Black Christmas
Directed by Bob Clark
During a festive Yuletide party, a group of sorority sisters receive a creepy call from someone who claims he’s going to kill them all. The girls soon realize the threats were serious, when one by one, they each fall prey to the mysterious maniac. After directing two relatively ignored horror flicks which later became cult classics (CHILDREN SHOULDN’T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS & DEATHDREAM), a Christmas miracle made Bob Clark’s 1974 classic a hit. A huge influence on John Carpenter’s HALLOWEEN, BLACK CHRISTMAS is frequently credited with helping spawn the slasher subgenre.
This horror classic about a killer stalking sorority girls on Xmas helped spawn the slasher genre.
Cast: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder
Member Reviews
Only one of the greatest slashers ever made. A must every Christmas!
Now this is a movie!
One of the best classic horror films in my opinion. Severely underappreciated for being the first to deliver one of the most terrifying and shocking lines and surprises that you see other movies imitate later.
YES!
Unbelievable. There were slow periods, but when it his it HIT! Some of the most effective palpable dread I've seen in a long time. This was amazing, very well done.