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As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.
During a snowy Christmas break, sorority sisters at a quiet college campus are terrorized by a series of obscene and threatening phone calls. As the disturbing calls escalate into violent attacks, the young women realize a madman is lurking within their house, and no one is safe. The holiday spirit quickly turns to dread as they fight for survival against an unseen killer.
Black Christmas is widely regarded as a seminal work in the slasher genre, praised for its suspenseful atmosphere, chilling scares, and pioneering use of the "killer is inside the house" trope. While not a massive box office success initially, its critical reputation has grown significantly over the decades, establishing it as a horror classic.
Praised for its genuine scares and tense atmosphere.
Considered a groundbreaking film that influenced the slasher genre.
Noted for its effective use of sound and subjective camera work to build dread.
Google audience: Audience reviews often highlight the film's ability to create a creepy and unsettling mood, with many appreciating its early contribution to horror filmmaking and its effective, non-gory suspense.
The distinctive "aggggggh" sound made by the killer on the phone was created by actor Bob Clark himself, who recorded it in a recording studio.
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I suppose a sorority can be used to host a multitude of characters, so that's what Bob Clark does here as he puts four quite different girls into an house supervised by the likably dypso "Mrs. Mac" (Marian Waldman). The house has, for ages ...
Black Christmas decorates traditional festivities with blood, suffocation and disturbing phone calls. Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas! And have a slashin’ good time! The slasher sub-genre was most proficient during the mid-to-late 70s, with ‘Te...
One of only two films in my adult life to have been in any way involved in giving me a sense of genuine fear. _Final rating: ★★★½ - I strongly recommend you make the time._
Black Christmas is what happens when a director decides to make a slasher but also decides to make a good movie. Each character has a purpose. By that, I don't mean simply to drive the plot along. Each character is a person, and they ea...
***Historical slasher with John Saxon, Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder*** It’s the Christmas season at a sorority house in the Northeast wherein an ambiguous psycho hiding in the attic makes crank calls to the girls and slays them one-b...