Movies Like Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

Silent Night, Deadly Night is a 1984 horror, thriller film from Charles E. Sellier Jr. with a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 and Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!.

Horror Thriller

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2

1987

Ricky is released from a mental hospital, taking with him the memory of his brother Billy's death and embarking on a journey of relentless revenge.

4.4

MagicScore

Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!

1989

Ricky Caldwell, the notorious 'Killer Santa Claus', awakens from a six-year coma after being kept alive on life-support by a slightly crazed doctor experimenting with ESP and other special abilities. Ricky targets a young, clairvoyant blind woman, named Laura, whom is traveling with her brother Chris, and his girlfriend Jerri to their grandmother's house for Christmas Eve, and Ricky decides to go after her, leaving a trail of dead bodies in his wake.

3.7

MagicScore

Silent Night Deadly Night 4: Initiation

1990

A reporter investigating the bizarre death of a woman who leaped from a building in flames finds herself mixed up in a cult of witches who are making her part of their sacrificial ceremony during the Christmas season.

4.2

MagicScore

Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker

1991

A toy maker's creations display some very human -- and deadly -- tendencies.

4.6

MagicScore

Santa's Slay

2005

Santa Claus is actually a demon who lost a bet with an angel, so he became the giver of toys and happiness. But this year the bet is off, and Santa is about to return to his evil ways.

5.4

MagicScore

Dial Code Santa Claus

1990

Thomas de Frémont, a precocious child obsessed with action films, sets himself up for a terrifying Christmas Eve after he unwittingly makes contact with a deranged psychopath who claims he's Santa Claus.

5.9

MagicScore

The Polar Express

2004

When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

6.7

MagicScore

The Night Before Christmas

1941

It's snowy and cold outside, and warm inside where Jerry squeezes past a mousetrap to cavort under a present-laden Christmas tree. Mistaking the sleeping Tom for a plush toy, Jerry wakes him and a mad chase ensues.

7.4

MagicScore

A Christmas Carol

2009

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.

6.9

MagicScore

#10

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

2010

Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery and an evil Santa Claus is unleashed…

6.2

MagicScore

#11

Christmas Bloody Christmas

2022

It's Christmas Eve and Tori just wants to get drunk and party, but when a robotic Santa Claus at a nearby toy store goes haywire and begins a rampant killing spree through her small town, she's forced into a battle for survival.

5.4

MagicScore

#12

To All a Goodnight

1980

A group of teenagers at a party find themselves being stalked by a maniacal killer in a Santa Claus costume.

4.6

MagicScore

#13

Silent Night

2012

As their small Midwestern town prepares for its annual Christmas Eve parade, a sheriff and his deputy discover that a maniac in a Santa suit is murdering those he judges as naughty.

5.2

MagicScore

#14

Red One

2024

After Santa Claus (codename: Red One) is kidnapped, the North Pole's Head of Security must team up with the world's most infamous tracker in a globe-trotting, action-packed mission to save Christmas.

7.0

MagicScore

#15

The Santa Clause

1994

On Christmas Eve, divorced dad Scott Calvin and his son discover Santa Claus has fallen off their roof. When Scott takes the reins of the magical sleigh, he finds he is now the new Santa, and must convince a world of disbelievers, including himself.

6.5

MagicScore

#16

Black Christmas

2006

As the residents of sorority house Pi Kappa Sigma prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins a series of obscene phone calls with dubious intentions...

5.2

MagicScore

#17

Die Hard 2

1990

One year after his heroics in Los Angeles, John McClane is an off-duty cop who is the wrong guy in the wrong place at the wrong time. On a snowy Christmas Eve, as he waits for his wife's plane to land at Washington Dulles International Airport, terrorists take over the air traffic control system in a plot to free a South American army general and drug smuggler being flown into the US to face drug charges. It's now up to McClane to take on the terrorists, while coping with an inept airport police chief, an uncooperative anti-terrorist squad, and the life of his wife and everyone else trapped in planes circling overhead.

7.0

MagicScore

#18

Terrifier 3

2024

Five years after surviving Art the Clown's Halloween massacre, Sienna and Jonathan are still struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and leave the horrors of the past behind. But just when they think they're safe, Art returns, determined to turn their holiday cheer into a new nightmare. The festive season quickly unravels as Art unleashes his twisted brand of terror, proving that no holiday is safe.

6.8

MagicScore

#19

Elf

2003

When young Buddy falls into Santa's gift sack on Christmas Eve, he's transported back to the North Pole and raised as a toy-making elf by Santa's helpers. But as he grows into adulthood, he can't shake the nagging feeling that he doesn't belong. Buddy vows to visit Manhattan and find his real dad, a workaholic.

6.7

MagicScore

#20

Christmas Evil

1980

Garbed in his red suit, Harry, a toy factory worker, decides that the only thing he can do to save the spirit of Christmas is to become Santa Claus himself and make all of the naughty townspeople pay... in blood!

5.5

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Silent Night, Deadly Night?

The top films similar to Silent Night, Deadly Night by MovieMagicScore are Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (4.4), Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! (3.7), Silent Night Deadly Night 4: Initiation (4.2). Each shares horror/thriller themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Silent Night, Deadly Night worth watching?

Silent Night, Deadly Night holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10 from 395 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Silent Night, Deadly Night?

Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) is a horror, thriller film directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr., starring Robert Brian Wilson, Lilyan Chauvin, Gilmer McCormick.

Where can I find more recommendations like Silent Night, Deadly Night?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more horror recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Silent Night, Deadly Night

This ranked list pairs Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984), a horror and thriller film from Charles E. Sellier Jr., with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Robert Brian Wilson take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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