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Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation

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The leader (Maud Adams) of a she-demon cult has her helper (Clint Howard) fetch a newswoman (Neith Hunter) for initiation, involving insects.
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Nick Rogers Midwest Film Journal Do you, like me, know you are in good hands as a movie opens on a bum played by Clint Howard looking past maggot-swarmed meat of a rotting burger to complain about its lack of cheese, only for a woman to spontaneously combust while falling from a roof? Rated: 3.5/5 Oct 25, 2024 Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Pivots away from its predecessors entirely, and while those films weren't something worth continuing, this entry falls far short of capturing any charm of the films that launched the series. Rated: 2/5 Sep 20, 2023 Full Review Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy The atmosphere is so pervasively "low budget L.A." that it never ceases to feel like the exact thing it is, a chintzy DTV movie. Rated: 2/10 Dec 28, 2012 Full Review Read all reviews

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Robson C Kim é uma repórter que vai investigar o suicídio de uma jovem que se jogou de um prédio, com parte do corpo em chamas. As suas investigações a acaba levando a culto de bruxas a Lilith. Neste ponto, não temos mais os serial killers e os filmes da franquia deixam de ser slasher movies para abarcarem outros subgêneros do terror. Como aqui, onde temos bruxaria, cultos e body horror. É nítido que esse filme não tem nada a ver com a franquia. Parece ser mais uma ideia do diretor Brian Yuzna que ofereceu para a franquia e fez as adaptações para se passar no Natal. Mas tirando umas 2 ou 3 cenas onde aparecem presentes e árvores de Natal, não tem nada a ver. Aqui houve um pouco mais de orçamento, em relação aos três primeiros filmes, principalmente nos efeitos visuais e maquiagem, já que Yuzna usa muito de body horror nos seus filmes. Analisando o filme como um filme de terror sem ligação com a franquia, o filme falha em não criar toda um ambientação que envolve filmes de bruxaria ou culto. Mas mesmo assim, consegue ser um pouco melhor do que os outros filmes dessa franquia. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/21/24 Full Review Audience M A boring, poorly made, corny low budget slasher that is firstly completely disconnected from the rest of the franchise (this isn't a necessarily a bad thing) and has the worst wooden acting I've seen since one of the corny 70s James Bond films. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/27/24 Full Review Ian why is this movie in this franchise? this has nothing to do with the franchise at all. think of it as its own movie, and it's a pretty damn good movie at that. this is a weird mindfuck with sick effects and creepy bugs. it's a really well made and unique movie with great performances and a pretty cool concept. this may be my favorite in the franchise so far. it's so batshit crazy and random. this felt like an A24 movie. i had no idea going into this movie that it was going to be about a cult and massive bugs and had nothing to do with christmas besides decorations, there's not even a guy dressed as santa in this one. i kinda wish this was its own movie, i feel like if this movie was just called "Initiation" a lot more would know about and it might've even been a cult classic. again such a good movie that i highly recommend. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 12/07/23 Full Review S R What even is this movie? It barely feels like a Christmas horror at all, it's slow moving, poorly acted with an awful story that has absolutely NOTHING to do with the previous entries. Three was awful, this is even worse. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/04/23 Full Review Audience Member I decided to watch every movie on shudder, it's the only reason I watched this. Honestly half a star is three more than this film deserves. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review R P What?! No killer Santa? What has become of this series? We get no Santa but we get a ton of gross cockroaches and a huge worm/maggoty thing. I don't like this trade off. An interesting plot on it's own, but has nothing to do with the Silent Night Deadly Night franchise. (https://foreverfinalgirl.com/silent-deadly-night-4/) Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/06/21 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The leader (Maud Adams) of a she-demon cult has her helper (Clint Howard) fetch a newswoman (Neith Hunter) for initiation, involving insects.
Director
Brian Yuzna
Producer
Richard N. Gladstein
Screenwriter
Woody Keith
Production Co
Silent Films Inc.
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 4, 2019
Runtime
1h 30m
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