Initiation: Silent Night, Deadly Night 41990

Horror Vault's take

A tenacious female reporter pulls on a single strange thread — the fiery death of a woman who fell from a rooftop — and finds herself drawn deeper into the orbit of a secretive witches' coven operating in the shadows of the holiday season. What begins as an investigative lead quickly becomes something far more personal and terrifying, as the cult sets its sights on her for reasons she doesn't yet understand. Rooted in imagery drawn from demonology and ancient feminine myth, the film leans hard into visceral body horror and cult dread rather than the slasher roots of its franchise predecessors. Despite sharing a title with the Silent Night, Deadly Night series, this is a largely standalone nightmare with its own distinctly unsettling identity.

Content: Graphic Violence, Gore, Body Horror, Sexual Violence, Human Sacrifice, Disturbing Insect Imagery