Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

He knows when you've been naughty.

After a man dressed as Santa Claus brutally murders Billy Chapman's parents, little Billy then endures the cruelty of a sadistic nun at his orphanage. Years later, when adult Billy has to fill in for an absent in-store Santa, his childhood trauma brings him to the breaking point.

Cast (46)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Robert Brian Wilson

Billy at 18

Lilyan Chauvin

Mother Superior

Gilmer McCormick

Sister Margaret

Charles Dierkop

Killer Santa

T

Toni Nero

Pamela

R

Randy Stumpf

Andy

Linnea Quigley

Denise

Britt Leach

Mr. Sims

Leo Geter

Tommy

A

Amy Styvesant

Cindy

Jonathan Best

Billy at 5

D

Danny Wagner

Billy at 8

Tara Buckman

Mother (Ellie)

G

Geoff Hansen

Father (Jim)

Will Hare

Grandpa

E

Eric Hart

Mr. Levitt (Storekeeper)

A

A. Madeline Smith

Sister Ellen

H.E.D. Redford

Captain Richards

M

Max Robinson

Officer Barnes

N

Nancy Borgenicht

Mrs. Randall

V

Vinc Massa

Young Boy Sledding: Doug

J

John Michael Alvarez

Young Boy Sledding: Jim

John Bishop

Older Boy Sledding: Bob

R

Richard C. Terry

Older Boy Sledding: Mac

Oscar Rowland

Dr. Conway

R

Richard D. Clark

Officer Miller

T

Tip Boxell

Officer Murphy

A

Angela Montoya

Girl on Santa's Lap

M

Molly Cameron

Girl's Mother

Jayne Luke

Other Mother in Store

J

Joan Forster

Other Mother in Store

B

Betsy Nagel

Other Mother in Store

Paul Mulder

Teen Lover at Orphanage

S

Spencer Ashby

Santa at Orphanage

J

J. Paul Broadhead

Santa in Store

M

Max Broadhead

Brother (Ricky) at 4

A

Alex Burton

Brother (Ricky) at 14

M

Melissa Best

Infant Ricky

D

Dan Rogers

Dispatcher

S

Spencer Alston

Child at Orphanage

K

Kristi Ballard

Child at Orphanage

J

Jacob Peterson

Child at Orphanage

J

Jonathan Wilde

Child at Orphanage

S

Susie Massa

Child at Orphanage

S

Sarah Stuyvesant

Child at Orphanage

B

Barbara Stafford

Teen Lovers at Orphanage

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