Directed by Charles E. Sellier Jr. Written by Paul Caimi   Michael Hickey   Cast Lilyan Chauvin ... Mother Superior Gilmer McCormick ... Sister Margaret Toni Nero ... Pamela Robert Brian Wilson ... Billy - at 18 Britt Leach ... Mr. Sims Nancy Borgenicht ... Mrs. Randall H.E.D. Redford ... Capt. Richards Danny Wagner ... Billy - at 8 Linnea Quigley ... Denise Leo Geter ... Tommy Randy Stumpf ... Andy Will Hare ... Grandpa Tara Buckman ... Ellie - Mother Geoff Hansen ... Jim - Father (as Jeff Hansen) Charles Dierkop ... Killer Santa Eric Hart ... Mr. Levitt - Storekeeper Jonathan Best ... Billy - at 5 (as Jonathon Best) A. Madeline Smith ... Sister Ellen Amy Styvesant ... Cindy (as Amy Stuyvesant) Max Robinson ... Officer Barnes Vinc Massa ... Doug - Young Boy Sledding (as Vince Massa) John Michael Alvarez ... Jim - Young Boy Sledding (as Michael Alvarez) John Bishop ... Bob - Older Boy Sledding Richard C. Terry ... Mac - Older Boy Sledding (as Richard Terry) Oscar Rowland ... Dr. Conway Richard D. Clark ... Officer Miller Tip Boxell ... Officer Murphy Angela Montoya ... Little Girl on Santa's Lap Molly Cameron ... Girl's Mother (as Mollie Cameron) Jayne Luke ... Other Mother in Store Joan Forster ... Other Mother in Store (as Joan S. Forster) 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 Alex Burton ... Brother Ricky - at 14 Max Broadhead ... Brother Ricky - at 4 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 Uncredited Cast Aron Kincaid ... Obnoxious Deejay Judith Roberts ... Mother Superior Jean-Paul Rodrigues ... Child in Orphanage Micheline Rodrigues ... Child in Orphanage Monique Rodrigues ... Child in Orphanage Don Shanks ... Santa Climbing in Window Produced by Ira Barmak   Scott Schneid   Dennis Whitehead   Original Music by Perry Botkin Jr.

Additional Info Premiere: November 09, 1984 DVD Release: October 07, 2003 Blu-ray Release: September 16, 2014 Country: Distributor: Scream Factory Websites: Alternate Titles Slayride Production Companies TriStar Pictures Slayride Distributors TriStar Pictures   (1984) (USA) (theatrical) Aquarius Releasing   (1984) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) USA Home Video (II)   (1986) (USA) (VHS) International Video Entertainment (IVE)   (1987) (USA) (VHS) Avid Home Entertainment   (1991) (USA) (VHS) Anchor Bay Entertainment   (2003) (USA) (DVD) Anchor Bay Entertainment   (2012) (USA) (DVD) Brainstorm Media   (2013) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) Screenvision   (2013) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) Anchor Bay Entertainment   (2014) (USA) (Blu-ray) Scream Factory   (2017) (USA) (Blu-ray) (collector's edition) Image Entertainment   (USA) (video) (laserdisc) Rating Stats Overall Rating 6.0 / 10 Our Rating 6.2 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 6.0 / 10 Female Users 5.8 / 10 Site Ranking #3,671 / 20,905 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 3 total ratings Almost Perfect 5 total ratings Average 1 total rating Mediocre 1 total rating Crap 1 total rating Site Ranking #3,667 Kandahar (2023) #3,668 Interview With The Vampire: Season 1 (2022) #3,669 Kin (2018) #3,670 Night Of The Demons (1988) #3,671 Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984) #3,672 Batman: Gotham By Gaslight (2018) #3,673 Queen Of Katwe (2016) #3,674 Opera (1987) #3,675 The New Batman Adventures: Season 1 (1997)