(1989)
Director: Monte Hellman
Writers: Rex Weiner, Arthur Gorson, Monte Hellman
When Silent Night, Deadly Night 3 begins, Ricky from the previous film (played by Bill Moseley) has been in a comatose state for six years. As part of a strange scientific experiment, Dr. Newberry (played by Twin Peaks' Richard Beymer) has convinced a young blind girl named Laura to make psychic contact with Ricky. Troubled by the visions she encounters inside Ricky's head, Laura states that she will not come in for another session and leaves with her brother (Eric DaRe, also from Twin Peaks) to visit her grandmother for Christmas. Along with her brother's girlfriend (Laura Harring from Mulholland Drive in an early role), they are unaware that Ricky has awakened and is now stalking Laura.
Three actors from David Lynch works, kooky psychic powers, and Bill Moseley as the iconic Ricky complete with a glass dome on his head that encases his brain. All this, and Silent Night, Deadly Night 3 still manages to be boring. To be fair, it's not any of the actors' faults. Robert Culp is fantastic (as he usually is) as a cop that clearly doesn't give a shit about anything that happens in this movie. Bill Moseley is great at playing crazy, but is given virtually nothing to do in this movie but sleepwalk around with his brain exposed. The plot of SNDN 3 moves along at a snails pace complete with a soundtrack full of ambient sleep-inducing music. Silent Night, Deadly Night 3 may be a better produced film than part 2, but it's nowhere near as enjoyable. 2 out of 6 beers.
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