Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation

This "sequel" has absolutely nothing to do with the "Silent Night, Deadly Night" franchise, with the title seemingly grafted on to some weirdo occult bug movie instead. Despite that, the bigger issue is that generally the movie is simply a terrible boring mess. Still there are a few decent scenes, and the final act has some really creepy special effects from the legendary Screaming Mad George, with the most notably disturbing sight undoubtedly being the ritual sex with an oiled up Clint Howard.

What the hell is this? Walked in expecting more Santa carnage, walked out having notched my new top 2 scenes of a woman vomiting up cockroaches. Brian Yuzna should've been stopped but thank God he wasn't. I am 100% a fan of this series, and Mickey Rooney still awaits!

Not exactly an acceptable film but I feel it's getting a tough break because of its complete irrelevance to the first three movies. There are no relation and, if you can get past that, there are scenes to enjoy here, some nice bug kills for instance, and writing with an ambition level set slightly higher than "let's pad these couple of scenes with flashbacks and crap until we reach the 90m mark". This is far from a recommendation but, unlike SNDN3, I thought it was actually almost watchable.

Interesting premise but terrible acting, bad script and mediocre production hinder it. Would have worked perfectly as a black comedy.

Why anyone would seek to exploit the 'Silent Night, Deadly Night' franchise is beyond me, but here we are! This has a 'Naked Lunch' meets 'The Craft' vibe, but apart from the beginning, one seriously funny crime scene and one nasty stabbing scene, this has little to offer.

This movie has NOTHING to do with the previously three in the franchise, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but does beg the question: Why the HELL would you attach the SN,DN brand to your new movie?! How can they possibly have thought, that it would be a plus? Especially when making a horror movie about bugs and witches and NOT a slasher about christmas.

This was a mostly boring movie with fun effects that takes place in an alternate reality where no one acts like a real person and everything looks like a cheap rundown TV sitcom set. Most of the points are for the effects.

Three should have been the end of the franchise. What a waste.

Why oh why would you want to associate your movie with a franchise involving Santa Claus on a killing spree on x-mas when your movie is about bugs and witches? I simply don't get it! I wouldn't have believed it if I had't seen it myself, but this movie actually sullies the good name, well the name of Silent Night, Deadly Night. Impressive!

Killer Santa sits this one out and lets large, slimy bugs do the killing. Better than it sounds, but still not any good.

The worst of the series. A occult bug-thriller so bad it had to have x-mas scenes spliced in, in order to parasitize on the by no means good SNDN franchise.