Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
| Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! | |
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| Directed by | Monte Hellman |
| Produced by | Arthur Gorson |
| Screenplay by | Carlos Laszlo |
| Story by | Carlos Laszlo Monte Hellman Arthur Gorson Uncredited: Steven Gaydos |
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Bill Moseley Richard Beymer Samantha Scully Eric Da Re Laura Harring Robert Culp |
| Music by | Steven Soles |
| Cinematography | Josep M. Civit |
| Edited by | Monte Hellman Ed Rothkowitz |
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Quiet Films, Inc.
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| Distributed by | International Video Entertainment |
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Running time
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90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! is a 1989 American slasher film written and directed by Monte Hellman. A direct-to-video release, the film is the second sequel to the 1984 film Silent Night, Deadly Night and centers around the Christmas-obsessed killer Ricky Caldwell awakening from a coma and stalking a blind teenager with psychic powers, while she travels to her grandmother's house for the Christmas holiday with her brother and his girlfriend. The third entry in the Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise, it was the last to follow the storyline set by the previous two films, the next two sequels being standalone entries.
After being shot down by police at the end of the previous film, the infamous Santa Claus Killer Richard "Ricky" Caldwell has been left comatose for six years, with a transparent dome being affixed to his head by the doctors in order to repair his damaged skull. Wanting to contact Ricky, the eccentric Dr. Newbury begins using a blind clairvoyant girl named Laura Anderson to try reach out to him. One Christmas Eve, after a particularly traumatic session with Newbury, Laura begins to regret her participation in his experiment, but Newbury tries to convince her to keep trying, saying that they can talk more after Laura returns home from visiting her grandmother over the holiday. After Laura is picked up from the hospital by her older brother Chris, a drunk hospital employee dressed as Santa Claus wanders into Ricky's room and begins taunting him, rousing Ricky back to consciousness. Killing the Santa impersonator Ricky escapes from the hospital, taking a letter opener with him after killing a receptionist as well.
Picked up from a session with her psychiatrist, Laura is introduced by her brother to his new girlfriend, a flight attendant named Jerri who Laura takes a dislike to. As the trio head off to Granny's they fail to notice Ricky (who can hear Laura thanks to the mental link formed between them) following them. Acquiring a truck and some fuel after murdering a motorist and a gas station attendant, Ricky makes it to Granny's first; believing Ricky is simply an unfortunate handicapped vagrant Granny tries befriending him, but is killed when Ricky is provoked at the sight of a Christmas gift she offers him. At the hospital the two staff members butchered by Ricky are found by Lieutenant Connely and Newbury who begin trying to track Ricky down, realizing he is drawn towards Laura after surveillance camera footage shows him uttering her name.
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