The police department in a small Wisconsin town are on high alert when it's discovered that a serial killer dressed as a deranged-looking Santa is killing their citizens the day before Christmas. Not just any citizens, of course, but the more 'naughty' ones - such as the perverted priest, the punkass kid who steals from his catatonic grandpa and fucks the mayor's slutty daughter, the coke-fiends shooting porn in a local motel room, etc. A few 'red herrings' are thrown into the mix and our female cop lead is WAY in over her head but when there's a crazed Kringle toting a flame-thrower around your town, when that call of duty comes your way... you fucking respond!
I'd call this one decent enough if you're feeling down for some really straight-forward 'slasher' bullshit. Unlike it's predecessor, of which it's only loosely based, the killer is your usual masked, non-speaking, Jason-like hulk. The childhood Christmas trauma angle IS carried over, though. I particularly didn't like how the movie is devoid of snow. Really kills the Xmas 'vibe'. What I WILL give this movie, as far as the positives, is there are a few decent kills (one involving a wood chipper...) and Malcolm McDowell is in it a bit, clearly going through the motions, but you gotta appreciate it non-the-less. In all, "Silent Night" is shit we've seen a million times, but it's watchable enough, again, if you're in the mood for an unexceptional body-count flick with a few decent enough kills.
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