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->''"Santa's watching, Santa's waiting..."''

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->''"Santa's watching, ->''"That scene! So vicious!\\
'''Taught me the meaning of Christmas!'''\\
Punish! '''The wicked!'''\\
Don't ask for
Santa's waiting..."''
forgiveness!"''
-->-- '''Music/IceNineKills''', "Merry Axe-Mas"
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* DropTheHammer: Billy stabs Mr. Sims in the head with a claw hammer.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: In real-life, Officer Barnes would have been in deep, ''deep'' shit after his AccidentalMurder of Father O'Brien. Even if it was the result of a series of unfortunate and improbable coincidences, there's no way the police would have allowed him to simply carry on patrolling the orphanage unaccompanied afterwards.
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** Andy, Billy's supervisor, is a belligerent asshole who does nothing but berate Billy for any lapse in his work, and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil attempts to rape]] his girlfriend when she refuses his advances. It's also worth noting that his final horrific action is what causes Billy to finally snap and go on a killing spree.

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** Andy, Billy's supervisor, is a belligerent asshole who does nothing but berate Billy for any lapse in his work, and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil attempts to rape]] his girlfriend when she refuses his advances. It's also worth noting that his final horrific action crime is what causes Billy to finally snap and go on a killing spree.
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* BigBadEnsemble: Mother Superior and Billy. While Billy is the one who goes on a killing spree in the second half of the film, Mother Superior is the main villain of the first half and the one primarily responsible for him going insane in the first place She is more mellow in the second half however.

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* BigBadEnsemble: Mother Superior and Billy. While Billy is the one who goes on a killing spree in the second half of the film, Mother Superior is the main villain of the first half and the one primarily responsible for him going insane in the first place place. She is more mellow in the second half however.
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* BigBad: Mother Superior. While Billy is the one who goes on a killing spree in the second half of the film, Mother Superior is the one primarily responsible for him going insane in the first place.

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* BigBad: BigBadEnsemble: Mother Superior. Superior and Billy. While Billy is the one who goes on a killing spree in the second half of the film, Mother Superior is the main villain of the first half and the one primarily responsible for him going insane in the first place.place She is more mellow in the second half however.
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** Andy, Billy's supervisor, is a belligerent asshole who does nothing but berate Billy for any lapse in his work, and attempts to rape his girlfriend when she refuses his advances.

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** Andy, Billy's supervisor, is a belligerent asshole who does nothing but berate Billy for any lapse in his work, and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil attempts to rape rape]] his girlfriend when she refuses his advances.advances. It's also worth noting that his final horrific action is what causes Billy to finally snap and go on a killing spree.
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** The guy who killed the store clerk and the Chapman parents, plus Mother Superior ([[KarmaHoudiniWarranty at least until]][[OffWithHisHead the sequel]]).

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** The guy who killed the store clerk and the Chapman parents, plus Mother Superior ([[KarmaHoudiniWarranty at least until]][[OffWithHisHead until]] [[OffWithHisHead the sequel]]).
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* SequelHook: The film ends with a note that Billy's brother has adopted his doctrine.

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* SequelHook: The film ends with a note that Billy's brother has adopted his doctrine. [[Film/SilentNightDeadlyNightPart2 Garbage Day will never be the same again.]]
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After being in DevelopmentHell for years, a loose remake simply called ''Film/SilentNight2012'' was completed in 2012; it stars Creator/MalcolmMcDowell, Jaime King, Creator/DonalLogue, and Creator/EllenWong. Another remake is set for release in 2022.

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After being in DevelopmentHell for years, a loose remake simply called ''Film/SilentNight2012'' was completed in 2012; it stars Creator/MalcolmMcDowell, Jaime King, Creator/DonalLogue, and Creator/EllenWong. Another remake is was set for release in 2022.
2022, but never ended up being made.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Aside from his [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil first victim]], Billy kills people for slapping him, having him wear a Santa costume, [[DeathBySex having sex]], and stealing a sled.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Aside from his [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil first victim]], Billy kills people for slapping him, having him wear a Santa costume, [[DeathBySex [[SexSignalsDeath having sex]], and stealing a sled.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Billy's main weapon after he becomes "Santa".

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* DeathBySex: Denise and Tommy have sex. Both die horribly at Billy’s hands as a result.


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* SexSignalsDeath: Denise and Tommy have sex. Both die horribly at Billy’s hands as a result.
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** Ap[art from having a jerk for a supervisor, the sequence with Billy working at the toy store makes it seem like he's finally beginning to overcome the scars his childhood carved into him and have a chance at a normal life...of course, it doesn't last.

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** Ap[art Apart from having a jerk for a supervisor, the sequence with Billy working at the toy store makes it seem like he's finally beginning to overcome the scars his childhood carved into him and have a chance at a normal life...of course, it doesn't last.

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* HopeSpot: When Barnes shoots a guy dressed as Santa dead, Richards consoles Sister Margaret and says it's at least over. One of the men at the station then reports that the height and age don't match what they were told about Billy, leading to the reveal that it was actually Father O'Brien who died.

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* HopeSpot: HopeSpot:
** Ap[art from having a jerk for a supervisor, the sequence with Billy working at the toy store makes it seem like he's finally beginning to overcome the scars his childhood carved into him and have a chance at a normal life...of course, it doesn't last.
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When Barnes shoots a guy dressed as Santa dead, Richards consoles Sister Margaret and says it's at least over. One of the men at the station then reports that the height and age don't match what they were told about Billy, leading to the reveal that it was actually Father O'Brien who died.
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* IdiotBall:
** Mother Superior insists Billy doesn't remember witnessing his parents' deaths. Mother Superior seems to be under the impression that 5-year-olds have the memory of a goldfish.
** The family that decided to celebrate Christmas by having the father go through his child's second story bedroom window dressed as Santa. Even if there wasn't a homicidal maniac dressed as Santa running around, that still looks incredibly suspicious. It's no wonder that the cops pull their guns on him.

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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Sam is unusually strong which explains the ease of some of his kills. Best demonstrated when knocks a Santa on his ass with one punch as a child.

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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Sam Billy is unusually strong which explains the ease of some of his kills. Best demonstrated when knocks a Santa on his ass with one punch as a child.


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** The scene where Billy pretends to be Santa to keep Cindy oblivious is an {{Homage}} to the scene in ''Literature/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' where the Grinch pulls the same trick on Cindy Lou Who.
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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Sam is unusually strong which explains the ease of some of his kills. Best demonstrated when knocks a Santa on his ass with one punch as a child.

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* ThereAreNoTherapists: The movie would most likely have about 9 fewer dead people in it if Billy got therapy. While justified when living under Mother Superior, who adamantly refuses to believe that Billy remembers his parent’s deaths, one has to wonder why he never went to a therapist after moving out and getting a job.



* WellIntentionedExtremist: Both Billy and Mother Superior. Despite their rather... ''extreme'' methods, they both seem to genuinely believe that they're doing the right thing.

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* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: The first half of the movie is entirely dedicated to showing the traumatic series of events that leads to Billy becoming a mass murderer.


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* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: The first half of the movie is dedicated to showing the traumatic series of events that leads to Billy becoming a mass murderer.
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* InsaneEqualsViolent: Billy goes insane and immediately starts killing people.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Mother Superior is a very harsh and unempathetic disciplinarian but when Billy goes insane, she tries to keep him from killing the children under her care.



** Mother Superior insists that Billy doesn’t remember his parent’s murder, despite [[ImplausibleDeniabilty glaring evidence otherwise]], dishes out lashings with little hesitation, and drags Billy kicking and screaming to a guy dressed as Santa despite his obvious phobia.

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** Mother Superior insists that Billy doesn’t remember his parent’s murder, despite [[ImplausibleDeniabilty [[ImplausibleDeniability glaring evidence otherwise]], dishes out lashings with little hesitation, and drags Billy kicking and screaming to a guy dressed as Santa despite his obvious phobia.phobia.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mother Superior is a very unkind and abusive woman, but she genuinely tries to protect the children when push comes to shove and Billy poses a threat to the lives of the children under her care.
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* BigBad: Billy Chaptman, a lunatic killing "naughty" people in a Santa costume.

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* BigBad: Mother Superior. While Billy Chaptman, is the one who goes on a lunatic killing "naughty" people spree in a Santa costume.the second half of the film, Mother Superior is the one primarily responsible for him going insane in the first place.

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* AntiVillain: Billy was the witness to extreme trauma that would make anyone snap - witnessing the deaths of his parents (and the attempted rape of his mother), and then being subjected to years of torture and abuse in a BoardingSchoolOfHorrors.

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* AntiVillain: Billy was the witness to extreme trauma that would make anyone snap - witnessing the deaths of his parents (and the attempted rape of his mother), and then being subjected to years of torture and abuse in a BoardingSchoolOfHorrors. Even after going insane he seems to genuinely think he’s punishing the naughty.



* BlueAndOrangeMorality: After losing his mind, Billy’s idea of what is and isn’t naughty is very… [[DisproportionateRetribution odd to say the least]].



* CatchPhrase: When Billy kills someone, he yells "''Punish!''"

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* CatchPhrase: When Billy kills someone, he yells "''Punish!''"either "''Punish!''" or "''Naughty!''"



* DeathBySex: Denise and Tommy.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Aside from his [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil first victim]], Billy kills people for slapping him, [[DeathBySex having sex]], and stealing a sled.

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Getting [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled on the pair of antlers hanging over your fireplace]] probably isn’t the most pleasant way to die.
* DeathBySex: Denise and Tommy.
Tommy have sex. Both die horribly at Billy’s hands as a result.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Aside from his [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil first victim]], Billy kills people for slapping him, having him wear a Santa costume, [[DeathBySex having sex]], and stealing a sled.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: Billy goes to extremes to to punish the naughty, but [[NeverHurtAnInnocent leaves those alone who have been good]].



* {{Jerkass}}: Grandpa Chapman. It got him on I-Mockery's "Favorite Christmas Movie Assholes" list.
* KarmaHoudini: The guy who killed the store clerk and the Chapman parents, plus Mother Superior ([[KarmaHoudiniWarranty at least until]][[OffWithHisHead the sequel]]).
* KnightTemplar: Mother Superior. She is a "good" version, as she tells the cop that the first priority is that kids should not be harmed.

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* {{Jerkass}}: {{Jerkass}}:
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Grandpa Chapman. It got him on I-Mockery's "Favorite Christmas Movie Assholes" list.
** Mother Superior insists that Billy doesn’t remember his parent’s murder, despite [[ImplausibleDeniabilty glaring evidence otherwise]], dishes out lashings with little hesitation, and drags Billy kicking and screaming to a guy dressed as Santa despite his obvious phobia.
* KarmaHoudini: KarmaHoudini:
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The guy who killed the store clerk and the Chapman parents, plus Mother Superior ([[KarmaHoudiniWarranty at least until]][[OffWithHisHead the sequel]]).
* KnightTemplar: ** Mother Superior. Superior, [[spoiler: aside from nearly being Billy’s final victim]], never faces consequences for her horrific abuse of Billy as a child. [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty She is a "good" version, as she tells isn’t so lucky in the cop sequel]].
* KnightTemplar:
** Mother Superior is horribly abusive to kids under her care but thinks
that she’s in the first priority is that kids should not be harmed.right.
** Billy kills people in cold blood for being “naughty”.



* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: The first half of the movie is entirely dedicated to showing the traumatic series of events that leads to Billy becoming a mass murderer.



* PetTheDog: The scene between Billy and Cindy. Sure, he gives her a bloody box cutter as a gift, but the look on both their faces (beaming joy and utter befuddlement) is priceless.

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* PetTheDog: PetTheDog:
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The scene between Billy and Cindy. Sure, he gives her a bloody box cutter as a gift, but the look on both their faces (beaming joy and utter befuddlement) is priceless.



* PoliceAreUseless: Averted for the most part. One cop kills the wrong Santa by accident, and is killed by Billy sometime afterwards. But Captain Richards does take Billy down in the end, though.

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* PoliceAreUseless: Averted for the most part. One cop kills the wrong Santa by accident, and is [[LaserGuidedKarma killed by Billy sometime afterwards.shortly afterwards]]. But Captain Richards does take Billy down in the end, though.



* PunBasedTitle

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* PunBasedTitlePunBasedTitle: It’s original name, Slay Ride, was one too.



* VillainProtagonist: Billy, albeit a tragic one.

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* VillainProtagonist: Billy, Billy in the second half of the film, albeit a tragic one.



* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Billy. A lot of factors drove him batshit crazy over the course of the film.

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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Billy. A lot of factors drove him batshit crazy over the course of the film.He becomes a deranged mass murderer but only due being put through profound mental trauma for his entire life.

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* DisproportionateRetribution: Aside from his [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil first victim]], Billy kills people for slapping him, [[DeathBySex having sex]], and stealing a sled.



* VillainProtagonist: Billy.

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* VillainProtagonist: Billy.Billy, albeit a tragic one.
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After being in DevelopmentHell for years, a loose remake simply called ''Film/SilentNight'' was completed in 2012; it stars Creator/MalcolmMcDowell, Jaime King, Creator/DonalLogue, and Creator/EllenWong. Another remake is set for release in 2022.

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After being in DevelopmentHell for years, a loose remake simply called ''Film/SilentNight'' ''Film/SilentNight2012'' was completed in 2012; it stars Creator/MalcolmMcDowell, Jaime King, Creator/DonalLogue, and Creator/EllenWong. Another remake is set for release in 2022.

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* BigOMG: Bob is heard screaming this after seeing [[OffWithHisHead what happened to Mac]].
* CatapultNightmare:
** During his time in the orphanage, Billy has a nightmare about what happened to his parents, causing him to wake up screaming in the middle of the night.
** As an adult, Billy has another one of these when he has a nightmare that ends with Pamela being stabbed.



* ChildrenAreInnocent: Cindy is a wide-eyed tyke who just wants to stay up to see Santa in-person. Luckily for her, Billy believes her when she says she's been good.



* HarmfulToMinors: Billy witnessing the deaths of his parents.

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* HarmfulToMinors: HarmfulToMinors:
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Billy witnessing the deaths of his parents.parents.
** Barnes commits AccidentalMurder in front of a group of orphanage children that he thought he was protecting. They go through this again soon after when Billy is killed. One of the kids turns out to be Ricky.



* HopeSpot: When Barnes shoots a guy dressed as Santa dead, Richards consoles Sister Margaret and says it's at least over. One of the men at the station then reports that the height and age don't match what they were told about Billy, leading to the reveal that it was actually Father O'Brien who died.



* NoSympathy: Following a FlashbackNightmare, Billy wakes up screaming in the middle of the night and makes a run for it. Mother Superior (who, mind you, knows full well about what happened to him) disciplines him by tying him to his bed.



* OhCrap: Sister Margaret silently hangs up on someone, with a shocked look on her face, when told that Billy was working as a department store Santa.

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Sister Margaret silently hangs up on someone, with a shocked look on her face, when told that Billy was working as a department store Santa.Santa.
** When Richards suggests she should be able to figure out the next move, Sister Margaret has another one of these moments when she realizes Billy's going back to the orphanage.


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* ProperlyParanoid:
** Billy appeared quite nervous over being left alone with his grandfather. His mother assured him he had nothing to worry about, but she was very wrong.
** After the incident with the drawing, Sister Margaret tries to warn Mother Superior about Billy's very obvious issues and how they have to handle this properly and delicately now while he can still be helped. Mother Superior ignores her, being doubtful Billy remembers what happened and opting instead to treat him like any other child.


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* TimeSkip: Two. The movie starts in 1971 and, after the death of the boys' parents, skips to 1974 for scenes at the orphanage. After Billy punches the visiting Santa, the movie skips to 1984 when Billy gets his store job.


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* WhamLine: After the case of AccidentalMurder, one boy is standing close to the body and just staring in shock. A line directed at him reveals he's not just any random child.
-->'''Nun:''' Ricky, come away from there!
* WhamShot: When Barnes is checking out the orphanage grounds, we briefly see a door that's been chained shut. After Barnes checks around a corner, however, we see the same door has been opened.
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After being in DevelopmentHell for years, a loose remake simply called ''Film/SilentNight'' was completed in 2012; it stars Creator/MalcolmMcDowell, Jaime King, Creator/DonalLogue, and Creator/EllenWong.

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After being in DevelopmentHell for years, a loose remake simply called ''Film/SilentNight'' was completed in 2012; it stars Creator/MalcolmMcDowell, Jaime King, Creator/DonalLogue, and Creator/EllenWong.
Creator/EllenWong. Another remake is set for release in 2022.
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* TookALevelInKindness: While it doesn't excuse her actions against Billy, Mother Superior is notably more harmless, kinder and not as abusive that she was to Billy after being confined to a wheelchair, likely due to pragmatism as being confined to a wheelchair limits her from having to perform physical punishments that she had done to Billy.

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* TookALevelInKindness: While it doesn't excuse her actions against Billy, Billy and would possibly qualify her as a RetiredMonster, Mother Superior is notably more harmless, kinder and not as abusive that she was to Billy after being confined to a wheelchair, likely due to pragmatism as being confined to a wheelchair limits her from having to perform physical punishments that she had done to Billy.

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