Take a look at the original trailer for a glimpse into the film's shift from holiday slasher to ritualistic body horror: Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation - Official Trailer YouTube• Nov 23, 2022
is a 1990 supernatural body-horror film that significantly deviated from its predecessors by completely dropping the "killer Santa" slasher trope. Directed by Brian Yuzna, known for the cult classic Society , the film leans heavily into themes of witchcraft and ritualistic transformation . Plot Summary
The story follows Kim Levitt (Neith Hunter), a frustrated Los Angeles reporter stuck writing classified ads. Her investigation into a woman who supposedly spontaneously combusted leads her to Fima (Maud Adams), a bookstore owner and leader of a secretive coven.
Silent Night, Deadly Night 4: Initiation (Video 1990) - IMDb