

Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out!
1989-11-09 · 90 min · ★ 3.9
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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- Directors
- Monte Hellman
- Production companies
- Quiet Films Inc.
- Countries
- United States of America
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- Released
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Richard BeymerDr. Newbury
Bill MoseleyRicky
Samantha ScullyLaura
Eric DaReChris
Laura HarringJerri
Elizabeth HoffmanGranny
Robert CulpLt. Connely
Richard C. AdamsSanta
Isabel CooleyHospital Receptionist
Leonard MannLaura's Psychiatrist
Carlos PalominoTruck Driver
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