BLACK CHRISTMAS

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• Release Year: 1974
• Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Suspense/Thriller
• Plot: Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the house, a creature was stirring...In Bedford, several unsuspecting people are about to receive Season's Greetings - of terror.; ; Black Christmas is a stark and stylish tale that turns everyone's favorite time of the year inside out. Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder star among an ill-fated houseful of sorority sisters celebrating the holiday season. Festivities turn fatal when obscene phone calls break the serenity and it becomes clear that a psychopath is stalking the house.; ; Predating Halloween and Friday the 13th by several years, Black Christmas effectively laid the groundwork for the murder thrillers that would follow with it's clever interplay of tension, shocks - and humour. Producer/director Bob Clark earned his reputation as a hitmaker for the first two Porky's and the celebrated Sherlock Holmes caper, Murder by Decree. Ironically, after bringing us the terror of Black Christmas, Clark went on to take a lighter look at the holidays with the hilarious film, A Christmas Story.
• Cast: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon, Marian Waldman, Andrea Martin, James Edmond, Doug McGrath, Art Hindle, Lynne Griffin, Michael Rapport, Leslie Carlson, Martha Gibson, John Rutter, Robert Warner, Syd Brown, Jack Van Evera, Les Rubie, Marcia Diamond, Pam Barney, Robert Hawkins, David Clement, Julian Reed, Dave Mann, John Stoneham Sr., Danny Gain, Tom Foreman, Bob Clark, Nick Mancuso
• Director: Bob Clark
• Runtime: 1:38
• Company: Canadian Development Corporation, Film Funding, Vision IV, Critical Mass
• Media Format: Movie