This film begins on a college campus with several young ladies making plans to enjoy the holiday season at their sorority. Unknown to them, a man has gained entrance into their sorority house and settled upstairs in the attic. Not long afterward, he kills his first victim named "Claire" (Lynne Griffin) by suffocating her and then propping her dead body up on a nearby rocking chair. Naturally, being quite puzzled by her absence, several members of the sorority go to the police to file a missing person's report. Unfortunately, the desk sergeant "Sergeant Nash" (Douglas McGrath) doesn't take it seriously--and this creates all kinds of problems from that point on. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that, while it certainly didn't have the blood and gore associated with the slasher films of today, it managed to maintain the necessary excitement the old-fashioned way--by utilizing mystery and suspense to keep the viewer interested. So much so that it was nominated for the award of "Best Feature Film" in Canada not long afterward and a Saturn award for "Best Horror Film" a year after that. Likewise, from what I understand, it has also been remade twice--once in 2006 and again in 2019. Be that as it may, I thought that this was a pretty good horror movie and I have rated it accordingly. Above average.
Review of Black Christmas
