Directed by Monte Hellman   Written by Rex Weiner   Monte Hellman   Arthur Gorson   Cast Samantha Scully ... Laura Bill Moseley ... Ricky Richard C. Adams ... Santa Richard Beymer ... Dr. Newbury Melissa Hellman ... Dr. Newbury's Assistant Isabel Cooley ... Hospital Receptionist Eric DaRe ... Chris (as Eric Da Re) Leonard Mann ... Laura's Psychiatrist Laura Harring ... Jerri (as Laura Herring) Carlos Palomino ... Truck Driver Elizabeth Hoffman ... Granny Marc Dietrich ... Gas Station Attendant Jim Ladd ... Newscaster Robert Culp ... Lt. Connely Richard N. Gladstein ... Detective Tamela Song ... Nurse Michael Ameen ... Coroner Dave Mount Jr. ... Policeman (as David Mount) Thomas Herod Jr. ... Policeman (as Tom Herod Jr.) David Umstadter ... Policeman Joe Torina ... Policeman Tomczek Bednarek ... Paramedic The Weiner Family ... Themselves Natalie Anderson ... Hospital Staff Lauren Becker ... Hospital Staff Alan Benjamin ... Hospital Staff Sezette Boucher ... Hospital Staff Ila Dane ... Hospital Staff Adam Friedson ... Hospital Staff Trissa Gabay ... Hospital Staff Bonnie Gaisford ... Hospital Staff Corrie Gorson ... Hospital Staff Carole Hill ... Hospital Staff Patty Matlen ... Hospital Staff Sheri Mount ... Hospital Staff Stuart Snyder ... Hospital Staff Carol Thompson ... Hospital Staff Cheryl Ventura ... Hospital Staff Uncredited Cast Jonathan Best ... Billy Chapman (archive footage) Tara Buckman ... Ellie Chapman (archive footage) Alex Burton ... Ricky - Age 14 (archive footage) Charles Dierkop ... Killer Santa (archive footage) Geoff Hansen ... Jim Chapman (archive footage) Monte Hellman ... Danny Max Robinson ... Officer Barnes (archive footage) Produced by Patricia Foulkrod   Richard N. Gladstein   Arthur Gorson   Ed Rothkowitz   Ronna B. Wallace   Original Music by J. Stephen Soles

Additional Info Premiere: November 17, 1989 DVD Release: December 01, 2009 Blu-ray Release: December 13, 2022 Country: Distributor: Vestron Video Websites: Alternate Titles Blind Terror Silent Night, Deadly Night 3: Better Watch Out! Production Companies Quiet Films Inc. (presents) (as Quiet Films) Distributors International Video Entertainment (IVE)   (1989) (USA) (VHS) Image Entertainment   (1989) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Avid Home Entertainment   (1991) (USA) (VHS) Lionsgate Home Entertainment   (2009) (USA) (DVD) Tubi TV   (USA) (video) (streaming) Rating Stats Overall Rating 3.5 / 10 Our Rating 4.3 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 4.3 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #6,447 / 21,054 Ratings Breakdown Mediocre 2 total ratings Site Ranking #6,443 Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts (2015) #6,444 Cannibal Women In The Avocado Jungle Of Death (1989) #6,445 Memory: The Origins Of Alien (2019) #6,446 Myra Breckinridge (1970) #6,447 Silent Night, Deadly Night III: Better Watch Out! (1989) #6,448 Hey Dude: Season 4 (1990) #6,449 Hey Dude: Season 1 (1989) #6,450 Hey Dude: Season 5 (1991) #6,451 Hey Dude: Season 2 (1989)