Episode 24: Silent Night Deadly Night 5: The Toymaker-Smells Like Cinematic Sadness Podcast: Mickey Rooney terrorizing children with killer toys–it’s an unsung holiday classic!
Christmas is just around the corner, so what better way to celebrate the holiday spirit than talking about an absolutely horrible yuletide horror movie?
In the latest episode in our Smells Like Cinematic Sadness podcast (chronicling the best worst films in movie history), co-host Damon Shell and I dive down the chimney and discuss the cinematic train wreck that is ‘Silent Night Deadly Night 5: The Toymaker‘, a film wholly unrelated to the original 1984 Santa Claus slasher film, and starring Mickey Rooney, an actor who originally bashed the franchise.
Let’s just say it’s a far cry from when he played Santa on those stop-motion animated Rankin-Bass specials.
Imagine ‘Home Alone’ meets ‘Pinocchio’ meets ‘Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys,’ meets ‘Toy Story’, and you’re halfway close to understanding this crap-tastic classic.
But don’t worry, we’ll cover all the plot basics, behind-the-scenes trivia, and why this white elephant gift of a film (produced by Re-Animator’s Brian Yuzna) is more than worth your time.
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