Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation

Name: Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4
Genre: Horror
Released: 1990-11-21
Duration: 1 h 27 min
Rating: 4.2
Cast: Clint Howard, Neith Hunter, Tommy Hinkley

Original title: Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4

Video
1990
R
1h 27m

IMDb RATING

4.2/10

2.9K

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Maud Adams in Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (1990)

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IMDb RATING

4.2/10

2.9K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
The basis of the film's script was originally meant for the third Silent Night, Deadly Night film, but ended up being used here after the makers of that film turned the original script down.

Goofs
The numbers on Lonnie's house are backwards, which normally would indicate flipped footage, but that's clearly not the case as it appears this way in multiple shots of the house. For whatever reason, the production crew put the numbers on the house backwards on purpose.

Quotes
Ricky: [picks up a hamburger from the street and opens it] Oww. No fucking cheese!

Alternate versions
The 1996 UK video version (titled "Bugs") was cut by 8 secs by the BBFC. A shot of a man hanging by his nipples was removed.

Connections
Featured in Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (1991)

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More Rosemary's Baby than Silent Night

This movie feels more like a sequel to Rosemary's Baby. For whatever reason they called it a Silent Night, Deadly Night sequel, and had it set at Christmas time. Just like Pt. 3, it's Christmas in L.A., so now snow on the ground.

Clint Howard's character is named Ricky, which has to be more than just a coincidence. But I can't see how this Ricky can be tied to the Ricky in Pt.2 and 3.

Screaming Mad George still has the cochroach puppets left over from Nightmare On Elm Street 4.

It's good to see Reggie Banister in a movie not directed by Don Coscorelli.