Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

SparkMore n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Michael Ledo This is a mystery semi-horror film. Mary Woronov starts off with a narration, although at times Staats Cotsworth narrates for the dead Wilfred Butler. The film opens with a killing ruled as an accidental death. Jeffrey Butler inherit his grandfather's "inhumanity" house and must leave it intact. After 20 years he decides to sell the home at the same time a man escapes from the local asylum. Oh yes, its Christmas, which really doesn't play into the story but allows us to think of a clever title and have the song "Silent Night" murdered also.The house boasts an underused harpsichord and the film an underused John Carradine. The characters are rather boring and the film utilizes a plot twist that has become far too common to mention. I was bored from the start of Woronov's opening monotone all the way through the end credits. There is a good reason why you never heard of it.Parental Guide: No f-bombs, sex, or nudity unless you count Patrick O'Neal's man boobs.

Michael_Elliott Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Low-budget shocker has a man (James Patterson) inheriting his grandfather's house, which at one time was an asylum. Years earlier the grandfather has been burned alive and left in his will that no one sells the place. Well, the grandson decides to sell it and sends his lawyer (Patrick O'Neil) to do so but soon an axe-carrying maniac starts knocking people off.SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT is a somewhat popular title due to its Public Domain status, which means it's been released in countless ways over the past two decades. Most people either really enjoy the film for its story or they're going to be bored by the poor technical aspects. It's really too bad that the screenplay wasn't given some polish because the actual mystery here is so good that you can't help but wonder what someone like Hitchcock could have done with it. Yes, I think there are some very good story ideas running throughout the picture that really could have been exploited by a great director.As it stands, SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT is a slightly entertaining, if highly flawed movie. We'll start with some of the good stuff. The highlight is without question that actual mystery, which is strong enough to carry you throughout the entire running time. If you stop and think about a few things there are certainly some holes to be found but at the same time there's no doubt that you'll be guessing up to the very end. Another good aspect here are the murders, which are pretty bloody in their own way. What's so impressive about them isn't so much the blood but the POV way that they're shot. All of them are shot extremely well when you consider the budget.Which, by the same token, makes you wonder why the rest of the film looks so poor. It certainly doesn't look like a professional film and there's no question that the low-budget does more harm than good. Performances are better than average with both Patterson and O'Neal doing a good job as does Mary Woronov. Horror legend John Carradine has a brief role here and it's always fun seeing him.SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT is far from a classic but it's a charming film in its own right, warts and all.

Woodyanders Jeffrey Butler (a solid performance by James Patterson) inherits an old house from his grandfather that used to be an asylum. A crazed axe-wielding killer embarks on a grisly rampage right after Butler puts the rundown house up for sale.Director Theodore Gershuny, who also co-wrote the convoluted, but compelling script with Jeffrey Konvitz and Ira Teller, does a masterful job of crafting and sustaining a powerfully brooding atmosphere of sheer dread, gloom, and despair, makes inspired use of both the bleak wintry landscape and the classic yuletide tune "Silent Night, Holy Night" (it takes place around Christmas), tosses in a few decent bits of gore, and pulls out all the show-stopping stylistic stops for an extraordinary sepia-tinted black and white flashback set piece that features Andy Warhol factory members Ondine, Candy Darling, and Tally Brown as well as pioneer underground filmmaker Jack Smith. Moreover, the plot makes a potent and provocative statement on how long-suppressed tragic events from the past can have severe long term repercussions on the present. The excellent acting from the sturdy cast keeps the movie on track: An incredibly foxy Mary Woronov as the helpful Diane Adams, Patrick O'Neal as slick lawyer John Carter, Astrid Heeren as Carter's sweet fiancé Ingrid, Walter Abel as the friendly Mayor Adams, Fran Stevens as concerned phone operator Tess Howard, Phillip Bruns as the bitter Wilfred Butler, and, in an impressively expressive pantomime turn, the ubiquitous John Carradine as mute newspaper writer Charlie Towman. Adam Gifford's cinematography gives this picture a suitably rough-around-the-edges look and boasts several neat prowling POV shots that prefigure both "Black Christmas" and "Halloween." Gershon Kingsley's spare'n'spooky score hits the spine-tingling spot. Worthwhile fright fare.

kai ringler I really liked this one because it's a little different than most horror pictures that I've seen,, first off you don't get many horror pictures set during the Yuletide season, in this one a young man inherits his father's old house , which use to be an insane asylum,, and at a local town hall meeting he decides he's gonna sell for 50,000 dirt cheap, but he gives the people notice that they have something like 48 hours to decide.. 20 years earlier his father was set on fire in that house,, and hasn't been seen since.. Word get's around to another insane asylum across town where a crazed lunatic, decides that he is gonna take refuge in the old butler house,, and from here on it becomes clear that the body count will definitely rise,, very decent picture on a low budget.