"Silent Night, Deadly Night is one of my all time favorite slasher flicks," says frontman Spencer Charnas. "In our song and video for 'Merry Axe-Mas,' I wanted to pay tribute to the film's brilliant combination of sleaze, holiday cheer, absurdity and vicious gore. Released in 1984 at the height of the Eighties slasher craze, the film's axe-wielding–Santa marketing campaign threw uptight parents and the PC police into an unholy rage. Angered families staged protests in front of theaters and PTA groups across the country petitioned for the film's banishment. Tri Star pictures subsequently caved and Silent Night, Deadly Night was pulled from theaters after only one week. However, all the negative publicity only fueled the forbidden fruit factor and the infamous film quickly gained cult status. This story just goes to show you that if you try and suppress something, it's only more likely to rear its (decapitated) head."
"Silent Night, Deadly Night is one of my all time favorite slasher flicks," says frontman Spencer Charnas. "In our song and video for 'Merry Axe-Mas,' I wanted to pay tribute to the film's brilliant combination of sleaze, holiday cheer, absurdity and vicious gore. Released in 1984 at the height of the Eighties slasher craze, the film's axe-wielding–Santa marketing campaign threw uptight parents and the PC police into an unholy rage. Angered families staged protests in front of theaters and PTA groups across the country petitioned for the film's banishment. Tri Star pictures subsequently caved and Silent Night, Deadly Night was pulled from theaters after only one week. However, all the negative publicity only fueled the forbidden fruit factor and the infamous film quickly gained cult status. This story just goes to show you that if you try and suppress something, it's only more likely to rear its (decapitated) head."