{"id":36023,"date":"2016-01-28T10:07:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T17:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36023"},"modified":"2024-06-22T20:37:55","modified_gmt":"2024-06-23T03:37:55","slug":"silent-night-bloody-night-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36023","title":{"rendered":"Silent Night, Bloody Night (1972)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Someone keeps calling &#8212; with a message for my father.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Poster-209x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-36024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Poster-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Poster-89x128.jpg 89w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Poster.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA woman (Mary Woronov) whose father (Walter Abel) is mayor of a small town reflects on the gruesome history of a house inherited by a man (James Patterson) who sends his lawyer (Patrick O&#8217;Neal) and O&#8217;Neal&#8217;s wife (Astrid Heeren) to try to sell it, with bloody results.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Horror<\/li>\n<li>Murder Mystery<\/li>\n<li>Old Dark House<\/li>\n<li>Patrick O&#8217;Neal Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis wintertime slasher flick &#8212; once a drive-in film, then a staple of late-night-TV &#8212; is primarily known for featuring a cast of Andy Warhol&#8217;s &#8220;superstars&#8221; (including Mary Woronov, Ondine, and Candy Darling):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Woronov.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Woronov-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"349\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Woronov-1024x559.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Woronov-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Woronov-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Woronov-768x419.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Woronov-1536x838.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Woronov-495x270.png 495w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Woronov.png 1664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and for offering a gory alternative to the sanitized cheer of holiday films like <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=13361\"><em>White Christmas<\/em> (1954)<\/a>. The storyline is somewhat convoluted, but that&#8217;s beside the point: what&#8217;s really on display here is plenty of atmospheric mystery and suspense in the midst of bloody murders, all as snow falls gently outside in a small east coast town with a heavy history (it was filmed in Oyster Bay, Long Island). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Oyster-Bay.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Oyster-Bay-1024x563.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Oyster-Bay-1024x563.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Oyster-Bay-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Oyster-Bay-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Oyster-Bay-768x422.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Oyster-Bay-1536x844.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Oyster-Bay-491x270.png 491w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Oyster-Bay.png 1683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some effective imagery<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Imagery.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Imagery-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-36025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Imagery-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Imagery-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Imagery-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Imagery-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Imagery.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Imagery-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Imagery-1-1024x573.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-59223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Imagery-1-1024x573.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Imagery-1-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Imagery-1-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Imagery-1-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Imagery-1-1536x859.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Imagery-1-483x270.png 483w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Silent-Night-Bloody-Night-Imagery-1.png 1661w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only must-see for its cult followers. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0070694\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1908&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2017\/03\/19\/silent-night-bloody-night-1974\/\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Someone keeps calling &#8212; with a message for my father.&#8221; Synopsis: A woman (Mary Woronov) whose father (Walter Abel) is mayor of a small town reflects on the gruesome history of a house inherited by a man (James Patterson) who sends his lawyer (Patrick O&#8217;Neal) and O&#8217;Neal&#8217;s wife (Astrid Heeren) to try to sell it, with bloody results. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Horror Murder Mystery Old Dark House Patrick O&#8217;Neal Films Review: This wintertime slasher flick &#8212; once a&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=36023\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36023"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36023\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98018,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36023\/revisions\/98018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}