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Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!

1989 · 90 min

A sluggish, dreamlike slasher that trades scares for oddball atmosphere and a bizarre psychic connection.

Directed by
Monte Hellman
Genres
Horror
Tagline
When your nightmare ends, the real terror begins!
Overview
Ricky Caldwell, the notorious 'Killer Santa Claus', awakens from a six-year coma after being kept alive on life-support by a slightly crazed doctor experimenting with ESP and other special abilities. Ricky targets a young, clairvoyant blind woman, named Laura, whom is traveling with her brother Chris, and his girlfriend Jerri to their grandmother's house for Christmas Eve, and Ricky decides to go after her, leaving a trail of dead bodies in his wake.

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Directed by
Monte Hellman
Genres
Horror
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • madness
  • death
  • family
  • survival
Places
  • hospital
  • single country house
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror6
Humour2
Realism4
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight4

In this series

Silent Night, Deadly Night Collection

  1. Silent Night, Deadly NightMovie · 1984
  2. Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2Movie · 1987
  3. Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!Movie · 1989 This title
  4. Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4Movie · 1990
  5. Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy MakerMovie · 1991

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