Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Bluebell Alcock Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Jenni Devyn Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

Ilikehorrormovies First off I want to say the remake is totally lame but this one is awesome! It's a fun slow burn horror film and this is before John Carpenter HalloweeN film came out. The story is good, the acting is great, and the script is good. The phone calls are down right disturbing like it's better than the remakes phone call. Yeah this movie is a pre Scream world at the time but it's effective still. The kills are creative but the sad part about this movie is that it's forgetable like not alot of people know this movie. This is my review on Black Christmas (1974), a forgetable underrated classic.

morrison-dylan-fan Catching the fizzy Pop-Rock (sort of) Slasher Happy Death Day,I decided that I would stay in the sub-genre,and watch a Slasher flick the next day at home. Planning for it to be The Burning,I got caught completely by surprise,when a very kind IMDber sent me a parcel. Despite seeing A Christmas Story every year since childhood,I've never seen Bob Clark's "Horror" take on the holiday,which led to me finding out how black this X-Mas could be."The plot:At a sorority house Christmas party, a stranger sneaks in and climbs into the empty attic. During their partying,Jess gets a call from a stranger. Allowing fellow students Barb Coard/Phyllis "Phyl" Carlson and Clare Harrison to listen in,Jess is told by the caller that he is going to kill them all. Whilst they debate if the threat is serious,Harrison goes to pack her bags for the holidays. Hearing a noise as she walks upstairs,Harrison finds out how serious this cold Christmas call is.View on the film:Becoming Elvis's favourite horror,the level of care (un- credited) co-writer/(with Roy Moore) director Bob Clark & cinematographer Reginald H. Morris put in,allow this to remain The King of the Slasher genre. Opening in the middle of a holiday party,the screenplay by Clark and Moore impressively alters the image of the pretty young gang with impressive layers of maturity,as Jess goes to the cops to unmask the identity of the caller,and the initial sweet romance image is changed to a frank,adult discussion on abortion (with the writers breaking a big taboo at the time by letting Jess have a free-choice.) Along with the tough personal dramas they each face,the writers unwrap winning Slasher cuts,via each call building anticipation to the next appearance of the stranger, an eerie passage of time between the incredibly macabre killings,that give the final an unpredictable,nail-biting chill.Wisely keeping the identity of the killer vague, (three people dubbed the "voice") Clark and Reginald H. Morris build on the stylisation of the Giallo, via smoothly handled,extended first- person tracking shots that slither in the background of the house,and an ending (which Clark had to fight for) which covers the winters tale in a haunted,ghostly atmosphere,of the mystery being unfinished. Backed by the spine-tingling score of Carl Zitter (who got the sound by playing the strings of his piano with forks, combs, and knives!) Clark melts the snow away with a jet-black comedic strike,as the pile of bodies look out on the Christmas scenery.Only working for the first week of production, (with clever editing making him appear more prominent) Keir Dullea hits icy notes of doubt as Jess's boyfriend Peter,and Margot Kidder pours merry cheer as Jess's close friend Babs. Advised by a psychic to take the role (!) the elegant Olivia Hussey gives an excellent performance as Jess,thanks to Hussey bringing across Jess's thoughtful, rational solutions to closing the book on this bloody Christmas carol.

thiszizlife That Guy Had One Creepy Sounding Voice ManExcellent start to a Gothic horror plot. A man walks across the scene, but who is he? And why is he there? The narrative is convoluted at times like this. NKE could symbolize a culture counterfeit in American society. And the songs ... no Christmas spirit like this anymore, that's for sure. Hot damn! This is what I mean when I say "culture counterfeit." The first line we hear is "Hey, who left the goddamn front door open?" love @@@@ like this. This film is NOT trying to be a film, it's just happening and a camera seems to be rolling. Then the camera shifts. And I Love how we see the POV of the killer in this one. Bob Clark is right on the money. Though why are we informed about a 720 train into the city? We're never going to go there. And where is Mt. Holly, is that a city name where Barb want to go? Nobody clues us in on these details. Like why does Barb drink? Why does she compare her sex life with a turtle? What is she alluding to. I want to know these things. Anyhow, I love Jess's "Hello's" in this one. She must have of said hello a hundred times. I will be talking a lot about Jess and Barb as we go further. First, the sorority house. How is Barb comparing this to a convent? Clark gives us a good jump scare, and later comes up with some clever ideas. Old clothes and old jokes, that's what we get with this film, "old tradition vs modernity." We all like to drink during the holidays, but stringing lights on trees and caroling seem far fetched today. What this film reminds me to do is brush. Why else have a lady brushing her teeth shot? I ought to brush more, okay. So, anyhow, Jess dates a musician in this film. And I wonder why? How does this tie into the story plot? And doesn't Mr. Harris realize that college is about drinking and partying, at least more than 20 percent of it is. And 80 percent of it is writing papers. I think he falls into the later category. Clark has a good visual eye, I will say that, and he happens to be one of my favorite directors. The film focuses on abortion and premarital marriage a little, and I wonder about why the director adds this stuff in during a time of sharing and love. Peter really doesn't like his piano does he? Lol! Clark uses a lot of nice mid-range shots throughout the film, and gives some nice ones of the conservatory. Every scene is straight forward with no real intention to try to make money off of what the masses want, it's just Clark doing what he does best. Peter is fed up and wants out of the conservatory. "He is an artist, he is high strong." I'm reminded here of father Karras in The Exorcist when he says he is losing his faith. So the idea of this struggle is constant with Peter. He wants the baby, becomes desperate, and tries to force Jess into marriage. So that idea is there. And faith is never with any of these people as they continue along their path, they seem to have individual goals and reasoning. Jess wears a crucifix and wants an abortion, so what's the reasoning behind that? About the acting. John Saxon makes this film really hold together. And he looks so good on film, big fan. There are just too many other things that are inconsistent with the plot. I would like to know more about the sorority sisters, what their major is? I would have scripted a few things differently, sure. Though this is a graceful film. I just wanted more space. Where always in the same place with Clark. Some shots are the same. This film becomes hard to follow and doesn't flow well. I found myself lost towards the end. Still a very good film!

buckikris The movie starts out with a prowler/killer approaching the Phi Kappa Sigma Sorority house. The girls are throwing a Christmas party, they have no idea that a stranger has gotten into the house. Later that night, they start getting strange phone calls from a guy using 3 different voices. One is a perverted voice, the other Billy; and someone named Agnes. Barb( Margot Kidder) answers the phone, and she just laughs it off like who cares. Claire ( Lynne Griffin) who is leaving for the break to meet her father, doesn't take it lightly, leaves to finish packing upstairs. While packing she is suffocated with a plastic bag, and taken up to the attack. When Claire's father comes the next day and explains she didn't show up; red flags are raised. Jess( Olivia Hussey) gets Barb, and Phil(Andrea Martin) to file a report at the police department. The first time they go the Desk Sgt. Nash( Doug McGrath) doesn't take it seriously. When a girl is murdered in the park close by and the calls are still happening, Lt Ken Fuller(John Saxon) gets involved. The calls still come and this time they seem personal like only someone close to her would know.Jess, has her own problems, especially how will she tell her boyfriend Perter(Keir Dulla) she's pregnant. She goes to the conservatory, and tells him she wants an abortion. When she tells him he flips, he is high strung and orders her around. He's control freak who is threatening; and could go off like a firework . When Jess gets back she gets another call, and it sounds so much like Peter; that it's chilling. Peter is weird he sneaks in the house to take a nap, and approaches Jess like a creep. When I first saw this movie I thought Peter was the killer, but who's Billy? While watching this movie I notice that the killer wears the same clothes Pete wears. I also think he and the killer look alike, i.e. when Barb gets killed the killer resembles him to a T. I do think he made some of the calls from the upstairs phone; because he was in the house at the time she receive one.That one she got got the phone company involved. When Jess was on the phone to the police Peter started down the stairs. Jess had no idea he was there; and too me that's a little unnerving.When a tap is put on the line on the two phones downstairs. Lt Fuller and lineman Graham(Les Carlson) tells Jess in order to catch the person, she needs to keep them on the line. Phil has a talk with Jess before she goes to bed. Jess thinks it could be Peter, but isn't sure. Phil gives her some advice, then goes to bed. Ten minutes later a call comes in, and they get the location. Sgt. Nash phones Lt. Fuller and tells him the calls are coming from inside the house. When Nash calls Jess and tells her the news, she warns Barb and Phil. When she discovers they have been murdered, and the killer is still in the room. Jess fights back and escapes to the basement. It's about two minutes later, Peter shows up and knocks on the basement window. He eventually gets in, but Jess doesn't trust him. She ends up killing him with a fire poker. Afterwards when they find Jess, people in the background think he is the killer or is he? I loved this movie especially the joke on Sgt. Nash. One thing this move has in it is a little comic relief, especially the Fellatio joke on Nash. There were others, but that one had me going for awhile.I didn't see this movie until after the re-make came out, the original is always the best. Too me I think there could have been two killers Peter and Billy. Peter was just so creepy, and was always around when someone was killed. The whole sneaking in the house to take a nap; WTF-WHO DOES THAT/? This is a fact, this movie is a must see. If this movie doesn't give you the creeps, check your pulse.