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1991's Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy-Maker Found Former Critic Mickey Rooney Joining the Fun

1991's Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy-Maker Found Former Critic Mickey Rooney Joining the Fun

Not gonna lie: the franchise got a little silly and out there with this one

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In 1984 Mickey Rooney was so outraged by the existence of Silent Night, Deadly Night and the idea of a killer Santa that he wrote an open letter condemning it. 

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