Black Christmas

  • 1974


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Positive Reviews 20
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Average Rating 3.6/5
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4.5
One of Rileys sorority sisters, Kris (Aleyse Shannon), is a passionate womens rights activist whos started a petition to get their misogynist Literatu .. Den Of Geek
1.5
Only Marian Waldman as the house mother comes across with any life. Variety
1.5
Black Christmas isnt one of the years most disappointing horror films because its PG 13 rated. We Got This Covered
3.0
That stylishness is important considering that this remakes plotting isnt particularly inventive. ( Screen Daily
4.5
But in the end, theres something heart swelling, cathartic even, about watching college age women pick up bats, fists, and bows and arrows against gen .. Vulture
3.0
Perhaps frightening in 1974, it really doesnt hold up today unless you can forget the 12,000 films exactly like it, which is difficult. E Film Critic
4.5
But unlike last years Revengea payback film with similar thematic promisesBlack Christmas doesnt have the undeniable verve needed to allow for full in .. The Young Folks
4.4
Although strictly standard fare, the material is elevated somewhat through Clarks skillful handling of such plot devices as obscene phone calls from t .. Tv Guide
3.8
This dark holiday classic ranks as one of the screens very first slasher flicks. Combust Ible Celluloid
4.0
I wouldnt call Black Christmas some kind of overlooked classic of the genre or subgenre. I think overlooked classic template would be nearer the mark. Mountain X
4.5
While Ill always love The Shape emerging to chase after Laurie Strode, for my money Black Christmas is the supreme slasher film... Cinema Crazed
3.0
Like Carpenter, Clark avoids graphic gore, focussing instead on suggestion and using careful mise en scene, editing and use of music to build suspense .. Eye For Film
4.0
Cold, classy, and straightforward, Black Christmas also has the advantage of good acting by the female leads played by Margot Kidder and Olivia Hussey .. Flim Threet
5.0
Generally heralded as the first of its kind, Black Christmas may actually be one of a kind. Film Freak Central
0.5
Made at a time when there were as yet no fixed rules for the slasher subgenre, here anything goes, and the survival of neither virgin nor even final g .. Lw Lies
4.5
Black Christmas is a pioneering genre film. If youve seen a slasher film, almost any slasher film, youve likely seen the tropes that Black Christmas c .. The Ringer
4.5
It is the uncertainty that is unveiled in the final moments before the credits roll that makes Black Christmas a quintessentially Canadian masterpiece .. National Post
2.0
Corrodes jolly yuletide cheer with some cruel prank calls, sexual tension and sorority girl slayings. Nicks Chager
4.5
Theres no doubting that Black Christmas had all the advantages of being first of its kind. The film stands as the mother of the modern slasher. It was .. Thril List
3.8
This is better than it sounds and much more effective than todays films. Great use of a premise that feels real. .
4.0
Something of a period piece, though an influential one and still an effective festive horror, as a killer stalks the young women of a sorority while t .. Caution Spoilers
4.5
Sometimes, it is really best not to analyze too deeply, just enjoy the insanity.Two Christmas stories Two of the all time greatest Christmas films for .. The Tyee
4.5
...Black Christmas is a holiday classic and a film that builds horrors foundation for more than its kills. It is with us 45 years later because of how .. But Why Tho? A Geek Commun ..
3.8
A well made excursion into the bloody unknown, driven by characterization and modulated by a tone that knows when to amplify the scares and when to ba .. The Cinema Phile Blog
1.5
If nothing else, Black Christmas will always be remembered as the inferior older brother to Clarks other Christmas flick, the Tito of the Jackson clan .. Movie Views



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