We’ve long championed this seasonal slasher as the greatest Christmas film ever made, and there was no way we were going to let the 40th anniversary slip by without doing something special. That’s right: this year’s annual Knoxville Horror Film Fest X-MAS Party will feature “Billy” himself in attendance as SNDN star Robert Brian Wilson joins us for an intro and Q&A, plus exclusive merch and photo opportunities. (Additional costs may apply.) We’ve also got an extra special Secret Santa Screening to round out our Silent Night Deadly Double… don’t miss this rare holiday treat courtesy of Central Cinema and KHFF!

Santa Claus is coming to town . . . and this time he’s got an axe! Community leaders tried to stop it. The P.T.A. fought to ban it. Now, one of the most controversial slasher films of all time is back with a new 4k restoration! SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT is the demented story of little Billy Chapman, traumatized by his parents’ Christmas Eve murder and then brutalized by sadistic nuns in an orphanage. When Billy grows up and dresses as Santa, he goes on a yuletide rampage to punish the naughty with extreme prejudice. Robert Brian Wilson and Linnea Quigley (RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD) star in this harrowing horror classic that continues to ruffle the feathers of angry parents and stuffy critics decades after its release. (AGFA)

“I would like to hear the filmmakers explain to their children and their grandchildren that it’s only a movie.” – Roger Ebert

This special event is made possible by our friends at the American Genre Film Archive, Nirvana Comics, FrankenCon, the Dungeon at Southland, Grind-On Rails, Captivating Audience Pins and The Cumberland House by Hilton Tapestry Collection.

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