Silent Night, Bloody Night

Silent Night, Bloody Night
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Directed by	Theodore Gershuny
Screenplay by	Theodore Gershuny Jeffrey Konvitz Ira Teller
Produced by	Ami Artzi Jeffrey Konvitz Lloyd Kaufman Frank Vitale
Starring	Patrick O'Neal James Patterson Mary Woronov John Carradine
Cinematography	Adam Giffard
Edited by	Tom Kennedy
Music by	Gershon Kingsley
Production companies	Armor Films Inc. Cannon Productions Jeffrey Konvitz Productions Zora Investments Associates
Distributed by	Cannon Films
Release date	November 17, 1972 (1972-11-17)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$295,000[1]

Silent Night, Bloody Night is a 1972 American slasher film directed by Theodore Gershuny and co-produced by Lloyd Kaufman. The film stars Patrick O'Neal and cult actress Mary Woronov in leading roles, with John Carradine in a supporting performance. The plot follows a series of murders that occur in a small New England town on Christmas Eve after a man inherits a family estate which was once an insane asylum.

Many of the cast and crew members were former Warhol superstars: Mary Woronov, Ondine, Candy Darling, Kristen Steen, Tally Brown, Lewis Love, filmmaker Jack Smith and artist Susan Rothenberg. It was filmed in Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York in 1970 but was not released theatrically until 1972 under the alternate titles Night of the Dark Full Moon, and in 1981 as Death House (sometimes stylized as Deathouse).

Although it is attributed to Zora Investments Associates in the credits, the film was never registered with the United States Copyright Office, and thus fell into the public domain.