Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival
{{short description|2015 film by Dustin Ferguson}}
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| director = Dustin Ferguson
| producer = John Atlyn
| writer = John Klyza
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- Jennifer Runyon
- Julia Farrell
- Jeff Dylan Graham
- Jared Allen
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Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival is a 2015 holiday horror film, a sequel to the 1972 film Silent Night, Bloody Night.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/83705/silent-night-bloody-night-2-revival-begins-filming-casting-news-first-image/|title=Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival Begins Filming; More Casting News; First Image|date=2015|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Dread Central|last=Barton|first=Steve}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/80787/silent-night-bloody-night-2-revival-headed-chimney/|title=Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival Headed Down the Chimney|date=|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Dread Central|last=Squires|first=John}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/143376/silent-night-bloody-night-2-revival-now-available-on-dvd-digital-and-vhs/|title=Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival Now Available on DVD, Digital, and VHS|date=2016|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Dread Central|last=Rigney|first=Todd}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/tag/silent-night-bloody-night-2-revival/|title=Sequel Bits|date=December 3, 2014|access-date=2020-06-12|website=/Film|last=Han|first=Angie}} The film is a direct sequel and continues the story of the original 40 years later.{{Cite web|url=http://www.searchmytrash.com/cgi-bin/articlecreditsb.pl?dustinferguson(6-15)|title=An Interview with Dustin Ferguson, Director of Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival|date=June 2015|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Search my Trash|last=Haberfelner|first=Mike}}
Plot
Following the death of a family member siblings James and Angelica Zacherly travel to the small town of East Willard on Christmas Eve to pay their respects. There they learn of the legend of Black Peter, Santa Claus' vengeful brother. However, when they find the lost journal of a man named Jeffrey Butler, they discover that the town has its own sordid history, one more rooted in reality.{{Cite web|url=https://moviesandmania.com/2018/12/01/silent-night-bloody-night-2-revival-reviews-movie-film-horror-2015-overview-cast-plot/|title=Silent Night, Bloody Night 2: Revival – USA, 2015 – overview and reviews|date=December 1, 2018|access-date=2020-06-12|website=MOV!ES and MAN!A|last=Staff}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.weareindiehorror.com/site-news/silent-night-bloody-night-2-comes-home-for-the-holidays/|title="Silent Night Bloody Night 2" Comes Home For The Holidays|date=December 17, 2015|access-date=2020-06-12|website=We Are Indie Horror|last=Staff|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225071528/http://www.weareindiehorror.com/site-news/silent-night-bloody-night-2-comes-home-for-the-holidays/|archive-date=2015-12-25}}{{Cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3595830/bloody-disgustings-massive-guide-holiday-horror/|title=Bloody Disgusting's Massive Guide to Over 120 Christmas Horror Films|date=December 20, 2019|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Bloody Disgusting|last=Navarro|first=Meagan}}
Cast
{{Cast listing|
- Julia Farrell as Angelica Zacherly
- Luc Bernier as James Zacherly
- Jennifer Runyon as Carol Brickman
- Pete Lipins as Humphrey Brickman
- Jennii Caroline as Holly Brickman
- Jared Allen as The Shape
- Jeanne Kern as Doris
- Jeff Dylan Graham as Max
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Reception
Matt Donato of /Film gave the film a negative review, feeling that the film is a forced sequel, he described it as "heartless, unambitious and visually unappealing". He also criticised it for taking inspiration from Silent Night, Deadly Night 2 by replaying footage from the first film extensively in flashbacks. He summed up his review by stating that the film gives "low-budget" a bad name.{{Cite web|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/christmas-horror-movies-ranked/|title=Every Single Christmas Horror Movie Ranked From "Lump of Coal" to "Turbo Man"|date=|access-date=2020-06-12|website=/Film|last=Donato|first=Matt}} Film School Rejects Rob Hunter also gave it a negative review, he expressed that the most interesting parts of the film was the reused footage from the original film.{{Cite web|url=https://filmschoolrejects.com/every-christmas-horror-movie-ranked/|title=Every Christmas Horror Movie, Ranked|date=December 8, 2017|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Film School Rejects|last=Hunter|first=Rob}} Brian Collins of Birth.Movies.Death was more positive, stating that it was a bold choice of the director to make his film a direct sequel to the original, which share no cast or crew members with each other.{{Cite web|url=https://birthmoviesdeath.com/2015/12/01/collins-crypt-christmas-non-traditions-silent-night-bloody-night|title=Collins' Crypt: Christmas Non-Traditions - SILENT NIGHT, BLOODY NIGHT|date=December 1, 2015|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Birth.Movies.Death|last=Collins|first=Brian}}
See also
- Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming, remake of the original film
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=4332746}}