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1984's Silent night, deadly night was only in theaters for 10 days, despite actually making 3,000,000 in the box office off a 34,000 budget, Tri star (Sony pictures) pulled it due to a PTA outrage. In the 80s, the US probably was at the height and the last era of conservative and religious reign and family values Those forces forced a new horror film, that tri star was hoping to make a franchise out of like Freddy Kreugar and Jason Voorhees and Michael myers. Unfortunately that didn't happen with 1984's Silent Night, Deadly night, despite 4 sequels (only one being a direct sequel to the original with 1987's Silent night, deadly night, pt. 2 where the infamous Garbage day meme comes from the characters killing spree) The film deals with the main characters trauma from witnessing his parents ****** on Christmas eve, and a warning from his grandpa in a mental asylum that Santa is actually evil. If that wasn't enough trauma, he suffered more at the orphanage at the Helm of Mother Superior (despite a sympathetic sister, that actually believes he needs help in dealing with the trauma of witnessing his parents ******). He gets beat up after watching teens exploring their bodies (this is also trauma as his mom was also assaulted before she was ********), and yes those teens get the belt with the mother yelling devil be gone, punish for your sins. The mother Superior tells William what they were doing was very naughty and when we are being naughty even in privacy, we are always caught. Punishment is good, punishment is neccessary and it's essential to a well balanced life. She punishes him with the belt, several times. It gets worse as an adult when he tells a co worker not to cuss, and to treat the woman with respect and not Garbage. His killer spree happens because eventually due to being sheltered and thinking things like making love, and drinking alcohol and cussing are all sins, William has a psychotic breakdown and basically starts offing those who need to be punished. The controversy was he was dressed in a Santa suit, and being that Christmas and Santa was a sign of childhood innocence, it was something that parents wasn't ready to see that image get stained. It did happen thanks to films like 2005's Santa slay and 2015's cult classic Krampus: a Christmas demon But in 1984, a 30 second trailer of a bloody axe taking a snowman's head off was enough to send people in an outrage. The film now is a cult classic and has a following and midnight showings during the holidays like the rocky horror picture show. They are doing a remake of the 1984 film and unlike the 2012 loose adaptation, they are doing the parents ****** and catholic orphanage child abuse that willian endured.. The director said it shouldn't be a big deal now like it was almost 40 years ago when the original came out. @JayTawndre. The film is available to rent on prime video, vudu and Google play. The sequel can be streamed for free on tubi.