Silent Night, Deadly Night II

        It was something to see. Cops stopping Santas everywhere from here to the

          state line. But that didn't matter to Billy....He knew exactly where he

                   was going, and nothing was going to stop him!

The film commences in what appears to be a tete a tete between Ricky (Billy's brother) and his doctor, whois taking notes. I would suggest that the first forty minutes of this installment are flashback, memories represented by the footage of the first film. From the first film we know that Ricky watched when Billy, dressed as Santa Claus, was shot to death in the orphanage. Between his brother's earlier stories about their parent's deaths and the trauma of seeing Billy killed, Ricky does not like elves or Santa either!!. The orphanage therefore arrived upon a novel solution though: give him to the Jewish family!

Except for a few isolated incidents, the Ricky passes into the teen years without much trouble. His adopted father's death is what seems to trigger the early steps toward butchery. The first two victims (separated by several years) are Eddie and Rocko; although it could be argued that he was actually doing society a favour as Eddie's abused girlfriend even makes a point of saying, "Thank you." to him after killing poor old Eddie.

The trend of infrequently killing ' naughty people' might have continued for years, had Jennifer not entered the picture. Ricky falls deeply in love with the girl, but she could best be described as promiscuous, and the catalyst for Ricky's killing spree appears to be that of jealousy after one guy informs him that he has 'been there and done that.' Of course this male ends up dying painfully, and Jennifer follows after she shows disdain for his actions.

When the rampage happens, everything seems disjointed. Suddenly Ricky is walking down the street, shooting people at random. The first movie had some form of motivate as 'naught people were killed', yet Ricky just seems to kill anyone. Of course these events re also flashbacks and we note that the psychologist is still taking notes.....although it isn't long before the poor old psychologist falls victim to Ricky and he escapes the mental institution. Where is Ricky going?? And can he be stopped????

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