Jensen (Kiva Lawrence), who wants nothing more than to ensure her student grow into respectable young ladies. The place is run by the benevolent headmistress, Mrs. Newcomer Nancy (Jennifer Runyon), a demure and innocent blonde, joins classmates Melody (Linda Gentile), Leia (Judith Bridges), Trisha (Angela Bath), Sam (Denise Stearns) and a few nondescript others.
The school is held at a garish mansion, where a harem of ultra-hot lookers attends to rectify their unruly behavior. Written by the INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN himself, Alex Rebar (DEMENTED, BEYOND THE DOOR), TO ALL A GOODNIGHT kicks off immediately at Calvin Finishing School for Girls. No matter how you slice it, TO ALL A GOODNIGHT is a F*cking Black Sheep of Christmas slasher flick that everyone should indulge in this holiday season. And triply impressive is the shocking ending, which even predates a similar twist reveal in the original FRIDAY THE 13TH. Hell, since it came out four years before SNDN, an argument can be made it is the best! That Hess (who played Krug in the iconic LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT) made this film for only $70,000, in his one and only directorial feature no less, makes the movie double admirable. In fact, I have no problem calling TAAGN vastly better than every SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT sequel to date, and quite possibly the second-best killer-Klaus flick ever made. Well, with brimming confidence we can name David Hess’ trailblazing 1980 film TO ALL A GOODNIGHT as a worthy alternative.
With Christmas in our sights, the question of the day is this: what is your all-time favorite killer Santa Claus horror joint? Has to be SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT, right? What else could it possibly be? Happy horror-days friends here’s wishing you a merry and very scary next two weeks! We’re hoping this column will promote constructive and geek fueled discussion. THE BLACK SHEEP is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATH.
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