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Black Christmas
1974
Often cited as one of the key films in the evolution of the slasher film and directed by genre veteran Bob Clark (CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS), this holiday season horror is not for the faint of heart. The few remaining residents of a Canadian sorority house are celebrating the onset of Christmas vacation when a .. Read more
| Starring | Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon |
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| Director | Bob Clark |
| Genres | Horror |
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Black Christmas
Often cited as one of the key films in the evolution of the slasher film and directed by genre veteran Bob Clark (CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS), this holiday season horror is not for the faint of heart.
The few remaining residents of a Canadian sorority house are celebrating the onset of Christmas vacation when a thirteen year-old girl is found dead in the park. Soon, it is discovered that one of the sorority sisters is missing, which triggers a terrifying chain of murders within the house...
| Starring | Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon, Roy Moore |
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| Director | Bob Clark |
| Studio | PALISADES TARTAN |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 38 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Horror |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 08 Dec 2003 Production year: 1974 |
| Format | DVD |
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An under-rated holiday horror that pre-dated the Halloween slasher cycle and practically established the genre's hard-and-fast rules. A maniac is on the loose in a closed-for-Christmas girls' boarding school in director Bob Clark's neat little chiller, which scores thanks to its stylish visuals, fiendishly inventive slaughter and unexpected twists. Promoted at the time with the wicked tag line “If this picture doesn't make your skin crawl, it's on too tight!”, the film also features above-average performances from Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder. Clark went on to direct Porky's and the minor Yuletide classic A Christmas Story.
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Just who is making all those obscene phone calls and murdering the inmates of a sorority house before the girls go off... read more on Time Out
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19 out of 20 people found this review helpful
the oldies are the best!
This film is both tense and frightening without the gore, and blood that seems necessary to make a horror today. even though it is dated, there is generally a chilling effect to it.
the idea of prank phonecalls doesnt sound too frightening, but these phonecalls the girls receive are a taster of what is to come from a sick mind.
the film builds up to a tense climax which is , even though predictable to the killers identity, still manages to frighten. -
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
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A very underrated movie
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- xanadu from London
- Posted 23 May 2007 16:13
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Black Christmas
Often cited as one of the key films in the evolution of the slasher film and directed by genre veteran Bob Clark (CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS), this holiday season horror is not for the faint of heart.
The few remaining residents of a Canadian sorority house are celebrating ...
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