Movie Review: Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker

I find it hard to believe that a movie that had so much protest against it that it got pulled from theaters would go on to spawn not just one but four sequels. Not only that but its final sequel stars Mickey Rooney, who famously wrote a letter criticizing the original, calling the filmmakers “scum” who should be “run out of town.” It is just a humorous turn of events. Now, it is likely that he did not know this was a Silent Night, Deadly Night sequel, it likely had a different working title, considering its tenuous connection to the rest of the series.

Movie Review: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 - Initiation

With three Silent Night, Deadly Night movies in the can, the series made the shift to video and they started churning them out, one a year for three years. The first was 1990's Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation. This slice of DTV badness was directed by Brian Yuzna, settling into the director's chair after producing such classics as Re-Animator, From Beyond, and Dolls. Now, this is not a good movie, features some rather sloppy storytelling and acting that is pretty poor. On the plus side, it does feature Clint Howard and a small role for Reggie Bannister.