The Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise is a weird one, the first was about a man who went on a killing spree in a santa suit, the second was about the same mans brother doing the same, the third picked up where the second left off and then suddenly they dropped that whole storyline with part 4 and told a dodgy story about witches.Well here in part 5 it's another Christmas themed movie with absolutely no connection to the original plot.It tells the story of a boy traumatised after watching a Christmas toy kill his father. It turns out that someone is creating killer toys, parcelling them up in gift wrapping and sending them to people for Christmas.Though the movies sfx both practical and cgi aren't great they are saved by some originality. Truth be told I quite liked it despite its glaring flaws.Starring Mickey Rooney and with a cameo appearance by Silent Night, Deadly Night 4 (1990) star Clint Howard this is an interesting (If a little goofy) horror movie.The funny thing is that Rooney infamously slammed the creators of the first movie back in 1984. He deemed it disgusting that they'd make a horror movie set during Christmas and publically kicked up a stink about it, then several years later here he is starring in one!I think this is the best of the Silent Night, Deadly Night franchise but treat it entirely as a stand alone film as that's exactly what it is.The Good:Mickey RooneyQuite originalWell constructedGreat twistThe Bad:Eyebrow raising finaleLot of 90's clichesThings I Learnt From This Movie:Having the same actor play a different character by the same name in the same franchise is logical, right?

Day 32 Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker (Video 1991)I really enjoyed this one, I think this is best sequel of the series, they saved the best for last. I love movies about Killer toys, I am fan of Puppet master in my early year, which need to re-watch soon. There was some really good decent moment, some really bizarre deaths scene in this movie, which i thought was creative.The toys could have been a little more scary then they were. The ending was really good way to end to the series The acting was decent most likely best acted in the series. 6 out of 10

Silent Night, Deadly Night 5 (1991) * 1/2 (out of 4)Mickey Rooney (!?!?!) plays a toy maker who along with his creepy son starts making and sending out toys with the ability to kill. It seems one woman and her son are under attack because her husband was killed by one of these toys and the son keeps getting new gifts left at the door. SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT 5 is the final film in a franchise that has certainly had a lot more low points than any other series in the horror genre. As with the previous movie, this one here has nothing to do with the killer Santa from the first three films but that's not a huge deal. There are a lot of problems with this thing but it's almost worth watching just because of screen legend Rooney. He was a major opponent to the first film and even wrote letters to get the film banned so it's rather funny seeing him appear in this film. One has to wonder if the producers didn't tell him this was a SNDN movie or perhaps he was just willing to appear in it due to the money. Either way there's no question that he's the best thing in the film as he actually delivers a quite good performance. He plays the psychopath role quite nicely and he also handles the more dramatic moments as well. Part of the role has the old man being an alcoholic and Rooney actually delivers these scenes very well. That's pretty much the only good thing you can say about this film as everything else is rather boring and silly. The acting is a major problem because the performances are so bad you can never really believe or care about anything going on. The screenplay, outside the Rooney character, really doesn't allow anyone to do much but at the same time if it did it's doubtful the actors could have done much with it. William Thorne plays the boys and doesn't do much. Jane Higginson plays the mother and we even get Neith Hunter who played in the previous movie. Clint Howard also appears in one quick scene. The story is a pretty big mess as it takes forever for the thing to get going and when the ending finally comes and the twist is revealed you can't help but roll your eyes at how dumb it is. The one highlight in the film comes when a young couple begins to have sex on a bed and Rooney, in a Santa suit, drops off some of the killer toys. During the sex scene a fake hand joins the action and I must admit that it had me laughing. The toy attack that follows also has a lot of imagination but it's just a shame that the rest of the film couldn't have as much.

Warped take on the Pinocchio theme, and set during the Christmas season(..after the previous entry abandoned ties to Christmas) has booby-trapped toys sent to murder a child(..yet through this, other victims are accidentally harmed in the process)perhaps by a toy maker's "son". Screaming Mad George was responsible for the killer toys(..including a larvae which enters a victim's mouth and out his eye, another where soldier toys actually shoot real bullets at a babysitter after her boyfriend was practically strangled by a severed hand toy, operating from a remote control). The little target is a mute child named Derek(William Thorne)whose stepdad was murdered by a red ball with extending arms that ensnare his face, causing him to land on a fireplace poker. Mother Sarah(Jane Higginson)worries about her son's mental state, figuring his reluctance towards opening presents or, more importantly, talking, derives from watching her husband's horrific murder. Derek's real father, Noah(Tracy Fraim)fears for his son't safety, and informs, reluctantly, his ex-girlfriend Sarah that the local toymaker, Joe Petto(Mickey Rooney)once was arrested for setting traps in toys to harm kids due to the loss of an unborn child when his wife was killed in a car crash..kind of a retaliation in saying that if he couldn't have a son, then others shouldn't either. Still quite a heavy drinker(..often seen swigging Jack), Petto seems to have set aside his feelings towards kids, but his creepy son Pino(Brian Bremer)hasn't and Derek he harbors angst towards. Why? You'll soon understand.Pretty disappointing special effects and rather goofy premise. Rooney's name adds an allure to the film, gaining it a notoriety, but his histrionics can only help so much. Attractive lead actress Higginson(Slaughterhouse)and Fraim as the man who re-enters her life aren't so bad, but the lame plot that develops is hard to take seriously. I'm guessing that's the point, but Rooney has no reason to be in such a film as this..he has no room to bring any personality to his toymaker other than rage and desperation, quite volatile, barely holding himself together as he explodes in anger towards Pino, when not downing liquor. Bremer is appropriately weird and "robotic" as Pino, longing to have Sarah as his mama. The practical effects used during the attacks on victims are rather unconvincing..Screaming Mad George's work with Savage Steve Holland was far more effective than what we see in this film. The sex everyone talks about isn't as gratuitous as many would have you believe(..I can't even recall any nudity). Probably the best of the numerous sequels greenlighted, but that's not exactly an endorsement. I'm pretty sure written on paper, this was an entertaining concept, the idea of spoofing Pinocchio using horror elements, but the result doesn't exactly blow you away.