To All a Goodnight
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| Directed by | David Hess |
| Written by | Alex Rebar |
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| Cinematography | Bil Godsey |
| Edited by | William J. Waters |
| Music by | Richard Tufo |
Production company | Four Features Partners |
| Distributed by | Intercontinental Releasing Corporation |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $70,000–75,000 |
To All a Goodnight is a 1980 American slasher film directed by David Hess in his directorial debut, and starring Jennifer Runyon and Forrest Swanson. Its plot follows a group of female finishing school students and their boyfriends being murdered during a Christmas party by a psychopath dressed as Santa Claus.
Filmed in late 1979 in Santa Barbara, California, To All a Goodnight was given a limited theatrical release in the United States by Intercontinental Releasing Corporation in January 1980. It is the second feature film in history to portray a murderous Santa Claus character as a villain, after the ...And All Through the House segment in the anthology film Tales from the Crypt (1972).