Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation Movie Review
Reporter Kim Levitt (Neith Hunter) investigates the death of a woman who plummeted from the top of a building while on fire, but she soon finds herself in a world of the occult. What does this have to do with the previous three Silent Night, Deadly Night films? Nothing at all. Initiation goes completely away from everything in the first three movies, to the point that you wonder how it even got its title. Yes, it does take place during the Christmas season, but this is very much a background element that plays no real part in the movie. There's no Billy. There is A Ricky (Clint Howard), but not THE Ricky. Worst of all, there's no homicidal Santa.
We do have Agnes from Moonlighting though!
This movie is just really bizarre and all over the place. Kim hallucinates throughout, but are they really hallucinations? There are cockroaches...so many cockroaches! This movie also steps away from the slasher genre, and is much more science fiction than the previous three movies from the franchise. The story itself is fairly thin, and the acting's not great, but you will likely find yourself sticking it out just because it is so unusual. While that doesn't make the movie good by any stretch, it does bring up the entertainment value somewhat. The practical effects are impressive at times as well. There's nothing outstanding about Silent Night, Deadly Night 4, and it's certainly not one to turn to if you're in the mood for a good Christmas scare. That said, it's a step up from the third movie in the franchise, for whatever that's worth.
On A Scale Of One To Ten: 5
Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation Movie Trailer
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