He knows when you've been naughty.
Billy Chapman, who was traumatized by his parents' Christmas Eve murder, then brutalized by sadistic orphanage nuns, grows up to dress as jolly St. Nick for a yuletide rampage to punish the naughty.
Cast
Robert Brian Wilson
Billy at 18
Lilyan Chauvin
Mother Superior
Gilmer McCormick
Sister Margaret
Charles Dierkop
Killer Santa
Toni Nero
Pamela
Randy Stumpf
Andy
Linnea Quigley
Denise
Britt Leach
Mr. Sims
Leo Geter
Tommy
Amy Styvesant
Cindy
Jonathan Best
Billy at 5
Danny Wagner
Billy at 8
Tara Buckman
Mother (Ellie)
Geoff Hansen
Father (Jim)
Will Hare
Grandpa
Eric Hart
Mr. Levitt (Storekeeper)
A. Madeline Smith
Sister Ellen
H.E.D. Redford
Captain Richards
Max Robinson
Officer Barnes
Nancy Borgenicht
Mrs. Randall
Vinc Massa
Young Boy Sledding: Doug
John Michael Alvarez
Young Boy Sledding: Jim
John Bishop
Older Boy Sledding: Bob
Richard C. Terry
Older Boy Sledding: Mac
Oscar Rowland
Dr. Conway
Richard D. Clark
Officer Miller
Tip Boxell
Officer Murphy
Angela Montoya
Girl on Santa's Lap
Molly Cameron
Girl's Mother
Jayne Luke
Other Mother in Store
Joan Forster
Other Mother in Store
Betsy Nagel
Other Mother in Store
Barbara Stafford
Teen Lover at Orphanage
Paul Mulder
Teen Lover at Orphanage
Spencer Ashby
Santa at Orphanage
J. Paul Broadhead
Santa in Store
Max Broadhead
Brother (Ricky) at 4
Alex Burton
Brother (Ricky) at 14
Melissa Best
Infant Ricky
Dan Rogers
Dispatcher
Spencer Alston
Child at Orphanage
Kristi Ballard
Child at Orphanage
Jacob Peterson
Child at Orphanage
Jonathan Wilde
Child at Orphanage
Susie Massa
Child at Orphanage
Sarah Stuyvesant
Child at Orphanage
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- Release Date 11/09/1984
- Language English
- Director Charles E. Sellier Jr.
- Writer Michael Hickey
- Editor Michael Spence
- Cinematographer Henning Schellerup
- Producer Ira Barmak
- Company Slayride
- Budget $1,065,000
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Nov 9, 1984 | Theatrical | R |
| United States | May 1, 1986 | Physical (VHS (Int'l Video Entertainment, published May 1986 according to Billboard)) | — |
| Germany | Dec 2, 1987 | Physical | 18 |
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