Admittedly, the connection to Christmas is pretty thin.
December 14, 2019 3:23 PM   Subscribe

Saturday matinee: Silent Night, Bloody Night (4:3 SD 16:9 HD on YouTube, widescreen on Wikipedia, or enhanced widescreen from Archive.org) came out in 1972 and was a precursor to the slasher films of the late 1970s and 1980s (Horror News), but still in between genres, with an unusual mix of old dark house thriller, small town secret mystery, and ax-murdering mania (Culture Crypt). If this public domain isn't scratching your itch, Daily Dot currently lists another 44 free films on YouTube with brief descriptions so you're not clicking blindly, with guidance on how to find more movies.
posted by filthy light thief (9 comments total) 11 users marked this as a favorite
 
The title is from the Horror News review of the film.

This movie was referenced before in Every Christmas Horror Movie, Ranked (December 9, 2017) and another post on Christmas horror films (December 4, 2012).
posted by filthy light thief at 3:26 PM on December 14, 2019


I will say that "Silent Night, Deadly Night" seems to scan better as a title.
posted by Chrysostom at 3:33 PM on December 14, 2019 [1 favorite]


has anyone here seen the new Black Christmas yet? I'm hearing good things.
posted by chaz at 3:44 PM on December 14, 2019


I will say that "Silent Night, Deadly Night" seems to scan better as a title.

You're not alone. There's a six-film franchise under that name, as reviewed by Dead Meat (YouTube playlist).
posted by filthy light thief at 4:04 PM on December 14, 2019


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posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 5:52 PM on December 14, 2019 [2 favorites]


Just saying... technically 12 Monkeys is a Christmas flick.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 8:18 PM on December 14, 2019 [2 favorites]


(I would also like to defend the first Silent Night, Deadly Night as a really fun, legitimately good 80s slasher, even though the second one was GARBAGE DAY!!!!!!)
posted by Rev. Syung Myung Me at 9:05 PM on December 14, 2019 [1 favorite]


(I would also like to defend the first Silent Night, Deadly Night as a really fun, legitimately good 80s slasher, even though the second one was GARBAGE DAY!!!!!!)

Nonsense. The second one had all the best parts of the first in it, shown in "flashback", and still had room for more! That's a bargain! Of course it's really the third one that goes the extra mile into WTFville, with the transparent plastic skull topper, but then that might be an auteurist perspective since Silent Night, Deadly Night III: You Better Watch Out! was directed by Monte Hellman, who also made Two Lane Blacktop, The Shooting, Ride in the Whirlwind, and Cockfighter, among other things.
posted by gusottertrout at 10:36 PM on December 14, 2019


I recently discovered that Six String Samurai (far from a perfect film, but still one of my favorite movies of all time) is on YouTube in its entirety.
posted by OverlappingElvis at 11:34 PM on December 14, 2019 [1 favorite]


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