Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! poster

Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!

1989 ·1h 30m · ★ 3.8 (100)

Ricky Caldwell, the notorious 'Killer Santa Claus', awakens from a six-year coma after being kept alive on life-support by a slightly crazed doctor experimenting with ESP and other special abilities. Ricky targets a young, clairvoyant blind woman, named Laura, whom is traveling with her brother Chris, and his girlfriend Jerri to their grandmother's house for Christmas Eve, and Ricky decides to go after her, leaving a trail of dead bodies in his wake.

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2 horror films in catalog

Horror DNA

Gore
Bloodless Splatterfest
85
Slow Burn
Shock-driven Slow burn
50
Psychological
Straightforward Mind-bending
43
Supernatural
Grounded Otherworldly
20
Creature
Human threats Monster-driven
18
Disturbing
Tame Deeply unsettling
33
Fun Factor
Deadly serious Blast to watch
33
Cerebral
Popcorn horror Thinking horror
43
Survival
No survival element Fight for your life
66
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Content Warnings

Eye TraumaMedical Gore
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TMDB Keywords

bathtubblind girlchristmasdecapitationmurderpsychiatristpsychicpsychic powersanta claussequelslasher horror

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