Right, well I was honestly harboring zero expectations to this fifth installment in the "Silent Night, Deadly Night" movie franchise, especially since it has been a steady downhill ride since after the original 1984 movie. But still, I opted to sit down and watch "Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker", just to be able to say that I've sat through them all.
Writers Martin Kitrosser and Brian Yuzna took the franchise on another collision course with the script for this fifth movie. Again, the storyline and narrative deviates far from the original movie, and "Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker" feels more like a prequel to the "Puppet Master" movies.
The storyline in "Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker" was rubbish and it was a rather unwatchable movie actually, which made it quite an ordeal to sit through. There was nothing overly interesting going on throughout the 86 minutes of prolonged boredom that the movie ran for.
The acting performances in the movie were fair enough, when you take into consideration that the actors and actresses literally had next to nothing to work with. The only familiar face on the cast list was Clint Howard, whom I assumed was reprising his role as Ricky from the previous movie, though he was not in the movie for a very long time.
What made "Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker" bearable to sit through was the special effects.
This movie is not really worth the time or effort.
My rating of director Martin Kitrosser's 1991 movie lands on a generous three out of ten stars.
Writers Martin Kitrosser and Brian Yuzna took the franchise on another collision course with the script for this fifth movie. Again, the storyline and narrative deviates far from the original movie, and "Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker" feels more like a prequel to the "Puppet Master" movies.
The storyline in "Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker" was rubbish and it was a rather unwatchable movie actually, which made it quite an ordeal to sit through. There was nothing overly interesting going on throughout the 86 minutes of prolonged boredom that the movie ran for.
The acting performances in the movie were fair enough, when you take into consideration that the actors and actresses literally had next to nothing to work with. The only familiar face on the cast list was Clint Howard, whom I assumed was reprising his role as Ricky from the previous movie, though he was not in the movie for a very long time.
What made "Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker" bearable to sit through was the special effects.
This movie is not really worth the time or effort.
My rating of director Martin Kitrosser's 1991 movie lands on a generous three out of ten stars.