Written by Lee Harry And Joseph H. Earle
Directed by Lee Harry
Ricky: "Oh Mother Superior! I've got a present for you!"
Following the controversy but success of the first movie, a sequel had to happen, right? Only problem being that Billy Chapman (Robert Brian Wilson) was killed off. Oh wait, he's got a brother named Ricky. Let's pivot the story around him.
That's exactly what the movie by jumping in time and revealing Ricky (Eric Freeman) to be a raging serial killer being interviewed by his thirteenth psychiatrist. Sadly for Dr Henry Bloom (James L. Newman), the number thirteen really was unlucky for him.
Not only did Bloom learn just how deeply disturbed Ricky was (arguably more than Billy) but he didn't live to tell the tale as Ricky made his escape so he could cause some Christmas terror. Of course before that, there was flashbacks and lots of them. Too many for this movie's own good.
You know your movie might be in trouble when a large portion of it was spent literally going over the main bullet points of the first one. Granted it was from Ricky's perspective but it ate up more time that it should've done in the first place.
Of course we did get to see Ricky adopted into a loving family but that didn't stop him from killing his girlfriend Jennifer (Elizabeth Kaitan) and her horrible ex Chip (Ken Weichert) as well as several innocent people before got back to the present day. The rest of the movie had some old scores to settle.
Mother Superior (Jean Miller) might have been retired and the orphanage shut down but that didn't stop Ricky from dressing up as Santa Claus and going after the wheelchair bound old woman with an axe. Unlike his brother, Ricky was actually successful here but things didn't end so well for him. Or did they?
- Most of the cast from the first movie ended up being credited for this one given the amount of flashbacks used for it.
- I had to laugh at Mother Superior's house address being 666.
- Standout music: Silent Night was used here.
- Chronology: Four years since the events of the first movie.
Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2 was definitely more over the t than the first part. Eric Freeman certainly chewed the scenery big time in many of his scenes but the kills were inventive enough and while sme of the dialogue tried too hard to be funny, one particular line worked well.
Rating: 6 out of 10
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