Black Christmas
1974 · Movie · R · 98 min · ★ 7.0 · 69% critics
As a sorority house gears up for the Christmas season, the residents are rattled by a string of obscene phone calls from an unknown stranger. When someone goes missing, suspicion spreads and the tension rises, as the threat feels closer than anyone wants to believe.
Also known as Silent Night Evil Night · Stranger in the House · Noël tragique
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Details
- Years
- 1974
- Release date
- 1974-10-11
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (945 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a creepy, slow-burn holiday slasher with unsettling phone calls, dark humor, and a lingering mystery; Not for you if you need nonstop gore or fast pacing like Scream.
Pros: creepy phone-call menace; tense holiday setting; memorable, human characters | Cons: slow first half; uneven pacing; some grating personalities
Themes
- winter
- pregnancy
- toronto, canada
- murder
- serial killer
- slasher
- police officer
- killer
- alcoholic
- attic
- voyeurism
- christmas horror
- +9 more
Cast & crew
Olivia Hussey
as Jess
Keir Dullea
as Peter
Margot Kidder
as Barb
John Saxon
as Lt. Fuller
Marian Waldman
as Mrs. Mac
Andrea Martin
as Phyl
- JE
James Edmond
as Mr. Harrison
Doug McGrath
as Sargeant Nash
Art Hindle
as Chris
Lynne Griffin
as Clare
Directed by Bob Clark