SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT Entertainment Tonight segment - Siskel & Ebert

Entertainment Tonight clip from 1985 looks at the controversy behind the horror movie and Siskel & Ebert's reaction.
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[@horrifiedasusual3261]

November 1984 Release = 398 screens May 1985 Reissue = 93 screens

[@benwatson6729]

I wonder if Siskel and Ebert ever saw this segment and if so, what their reaction's were.

[@bobthebear1246]

Then _Silent Night, Deadly Night 2_ came-out 3 years later (1987), and became one of the most meme-worthy films ever. 🤭

[@Johnlindsey289]

Silent night deadly night is a classic

[@Karmen2010]

I absolutely LOVE this movie! The poster hangs next to my Christmas tree every year and has for the past 15 years. I was 4 when it was released, though, and I know if I came across the commercial when I was younger it would have terrified me and my parents would have to deal with it

[@Johnlindsey289]

I saw it on video with part 2, Christmas evil and black Christmas before thanksgiving with my big brother at ten 32 years ago and saw it again at 14 and enjoyed since. I also preordered the uhd 4k

[@kiss.me.monster]

It’s a great movie. Those critics were just hating on it because they hated slasher films in general and were sick of them. This movie has more on its mind than typical slashers from that era.

[@alexrossi4464]

​@@Johnlindsey289 I love silent 🌃 night, deadly night! Along with Christmas evil, and black 🎄 Christmas! I think those are the best 3 horror/ Christmas movies ever! My local, little, independent , cinema that only holds 26 seats, is just down the street, and showing all 3 of them this December! Silent night, is playing tomorrow, I'm going, never seen it on the big screen!

[@ubiquitousdiabolus]

Interesting considering Roger Ebert gave 3.5 out of 4 stars to "Last House on the Left" which was about the kidnap, rape, torture and murder of two teenage girls by 3 men and a woman. That movie had a scene where a man was castrated by a woman's teeth.

[@horrifiedasusual3261]

Rotten Tomatoes proves that critics aren't trustworthy, so it's only worth hearing what the average filmgoer has to say.

[@ganglabesh]

he found qualities in that film enough to rate it how it did. he was a huge horror fan and praised alot of stuff, but if he disliked them he said so.

[@RocStarr913]

@@horrifiedasusual3261Critics have seen more movies and especially more different kinds of movies than the average moviegoer does in their lifetimes.

[@horrifiedasusual3261]

@@RocStarr913 And that means nothing. The problem with critics is that they don't know what the audience wants, they only assume what the audience wants, and they care about what they want.. Critics assume audiences want high quality entertainment such as best sound and best acting instead of wholesome and pure entertainment, and there are people who want the latter.

[@RocStarr913]

@@horrifiedasusual3261 It still doesn’t really apply at all to a fairly poor quality movie like this one.

[@seanvogt221]

RIP Margaret Hamilton

[@moshomaniac1]

Silent Night deadly night is just a typical, early 1980s slasher, no worse than any of the others. In fact, I found Friday the 13th the final chapter much more violent than this film, and they both came out the same year, 1984. The thing is, it isn’t even the first slasher film or horror film to feature a killer Santa. Tales from the Crypt from 1972 featured a segment called “And all through the house” with a killer Santa. There was also Christmas Evil in 1980. Why SNDN received all the negative backlash and the other ones didn’t, I don’t really know.

[@21stcenturyhiphop]

It's not even the first movie with Silent Night in the title. Look up Silent Night, Bloody Night.

[@RocStarr913]

Because the TV commercials from the original 1984 Tri-Star release aired during times where children and otherwise lots of other more easily offended people were likely able to see them.

[@josefengelhardt2767]

People have Taken Offense at Santa Being used in a Scary Context. Santa Claus is not a Religious Figure He is a mythic Character i Didn't Deliberately ride Roughshot over that Sensitivity and i Didn't Anticipate the Objection to it. Ira Richard Barmak Producer of Silent Night Deadly Night Responding to the Criticism of the Film

[@brandonallen3808]

The thing is it's not actually Santa. It's just a guy who happens to be dressed as Santa.

[@patrickshields5251]

I'm not a fan of the movie either, but the producer has a point when Siskel and Ebert accused him of "blood money".

[@larry2612]

Roger and Gene would get on their soap boxes at times! Remember Friday the 13th?

[@patrickshields5251]

@@larry2612 Yes. Gene doxxed the people who made it.

[@finster1968]

I agree. They had no issues bringing attention to the film to benefit their own ratings. I wasn’t a big fan of either one. They came off as know-it-alls and often got it wrong.

[@patrickshields5251]

@@finster1968 My taste in movies, when it comes to these two, is more in line with Roger Ebert. I often consider him my favorite reviewer, but I disagree with his reviews as well.

[@vforvendettaMA]

Hyperbole is something Gene is known for more than Roger. As far as I’m aware, no one died in the making of the film so the profit is technically not “blood money.”

[@martykeaton182]

0:01 This chimney image makes say one with Ernest look better. 0:41 - :44 is comparable to :36 - :47 on At the Movies - Silent Night, Deadly Night 1:26 - :32 Don't tell them how to do their jobs, buster.

[@larry2612]

I watched S&E’s show showing that review, and it was in their “x-ray segment” at the end of the show.

[@patrickshields5251]

So did I.

[@larry2612]

@@patrickshields5251 hey Patrick 👋

[@patrickshields5251]

@@larry2612 I think we talked before on why I find Roger the better critic than Gene and part of that reason is that I have similar taste in popcorn movies with Roger, with Die Hard being an exception.

[@larry2612]

@@patrickshields5251 I always leaned more to Roger as well. Gene was pretty good at sniffing out the “good” sci-fi movies.

[@patrickshields5251]

@@larry2612 I have a few of his video guides at home. They primarily focus more on his positive reviews.

[@kevinkelley3906]

That is such horseshit because they're movie critics so you know DAMN WELL there has been plenty of other killer Santa Claus movies!!

[@RocStarr913]

The others didn’t have the big theatrical releases or amount of promotion that this one did.

[@TexRabbit]

They didn't hate it because it was a killer Santa film they hate the film because of it’s depressing storyline.

[@alexrossi4464]

I love" silent 🌃 night, deadly night! Along with black 🎄🖤 Christmas , and " Christmas evil"! My local, independent, tiny, cinema, is just down the block, and playing all 3 of them this December! Silent night, plays, tomorrow! I'm going, never seen it in the big screen! Black Christmas, is playing the following friday and Saturday. And ( christmas evil), is also playing twice , after black christmas! I wanna go see all 3! I was a kid, so it will be cooll to see them in a Cinema! They're also playing " little women, night of the hunter,", and a several others, but I'm only going to see black Christmas , silent night, and Christmas evil! It should be fun..😮

[@castle3267]

“You know call it a hunch, but I think they want money”

[@martykeaton182]

Who?

[@mrdark9604]

It is a classic.

[@mattmc5069]

I thought it was very well done. He was sort of like a silly Batman villain: he sees his family killed and the nuns further push the fear of "naughty" into him and of Santa even more. When he wears the suit he snaps. They could have just had him in a Santa suit killing for no reason but I'd say they gave him a great-though dark-origin. But then again killers rarely come from happy lives. There is usually always something that pushed them

[@gregorypatton4706]

excellent video peace p i e c e this is a great segment thank you for putting this on the air the producer looking at Cisco and Ebert siskel and e b e r t Jokers looking at their review very funny great segment

[@martykeaton182]

Jokers?

[@MetalJoe101]

the best christmas movie ever

[@soniquefus]

Uhm... Why is this in my recommended and even more pressing... Why do I wanna watch this movie now?

[@grannysfamily8804]

Free speech

[@TexRabbit]

?

[@paulvoorhies8821]

SNDN and its sequels all suck. Totally skip worthy. Stick with the original Black Christmas. One of the best slashers of all time (actually the first ever), genuinely suspenseful and funny in parts. Not for anyone under 17. It’s a genuinely scary film.

[@gregorypatton4706]

They show the movie again but it was still the r-rated version that sucked in fact when the movie first came out it was the r-rated version it was awful boring stupid people couldn't wait for the uncut version 2 come out on VHS and DVD I love this segment

[@LaMostraVia]

I thought it was a solid 80’s slasher.

[@brettrosen8628]

The movie was not scary it was stupid

[@RocStarr913]

The original Tri-Star commercials and advertising for it were very effective and were shown in prime time when children and other otherwise easily offended people were likely watching them.

[@TexRabbit]

Agreed

[@chrisb8655]

Yes, it was a stupid, cheap film. Friday The 13th still had an eerieness to it.

[@jacobvelasquez8494]

It's also tragic. The killers (billy and ricky from 1-2) became the way the are because of thier parents were killed by a criminal santa.