Black Christmas

Pros: Creepy Christmas Slasher Fun
Cons: Needs more late-story complications

In 1968 the Canadian Film Development Corporation was founded for the purpose of luring private investors into film production with the incentives of massive government tax breaks. The major indigenous filmmaker to benefit from this program was David...

Pros: well written, suspenseful
Cons: seems a bit dated by today's standards,

Black Christmas AKA Silent Night, Evil Night and There's A Stranger in the House
Rating: R

Ah Christmas, that magical time of the year where visions of sugarplums dance in kids' heads, Santa holds court in the mall, and a raving...

Pros: Great Cinematography, Some Truly Frightening Sequences, Fantastic Atmosphere
Cons: A Few Unlikeable Characters

It takes a lot to scare me nowadays, and for a while I had begun to think that I'm too old to be truly frightened by cinema. Along with this, I had a generalization in mind that no horror film based on or around Christmas could be scary. I just assumed ...

Pros: Stylish creepy horror that will ultimately seep into your skin.
Cons: The killer is in the house...we already knew that!

After seeing the remake on Black Christmas, not to be confused with the classic, it was titled, B lack X-mas, I knew I had to see the 1974 classic. After having much positive towards it by critics, being tagged with "If ...

Pros: The whole movie!
Cons: No sequel!!!!!!

I recently rented this because I heard it was scary and original. I’m glad I checked it out because this is horror movie that everybody has to see. This was scary as hell, and I was surprised because I didn’t think old movies were scary. This ...

Pros: Moody, atmospheric, chilling and extremely creepy
Cons: Overlook the cliches

F*cking terrifying is probably the only way to really describe Black Christmas, indeed the movie that started it all about crazed serial killers going after teenagers. The whole idea of "You idiot, GET OUT OF THE HOUSE" began here with a simple premise ...

Pros: Realistic, atmospheric, great tension build up, suspense
Cons: Slow paced, may not appeal to the "shock" audience, many unnecessary scenes

During a Christmas party in a sorority house. A demented man  sneaks in the house by climbing alongside a wall, then entering through the attic. This person then begins to torment the girls who reside in the house, by making explici...

Pros: Great acting, great script, Bob Clark is very talented
Cons: Can be slow at times

Bob Clark’s Black Christmas is, in my opinion, one of the most underrated horror films of all time. Very few have heard of it, let alone seen it, and those who do know what it is know it as “The Movie That Inspired Halloween.” While I found...

Pros: Excellent performances, creepy atmosphere, superb direction
Cons: None

The slasher genre is a huge mixed bag. Over the years, we have been treated to some good flicks (Sam Raimi's THE EVIL DEAD, Wes Craven's A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET), there have been many that didn't take any care in what they were doing. For every good...

Pros: Scary, well acted, smart and suspenseful
Cons: None.

Black Christmas, released in 1974, is a ground breaking horror film that actually pre-dates the better known slasher flick Halloween. Boasting a top notch cast, a chilling and completely insane killer and a decent plot this movie is so ...

Pros: Scary not silly, very atmospheric
Cons: Hard to find

To appreciate the significance of this movie, it is important to remember that it was made in Canada in 1974, before Jason and Freddie and Michael Myers. With that said, Black Christmas stands out as one of the creepiest movies ever made.

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Pros: classic slasher, natural humour, warmly atmospheric, disturbingly obscene phone calls
Cons: they killed off Clare too soon

Black Christmas (1974) - the classic slasher that preceded the more well-known Halloween and Friday The 13th. The recent remake was released on Christmas day, and I couldn't pass up the chance to see a horror movie about Christmas, on Christmas. But I ...

Pros: Bob Clark's Direction, Atmosphere and Setting, Strong Cast.
Cons: Slow at times.

Its hard to believe that the director of Black Christmas is Bob Clark. Know for such movies as: 'Porkys' and 'A Christmas Story', who would have thought that Mr. Clark could create such a strong, suspensful horror movie?? Well he did do just that.
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Pros: Setting, acting, plot.
Cons: None

Before there was Friday the 13th, before there was Halloween, there was Black Christmas. This movie kind of layed out the groundwork or blueprint so to speak of those future horror movies. The movie takes place in a sorority house, A killer has secretly ...

Pros: great acting,creepy mood,atmosphere
Cons: dated (white guy with huge Afro)

This has to be the most underrated horror move ever made. HALLOWEEN had always been my favorite horror film until about five years ago when I rented BLACK CHRISTMAS. It scared the s**t out of me! After that, I rented it several more times and showed it...