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Douce nuit, sanglante nuit: coma dépassé

Original title: Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out!
  • Video
  • 1989
  • R
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
3.5/10
3.7K
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Samantha Scully in Douce nuit, sanglante nuit: coma dépassé (1989)
Slasher HorrorHolidayHorror

The comatose Ricky Caldwell reawakens and begins to stalk a blind woman, who he shares a psychic connection with.The comatose Ricky Caldwell reawakens and begins to stalk a blind woman, who he shares a psychic connection with.The comatose Ricky Caldwell reawakens and begins to stalk a blind woman, who he shares a psychic connection with.

  • Director
    • Monte Hellman
  • Writers
    • Rex Weiner
    • Monte Hellman
    • Arthur Gorson
  • Stars
    • Samantha Scully
    • Bill Moseley
    • Richard C. Adams
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  • IMDb RATING
    3.5/10
    3.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Monte Hellman
    • Writers
      • Rex Weiner
      • Monte Hellman
      • Arthur Gorson
    • Stars
      • Samantha Scully
      • Bill Moseley
      • Richard C. Adams
    • 56User reviews
    • 59Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Samantha Scully
    Samantha Scully
    • Laura
    Bill Moseley
    Bill Moseley
    • Ricky
    Richard C. Adams
    • Santa
    Richard Beymer
    Richard Beymer
    • Dr. Newbury
    Melissa Hellman
    • Dr. Newbury's Assistant
    Isabel Cooley
    Isabel Cooley
    • Hospital Receptionist
    Eric DaRe
    Eric DaRe
    • Chris
    • (as Eric Da Re)
    Leonard Mann
    Leonard Mann
    • Laura's Psychiatrist
    Laura Harring
    Laura Harring
    • Jerri
    • (as Laura Herring)
    Carlos Palomino
    • Truck Driver
    Elizabeth Hoffman
    Elizabeth Hoffman
    • Granny
    Marc Dietrich
    • Gas Station Attendant
    Jim Ladd
    Jim Ladd
    • Newscaster
    Robert Culp
    Robert Culp
    • Lt. Connely
    Richard N. Gladstein
    Richard N. Gladstein
    • Detective
    Tamela Song
    • Nurse
    Michael Ameen
    • Coroner
    Dave Mount Jr.
    • Policeman
    • (as David Mount)
    • Director
      • Monte Hellman
    • Writers
      • Rex Weiner
      • Monte Hellman
      • Arthur Gorson
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    2Platypuschow

    Silent Night, Deadly Night 3 Better Watch Out!: Yikes! That was bad.

    I consider Silent Night, Deadly Night 1 & 2 to be underwhelming but passable slasher flicks, this third part however is a different creature altogether.

    So Ricky Caldwell found himself in a coma after the final events of the last film, somehow he's formed a psychic connection with a blind girl and when he predictably awakens and goes on a killing spree she is his target.

    This time he's mute, no more yelling "Naughty" or "Punish" in fact he's near enough braindead. He resembles more of a Frankensteins monster rather than the serial killer we're used to seeing.

    This could have worked but alas doesn't. The story is a mess, the whole thing is incredibly boring, the kills are uninspired and not one part of it works.

    To make matters worse Ricky has been recast! Taking the role is horror legend Bill Moseley which you'd think would be a great thing but a mute role like this is one he could do little with. This is certainly not Moseleys finest hour.

    Not on par with the first two, this is a mindless cash grab.

    The Good:

    Not a sausage

    The Bad:

    Recasting

    Incredibly boring

    Things I Learnt From This Movie:

    "She'll come back and she'll let me go as deep as I want, she likes it, loves it" The writer was horny when he was writing this film, this above line was not even remotely meant to be sexual.
    3Uriah43

    Only Slightly Better than Its Predecessor

    Having been shot and severely wounded in the previous film, the psychotic killer named "Ricky" (Bill Moseley) lies in a comatose state and is being used for scientific research by a man by the name of "Dr. Newbury" (Richard Beymar). To that effect, his main interest consists of using a young woman named "Laura" (Samantha Scully) to attempt to make contact with him using her unique talent in the field of extra sensory perception. Unfortunately, although she does in fact make contact with Ricky, it isn't the positive breakthrough that Dr. Newbury had hoped for as Laura continues to experience nightmares each time she interacts with him. Likewise, Ricky is also affected--and this soon creates problems for all concerned. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this is one of those horror movies which lacked the suspense necessary for a film of this sort. Admittedly, it was slightly better than its immediate predecessor but, even so, that isn't saying much as that particular film was, for the most part, quite dreadful. Be that as it may, I wasn't too impressed with this film either and I have rated it accordingly. Below average.
    4Foreverisacastironmess123

    What a hackjob of a movie, better watch out for the ones this bad!

    So to me right from the start this movie has a really flat and off putting tone that doesn't remotely have the feel of Silent Night Deadly Night, and it's just pretty much dead boring and not very fun at all. For one thing it takes itself too seriously, unlike the second 'movie' it doesn't even have a slight unintentionally hilarious charm going for it, it's way too po-faced to pull that off. They probably should have gone for laughs but it seems they actually thought that they could play a story with a man shuffling along like a snail in a hospital gown and slippers with his exposed brain in a salad bowl in place of his cranium, completely straight! Who the hell was the genius that decided to give him that look anyway? They never even get him in a Santa suit once, and there was a clear point in the story when he could have easily got one too, after Ricky kills the obnoxious drunk Santa who taunts him into waking up from his coma, but no he just inchworms his way out without anyone noticing and proceeds to hitchhike with his dumb fishbowl brain head, and somebody actually gives him a ride!!! It was a decent effort but with that thing stuck on his head the whole time with its antenna and little blinking light Bill Mosley just looked like a silly Frankenstein-esc zombie from a hokey 50s sci-fi B-movie that was more fun! Mosley had virtually nothing to work with here and that was too bad because everyone who knows about him knows that the guy can play manic crazy better than most in the horror movie business. He was stuck in a role that didn't even let him emote here though and he looks like he's ready to nod off in some shots, and for that reason he was nowhere near as much fun as Eric Freeman's version of the character was. I really found myself hating Samantha Scully's weird artsy performance as Laura, her look and how she spoke was so floaty and pretentious, timid or not she was horrible and I didn't give a hoot what happened to her character. She was such a ham when she was trying to act scared, and the Shining type thing between her and Ricky was stupid and completely unnecessary. It's such a listless little mess of a picture, like how they got to the sweet old granny's house who got bumped off earlier and they wonder where she is for about a minute but they never bother to go and look for her, they go and take romantic baths and watch old horror movies, and nothing interesting happens for a good forty minutes, it's a complete joke, and that little condescending "Happy new year" that tops off all the lousiness at the end from Mosley in a tuxedo was so bizarre, I just thought it was like they were going ha-ha you watched the whole movie you idiot! And how about those scenes with Ricky's doctor and the police detective or whatever he was meant to be, their scenes and ridiculous drawn out conversations about crap really drag an already slow as hell movie to a dead halt. They just talk and talk even though they're meant to be racing to stop a demented mass murderer! It's like they were ad-libbing it all and I couldn't stop focusing on the guy's freakishly protruding chin when he was talking.. If you watch them in order, the films in this series each seem to try and top the one that came before in terms of craziness, but at least all the others had they're good points, this is a boring dud with characters that are annoying and unlikeable, it thoroughly wasted Bill Mosley, the kills are pathetic, there's no goddamn Santa suit!! it's slow as f&@k and the absolute worst in the series, do not bother with it, total jingle balls x 👎
    3dmidtrui

    better yet - don't watch

    This is a very bad movie - dry, boring, lame, technically inept. The script is very poor. I can't believe Monte Hellman actually directed it - or anyone, for that matter. The ONLY good thing about this film is Robert Culp, who rises far above everything else in his role as the detective. He's great.
    3SiskelisDead

    In regards to the Fishbowl on Ricky's Head

    I enjoyed the original Silent Night, Deadly Night. To the dismay of other internet film critics, i also enjoyed Silent Night, Deadly Night part 2. But when i sat down to watch the 3rd installment in the series, even at the age of 15 i knew the end was near.

    My Biggest issue with this film has little to do with the low rent acting. It is the blatant disregard for the previous film that irritates me the most.

    Ricky has no need for the science fictional fishbowl on his head in this film, other than to draw attention away from the lack of plot, and place all eyes on a sad gimmick. In the end of Silent Night, Deadly Night 2, Ricky is shot three times, yes – But he was never shot in the head – nor did he have his head blown off as another commentator included in his/her IMDb review of the film. There is No Need for the Fishbowl!

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    • Trivia
      The movie was rushed into production. The original script was discarded and rewritten in one week, starting in March 1989. Principal photography had finished by the end of April, editing was done in May, and the movie was first screened at a film festival in July of 1989.
    • Goofs
      Ricky was shot in the chest at the end of the previous entry, so he should not have to have the transparent brain dome in the first place.
    • Quotes

      Chris: Is it live, or is it Memorex?

    • Connections
      Edited from Douce nuit, sanglante nuit (1984)

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    • Release date
      • November 9, 1989 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Blind Terror
    • Filming locations
      • California, USA
    • Production company
      • Quiet Films Inc.
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 30m(90 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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