William Chapman

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William "Billy" Chapman was the main protagonist of Silent Night, Deadly Night. He was Ricky's older brother and Jim and Ellie's oldest son.

Biography
Silent Night Deadly Night (1984)

Year 1971, Billy was 5 years old, he and his family are visiting the nursery home where his catatonic grandfather lives. While they arrive to see Billy`s grandfather who is alone in the room. While Billy's parents left along with his baby brother Ricky. Billy talked to his grandfather but suddenly his grandfather moved and scared Billy about Santa Claus and telling him that Santa brings presents to the good children but if bad, Santa will punish those who are naughty which scares Billy and begin fearing of Santa. While his parents came back, Billy's grandfather went back to his catatonic state. Later at night, while Billy and Ricky's parents talk about Santa bringing presents, Billy becomes afraid of Santa Claus and argues that he doesn't want anything bad happen to him. Later, Billy's father saw Santa Claus [Criminal in a Santa suit] in the middle of the road. As Ellie is starting to smile telling Billy he could meet Santa Claus, but Billy is getting frighten. Billy's father Jim offer him for help while Santa doesn't need help. Until Santa bring his gun up which Ellie yell at Jim to start the car but unfortunately, the criminal shot Jim and Ellie which baby Ricky starting to cry. Billy becomes frightened while he sees the criminal dressed up as Santa Claus and prepares to follow the car. Billy escaped and hid behind a nearby bush when the criminal focuses on his parents but also leaving Ricky in a car behind. The criminal see Jim [Billy and Ricky's father] dead as Billy is watching in horror. As for Ellie, [Billy and Ricky's mother] the criminal violently grabbed her and tried to rape her but she hit him which makes him angry. He grabbed his pocket knife and sliced her neck as she bleed to death. Billy watches in horror while Ricky cries [Who is still a baby]. The criminal now finds out there were a boy in which he tried to find him. Later that time the criminal probably give up searching for Billy and escaped. Billy have been taken to orphanage along with his brother Ricky. Now year 1974, Billy is now 8 while his brother is now 4. They celebrate Christmas at an orphanage which also is a school. While the nun is teaching kids about what's fun for Christmas. While the children are all drawing about their Christmas, Billy drew his picture and put it on the board which causes one of the kids to scream as the teacher took a glimpse and she send him to the Mother Superior`s office. As Mother Superior saw what he draw, she is anger and tell him to go to his room. While Sister Margaret who cares and feel sympathy to the children worried about Billy. She is worried about Billy's future of his PTSD and path of his. Mother superior think of the answer is punishment. While Billy is in his room, Sister Margaret comes and encourages Billy to go play outside with the other kids in the snow. Billy got his spirit by playing outside, as Sister Margaret leaves to wait for him. While Billy is getting ready to go outside, he hears a moaning somewhere into rooms. He then hears more moaning until he finds out where the moan from. He see a keyhole and peek as he see two teenagers having sex as they kiss, but as the female teenager make like a scream like voice which triggered a flashback of Billy's mother demise. But Billy got shoved by Mother superior as she entered the room were two teenagers are, as she screamed at them for their actions in which she violently hit them with a belt which Billy hearing them scream in pain as he left. While Billy is building snowman, Mother Superior came outside and questioned him if he sees anything. Billy denied it, he responded he doesn't see anything. But Mother superior told him for what he did was naughty. She hit him with a belt three times as she left leaving Billy hurt. Later at night, Billy get nightmares, he woke from his dream and screamed, he was about to leave the orphanage until Mother Superior caught him and tied him up in his bed while the kids and Sister Margaret watches in shock. While Mother Superior left, Sister Margaret felt sad for what Mother Superior did. She told Sister Margaret to leave him be as Billy beg for help. The next day of Christmas, Mother Superior invited a man dressed up as Santa Claus so that Billy can get rid of his fear of Santa, but Sister Margaret thought it would be a bad idea. As Santa arrived, Billy was frightened as Mother Superior was cruel to Billy for trying to sit on his lap but he punched him in the face leaving him to bleed out as Billy ran inside his room terrified until Mother Superior arrived yelling his name. 10 years later, in 1984, Sister Margaret gave Billy a job to work as a stock boy in Ira`s Toy Store. He was hired by Mr. Sims. Time passes until arrival of December which was almost Christmas. Billy was troubled by his co-worker Andy arguing with Billy. Billy left and continued his work. Billy saw one of his employees dressed as Santa which triggered his flashback, he fell frighteningly as one of his other co-workers named Pamela. Pamela helped him and continued their work. Billy then develop a crush on Pamela which he has a dream of him and Pamela in bed until Santa Claus came out of nowhere and attack Pamela. Billy woke frighten as he sit in the cornered terrified as he said same words he said as a kid thinking he did bad things. Later at Christmas Eve at day, Mr. Sims got Billy a new job to dress up as Santa Claus which Billy begin to develop fear and later act like he fear of. Billy scaring the girl telling her, he will punish those who are naughty. The parents think of him good at dealing with kids. Later at Christmas Eve at night, the workers celebrate with a party while Billy becomes afraid and nervous. As Mr. Sims gives root beer to Billy, he tried to decline but pressured when he looked at Pamela and smiled nervously as he drank only a little bit. Later, Billy see Pamela already have someone in love which is Andy kissing her in front of Billy, leaving him heartbroken. Later at nighttime, Billy became depressed as rest of the co-worker including his boss Mr. Sims drunk, but he sees Andy and Pamela kissing each other when he entered the staff room which left Billy to follow them.

Victims

 * Pamela - Box cutter in stomach / sliced up
 * Ira Simms - Hammer claw driven in head
 * Maria Randall - Shot through back with arrow
 * Denise - Impaled through back on deer antlers on wall
 * Tommy - Thrown through the second floor window
 * Officer Barnes - Axed in stomach and falls downstairs

Perpetrators

 * Andy - Lifted / strangled with Christmas lights
 * Bob - Decapitated with axe while riding sled