Fear Flashbacks! – SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT slays its way to video back in 1985

I hate to admit it, but Halloween is officially over. Now begins the slide toward the holiday season. Bleh. To help get us in the mood, I present this lovely little piece of slasher memorabilia I kept from all the way back in 1985.

After kicking up a shitstorm during its abbreviated theatrical release 40 years ago this month (!), SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT incited picketing soccer moms while the general public flipped out over its depiction of a killer Santa Claus. Obviously, these delicate types hadn’t been paying attention up to that point, because this plot device had already featured in such films as TALES FROM THE CRYPT (1972) and CHRISTMAS EVIL (1980).

By the summer of 1985, though, indiscriminate horror fiends were able to catch the film in their own homes, courtesy of those nutty fuckers over at USA Home Video, home of some the biggest display boxes on the market. (Seriously, those things were huge!)

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