Product Details

• Actors: Clint Howard, Neith Hunter, Tommy Hinkley, Hugh Fink, Richard N. Gladstein
• Directors: Brian Yuzna
• Writers: Richard N. Gladstein, Brian Yuzna, Arthur Gorson, S.J. Smith, Woody Keith
• Producers: Arthur Gorson, Peter Teschner
• Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Live / Artisan
• VHS Release Date: September 30, 1997
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301851293
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,836 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Yuzna's yuletide initiation, December 12, 2002

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BD Ashley "vidiot_y2k" (Otago, New Zealand) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Silent Night Deadly Night 4 - Initiation [VHS] (VHS Tape)

No relation to earlier films in the series (I haven't seen #3 yet) which is a good thing.
The movie stars Maud Adams (007's MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN and OCTOPUSSY) and Clint Howard (Ron's brother).
A female news reporter Kim (Neith Hunter) is investigating the mysterious case of a woman's death by spontaneous combustion, which are linked to a bizzare satanic cult led by occult bookstore owner Adams and her freaky son Howard, who are on a quest for immortality.
The movie is still nothing special, although there is a standout scene where Hunter is lying on her back in the grass looking up at some trees and the trees form the image of a face smiling down at her, and another good scene where a topless Hunter vomits bugs then her face melts. Nice huh? Merry Xmas everyone.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Brian Yuzna's Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: The Initiation, May 29, 2002

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Charles Tatum - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silent Night Deadly Night 4 - Initiation [VHS] (VHS Tape)

There is no connection between this film and the first three in the series, but that is not an automatic positive.

This straightforward, gruesome story has a cute plucky reporter with boyfriend troubles investigating the mysterious death of a woman, and getting caught up in a witches' coven led by Maud Adams, eons from "Octopussy."

The lead actress is easy on these tired eyes, Clint Howard plays the same nutjob role he always gets outside of his brother's films, and the movie keeps a tight pace. But take away the "Part 4" from the title, and this is just another straight to video gorefest that was not good enough to get wide release in the theaters first. Sure, the gore involving giant bugs is good, but there is nothing really special here. That said, this is still severed head and shoulders above the first three entries in the series.

This is rated (R) for strong physical violence, sexual violence, strong gore, profanity, female nudity, brief male nudity, sexual content, and adult situations.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a total dissapointment, but could have been much better., December 25, 2007

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Micah (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Silent Night Deadly Night 4 - Initiation [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Film: Silent Night Deadly Night 4 Initiation
Year Released: 1990

Overview: A beautiful reporter, Kim (Neith Hunter) is the witness of a woman who falls to her death and spontaneously combusts into flames. She begins to investigate the death of the woman, but finds herself caught up in a group of witches who want her to be their new member. Only trouble is, Kim refuses to be one of them!

The Package: 3 Stars. This review is for the VHS tape of this film, from live home video. The tape is recorded in SP mode which is what you want when it comes to VHS. The box is interesting. The white box cover, combined with a woman holding a large knife and a Christmas tree in the background makes this look interesting and something I would want to buy.

Spook Meter: 2 Stars. Their is nothing really scary here at all. A few scenes with Ricky will give you a light "chill" but nothing much. This has nothing to do with the first brilliant film Silent Night Deadly Night. The only thing this film has to do with it at all is a guy named Ricky is in this but the story has nothing to do with the original film. Don't expect any kind of Santa killing people, because it's just not here. I don't have a problem with that, if this was a great film in itself, but it's not very good. I almost don't even consider this a horror film; it's more along the lines of mystery/suspense. The concept of this is interesting but this just kind of plods along with only a few parts throughout that sort of grab the viewer's attention but not for long. Kim (Neith Hunter) does a very good job acting, as with Ricky (Clint Howard) which does help things some.

Gore/Violence Meter: 3 Stars. There is some blood/gore here but not a whole lot. A few scenes are a bit gory so I bumped up the meter one notch. There are some parts that may gross out some viewers but it's not over the top by any means.

Profanity Meter: 4 Strikes. There is a lot of language in this film, which I find dissapointing.

Sexual Meter: 4 Strikes. There are scenes where a woman's breasts are shown. There is some fairly strong sexual make out scenes that maybe considered pretty strong and some viewers will not wish to see.

Final Thoughts: This is ok in some aspects. If you watch this with the idea that it's nothing to do with the first Silent Night Deadly Night and if you don't expect a deep horror thrill ride, then you might kind of find this interesting to watch since it does have some interesting twists and turns that might spark your interest some. Not a total disappointment by any means, but could have been much better.