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Title: Black Christmas (1974)
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Cast
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| Olivia Hussey | ... | Jess | |
| Keir Dullea | ... | Peter | |
| Margot Kidder | ... | Barb | |
| John Saxon | ... | Lt. Ken Fuller | |
| Marian Waldman | ... | Mrs. Mac | |
| Andrea Martin | ... | Phyl | |
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James Edmond | ... | Mr. Harrison |
| Doug McGrath | ... | Sargeant Nash (as Douglas McGrath) | |
| Art Hindle | ... | Chris Hayden | |
| Lynne Griffin | ... | Clare Harrison | |
| Michael Rapport | ... | Patrick | |
| Leslie Carlson | ... | Graham (as Les Carlson) | |
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Martha Gibson | ... | Mrs. Quaife |
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John Rutter | ... | Laughing Detective |
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Robert Warner | ... | Doctor |
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It's time for Christmas break, and the sorority sisters make plans for the holiday, but the strange anonymous phone calls are beginning to put them on edge. When Clare disappears, they contact the police, who don't express much concern. Meanwhile Jess is planning to get an abortion, but boyfriend Peter is very much against it. The police finally begin to get concerned when a 13-year-old girl is found dead in the park. They set up a wiretap to the sorority house, but will they be in time to prevent a sorority girl attrition problem? Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>
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sorority house | mysterious killer | slasher | sorority | christmas |Taglines:
He knows when you're sleeping, he knows if you're awake, HE KNOWS... See more »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
20 December 1974 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$620,000 (estimated)Company Credits
Production Co:
Film Funding Ltd. of Canada, Vision IV, Canadian Film Development Corporation (CFDC) See more »
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(uncredited)
Written by George Wyle and Eddie Pola
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The film is listed number 87 on Bravo Channel's 100 Scariest Movie Moments. See more »Goofs
Before the phone call from Barb's mother, her shirt goes from 3 buttons undone, then after the call, it has one button undone and then 3 buttons undone for the next scene. See more »Quotes
Mrs. Mac: [singing as she packs her suitcase] Alligators come through the gate, but goodbye leg if ya get away late! Lollies love to pop!See more »
Crazy Credits
A telephone is continously ringing throughout the final credits. See more »Alternate Versions
The UK cinema version was cut by the BBFC to remove all instances of the word 'cunt' from the obscene phone calls, together with some of the other crude sexual references during the same scene. The 2003 Tartan DVD release restores all previous cuts. See more »Soundtracks
It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year(uncredited)
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To those of you Halloween fans, THIS is the film that came first, John Carpenter's Halloween is doused with aspects lifted directly from Bob Clark's Black Christmas. Alongside Psycho it remains one of my personal classics. Very unnearving and in parts horrific - the phone calls for instance. Basically its Christmas time, as the title suggests and an unknown killer has found his way into the attic of a sorority girls house and begins killing them one by one. Kidder's performance of the drunken, outspoken Barb is fantastic, followed closely by Olivia Hussey, who is truly beautiful in this movie. The camera work and direction is first rate, the first person perspective, heavy breathing - which most will know from Halloween, Mr Clark did it here first, and in my opinion, did it better than JC. It's not full of gore its full of suspense and wonderful creepy atmosphere, as I mentioned before, the phone calls really will put you on edge, as will the 'eye' scene. Get ready for a shocking ending and watch it again for all the bits that you didn't catch, believe me there will be some. Alongside Jacob's Ladder, Don't Look Now and The Fog this really is one of the most frightening films I have ever had the pleasure to acquire.