(1990)
Director: Brian Yuzna
Writers: Richard N. Gladstein, Arthur Gorson, Woody Keith, S.J. Smith, Brian Yuzna
Kim works in classifieds at an L.A. newspaper and is desperately trying to climb the ladder to investigative journalist. When a local woman apparently spontaneously combusts and falls off a building, Kim sees her chance to prove herself. While looking into the mysterious death, she meets a group of women who reinforce her ideas of female empowerment. As she becomes more involved in her investigation, strange things begin to happen involving bugs, spaghetti, and Clint Howard. As it turns out, the group of women are a coven of witches or something and they want Kim to be their newest member.
Brian Yuzna always makes interesting movies, and Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 is no exception even if it's not especially good. Although stylish and full of bizarre practical effects, it takes way too long to go absolutely nowhere. I've seen SNDN 4 a number of times and I still couldn't tell you exactly what a lot of it means. Although, the underlying theme that men are unfairly suppressing women couldn't be more blatant. Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 also has virtually nothing to do with Christmas. Sure it takes place during Christmas, but if you weren't paying close attention you would never know. While probably necessary, it also takes the series in a completely different direction with the only connection to any of the previous movies being the footage from SNDN 3 that Clint Howard is watching on TV. I suppose that Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 is worth watching for the gross special effects involving cockroaches and larvae, but not much else. 2 out of 6 beers.
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