his past. After Ricky tires of Doctor Bloom's attentions, he murders him and escapes from the hospital.

Ricky murders a man at a gas station dressed up in a Santa Claus outfit. He steals the costume and goes off to complete his brother's original mission - to kill Mother Superior. Mother Superior, having suffered a stroke, is now retired from her work at the orphanage. Ricky tracks her to her home and accosts her. The wheelchair bound nun, still in full clerical attire despite being retired (guess its a hard "habit" to break), tries to keep him at bay by blocking the door to her room. Ricky breaks through with an axe however, and throws Mother Superior down the stairs. Broken and helpless, there is little the aging nun can do but cry out as Ricky brings his axe down upon her.

One of Mother Superior's younger charges, Sister Mary, comes to the house to check on her. She finds the old woman's staged body sitting in a chair. When she touches her, Mother Superior's head falls off. Police officers arrive on the scene just as Ricky leaps out to kill Sister Mary. They gun him down and he falls out of a window. Despite these seemingly fatal injuries, Ricky Caldwell opens his eyes.

Cast[]

Actor

Role

Doctor Henry Bloom

Jennifer Statson

Mother Superior

Mrs. Rosenberg

Mister Rosenberg

Chip

Detective

Loan Shark

Eddie

Paula

Loser

Sister Mary

Rent-a-cop

Orderly

Loudmouth in theater

Cop #1

Cop #2

Cop #3/Paramedic

Little girl on bicycle

Traci Odom

Nun on street

Jennie Webb

Nun on street

Janice Carlberg

Teen lover in orphanage

Jher Turner

Teen lover in orphange

Jill K. Allen

Mrs. Rosenberg's friend

Delia Lombardo

Roxanne

Stephen L. Parks

Photographer

O.J. Ackson

Officer Jackson

Fred Griggs

Moviegoer

Sally Bedding

Moviegoer

Spud Plugman

Moviegoer

Richard Levine

Moviegoer

Dianne C. Weed

Moviegoer

Amy Hamovitz

Moviegoer

John Fitzgibbons

Kid at play

Scottie Simpfender

Kid at play

Erin Davini

Kid at play

Lara Davini

Kid at play

Brian Davini

Kid at play

Erika Lunquist

Sales lady

Harvey Genkins

Salvation Santa

Samurai Retz

Self

Notes & Trivia[]

There are forty-four credited cast members in this film. There are an additional thirty-three cast members who appear via archival footage taken from the first Silent Night, Deadly Night.
Production on Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 began on January 5th, 1987. Principal filming concluded on January 15th, 1987.
The film was first released to the home video market in VHS and laserdisc formats by International Video Entertainment in September, 1987.
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 was re-released in VHS format by Avid Home Entertainment in 1992.
Silent Night, Deadly Night and Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 were released on DVD in Region 1 format by Anchor Bay Entertainment on October 7th, 2003. It was packaged as a double gift pack. This gift set is currently out of production.
Silent Night, Deadly Night and Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 were released as part of a "Christmas Survival Double Feature" on December 4th, 2012 by Starz and Anchor Bay Entertainment.
Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 was released on Blu-ray by Shout Factory on December 11th, 2018.
On the movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 has a Tomatometer rating of 25% based on eight critic reviews. It has two positive reviews and six negative reviews, averaging 4.20 out of 10. It has an audience score of 28% based on more than 5,000 ratings, averaging 2.4 out of 5.
On Letterboxd, Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 has a weighted average score of 2.37 based on 10,418 ratings.
Director of photography Harvey Genkins also makes an appearance in the film as a bell-ringer Santa Claus.
There is actually an extra in this film whose professional name is Spud Plugman. Along with Koko VanDernoot from NOS4A2, this is in the top five list of Greatest Names Ever. This is Spud's first, and to date, only known film work.
In this film, Mother Superior is played by Jean Miller. In the first film she was played by Lilyan Chauvin. It is notable that Miller's portrayal of the character lacks the slight European accent that Chavin had with the character.
Actor James Newman, who plays murder victim Doctor Henry Bloom, is credited as James L. Newman in this film.
Actress Elizabeth Kaitan, who plays Ricky's girlfriend (and later victim), is credited as Elizabeth Cayton in this film.
Actor Ken Weichert, who plays Jennifer's creepy ex-boyfriend Chip, is credited as Kenneth Brian James in this film.
Actor Randall Boffman, who plays Eddie, is credited as Randy Baughman in this film.
Actor Stephen Parks, who plays a photographer, is credited as Stephen L. Parks in this film.
Actor J. Aubrey Island is the only black cast member in this film. He plays the role of an orderly and is the first character to make an appearance in the movie.

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