‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ Review: Slay Bells Ring Anew for an Under-the-Radar Franchise’s Return

The ranks of Christmas-themed horror movies swell further every year, digested with relish by genre fans and cheerfully ignored by everyone else. But in 1984, a menace to Yuletide morality yea more dire than Starbucks holiday cups stirred vociferous objections. Charles E. Sellier Jr.’s low-budget “Silent Night, Deadly Night” opened the same day as “A […]