Episode 91 - Silent Night, Deadly Night

Pod Mortem: A Horror Podcast

Reneé Hunter Vasquez, John Paul Vasquez, Travis Hunter-Sayapin

Tv & Film:film Reviews, Tv & Film, Film Reviews

4.7 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2021

⏱️ 130 minutes

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Punish! Join Reneé, John Paul, and Travis as they discuss Charles E. Sellier, Jr.'s 1984 cult classic slasher "Silent Night, Deadly Night." Please consider supporting the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepodmortem Where to listen to the podcast and follow us on social media: https://allmylinks.com/thepodmortem Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thepodmortem https://twitter.com/bloodandsmoke https://twitter.com/realstreeter84 https://twitter.com/travismwh What would you rate Silent Night, Deadly Night and what should we watch next? Email us at thepodmortem@gmail.com "Pod Mortem Theme" written and performed by Travis Hunter. https://youtube.com/travismwh

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0:00.0	I'm I'm Salutations.
0:28.9	Welcome to Pod Mortem.
0:30.8	I'm Travis Hunter,
0:31.7	joined as always by my co-host, my sister, and my brother-in-law.
0:34.6	Hi, I'm Rene Hunter Vasquez.
0:36.2	Hi, I'm John Paul Vasquez.
0:38.2	This week,
0:44.0	we're broadcasting live from Ira's toy store discussing the 1984 slasher film, Silent Night,
0:49.2	Deadly Night. This film is directed by Charles E. Celie Jr. from a screenplay by Michael Hickey and a story by Paul Kamey. Silent Night Deadly Night boasts a twisted premise combining elements of slasher's and psychology,
0:56.7	all while being wrapped up in the subgenre of holiday horror.
1:00.1	This film also caused quite a controversy, eventually getting pulled from cinemas just a
1:04.3	couple weeks after its release.
1:06.0	But thanks to its modest budget, Silent Night Deadly Night was still able to turn a small profit,
1:10.3	and despite a poor
1:11.5	critical reception, has maintained cult status since its release.
1:15.6	This film was the winner of our December Patreon poll, so thank you to all of our patrons
1:19.2	who participated and voted. If you'd like to help us to cite an episode, join us over on Patreon
1:24.1	at patreon.com slash the podmortem. So, Silent Night, Deadly Night. What were your
1:29.9	first impressions on the film? I had always heard about this movie, but I never watched it.
1:35.2	Watching it for the show. Yeah, there's some things that are, you know, problematic in the movie,
1:41.4	but I fucking loved this movie. Like, it was chaos, but I enjoyed it a lot.
1:50.0	Like I said, there are some things that are kind of like, ooh, but for a majority of it,
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