Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Console best movie i've ever seen.

Usamah Harvey The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Rainey Dawn "Night of the Dark Full Moon" is also known as "Silent Night, Bloody Night" and it's surprisingly a pretty darn good horror film. This one I had my expectations of the film set very low so the film took me by surprise just how interesting it is. It's a low budget film but quite effectively filmed with a story that kept my interest.This one is a bit bloody - it's a prelude to the slew of slasher films that came about in the late 1970s through the 1980s. This film is not one that is a simple hack-them-up teenage movie without a solid story. This film has a solid story that is quite good with some bloody scenes - it's more story than blood and gore.I will have to add this film to my list of "spooky holiday films" to watch during the winter season.7/10

Woodyanders Jeffrey Butler (a solid performance by James Patterson) inherits an old house from his grandfather that used to be an asylum. A crazed axe-wielding killer embarks on a grisly rampage right after Butler puts the rundown house up for sale.Director Theodore Gershuny, who also co-wrote the convoluted, but compelling script with Jeffrey Konvitz and Ira Teller, does a masterful job of crafting and sustaining a powerfully brooding atmosphere of sheer dread, gloom, and despair, makes inspired use of both the bleak wintry landscape and the classic yuletide tune "Silent Night, Holy Night" (it takes place around Christmas), tosses in a few decent bits of gore, and pulls out all the show-stopping stylistic stops for an extraordinary sepia-tinted black and white flashback set piece that features Andy Warhol factory members Ondine, Candy Darling, and Tally Brown as well as pioneer underground filmmaker Jack Smith. Moreover, the plot makes a potent and provocative statement on how long-suppressed tragic events from the past can have severe long term repercussions on the present. The excellent acting from the sturdy cast keeps the movie on track: An incredibly foxy Mary Woronov as the helpful Diane Adams, Patrick O'Neal as slick lawyer John Carter, Astrid Heeren as Carter's sweet fiancé Ingrid, Walter Abel as the friendly Mayor Adams, Fran Stevens as concerned phone operator Tess Howard, Phillip Bruns as the bitter Wilfred Butler, and, in an impressively expressive pantomime turn, the ubiquitous John Carradine as mute newspaper writer Charlie Towman. Adam Gifford's cinematography gives this picture a suitably rough-around-the-edges look and boasts several neat prowling POV shots that prefigure both "Black Christmas" and "Halloween." Gershon Kingsley's spare'n'spooky score hits the spine-tingling spot. Worthwhile fright fare.

kevin olzak Pittsburgh's CHILLER THEATER, hosted by Bill "Chilly Billy" Cardille, aired 1972's "Silent Night, Bloody Night" once, with 1943's "Son of Dracula," on May 7 1977, and was a title I never forgot (although scheduled for September 26 1981, they substituted 1973's "It Happened at Nightmare Inn" in its place). I'm still fascinated by this eerie horror classic, which has frequently earned scorn from viewers frustrated by the poor quality prints that include the Paragon video copyrighted 1982. My current DVD is proof that the filmmakers are not to blame for the darkness inherent in these dupes (if you cannot read the opening credits, it's a bad copy). The plot line is quite complex, and the solution may seem far fetched at first glance, but patient audiences will be amply rewarded, especially on repeat viewings. Although the entire film is told in flashback, the principal storyline takes place in one single, 24 hour period (presumably Christmas Eve), and many great horror films like "Halloween" follow this same format. John Carradine, sadly reduced to playing a mute role, still demonstrates a solid screen presence in one of the better horror outings of his final decades. Patrick O'Neal enjoys top billing as a big city lawyer dallying with his lovely assistant while his wife and daughter remain home for the holidays. There was an excellent website devoted to this underrated gem, but it seems to have closed down in 2010. Director Theodore Gershuny only did two other features, 1970's "Kemek" and 1973's "Sugar Cookies," with his then-wife Mary Woronov appearing in all three (he died in 2007). Co-writer-producer Jeffrey Konvitz later scripted and produced another horror feature that pretty much wasted John Carradine, 1976's "The Sentinel." Filmed on Long Island with a mostly New York cast, and the final screen credit for Astrid Heeren (two prior features), Candy Darling and Tony Award-winning actor James Patterson.

AngryChair Folks who enter an old mansion in the New England countryside are being killed by an unknown assailant. Who is the killer and just what do the strange locals know about it?Silent Night, Bloody Night is a prime example of a low-budget horror film that overcomes its B movie boundaries to become a genuinely good chiller. The story is a compelling one that builds good mystery and suspense. It reaches a revelation that is truly twisted and dark. There's some effectively shocking moments of fright to be enjoyed and several creepy sequences - particularly the black and white flashback toward the finale. The film has a strong eerie atmosphere with its dark setting, subtle music score, and gritty film stock appearance. The song Silent Night proves to be surprisingly chilling as the films theme song. It's not a flawless film though. The performances of the cast are at times uneven and the films narration does get murky at times. However the strengths do override the weaknesses and Silent Night, Bloody Night emerges as one of the first and most effectively disturbing holiday horror films out there. Well worth seeing horror fans!*** out of ****