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Black Christmas
| Media: | DVD | | Directed by: | Bob Clark (III) | | Starring: | Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea | | Release date: | 03 December, 2002 | | List price: | $29.95 | | Our price: | $28.31 that is 5% off! |
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Black Christmas |
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| one of the scariest movies ever made! | | BLACK CHRISTMAS is THE original classic mad killer on the loose film, predating the better known HALLOWEEN by four years. It's the only film that I feel can stand next to HALLOWEEN when it comes to pure suspense and atmosphere. The plot is simple: an unseen psycho sneaks into a college soroity house and makes obscene (they truly are!)phone calls to the women from an unused phone line. One by one, he picks them off over a two day period as the police (John Saxon) try to trace the calls and the unsuspecting women (Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin) sit in the house with the killer above them, waiting to strike. Director Bob Clark does a wonderful job keeping the suspense at a high pitch and his handling of the camera is sure and clever. The film also benifits from extremely atmosphereic cinematography and ambiant music and sound effects, permeating the film with an eriee winter feel that adds much to the proceedings. The ending is absolutely creepy and unnerving. In this era of hip horror, ala'SCREAM, you could do no wrong checking out this underappreciated, well acted and crafted chiller. BLACK CHRISTMAS is an underrated masterpiece. END |
| Black Christmas - | | Quite possibly the best horror film ever made. | | I stumbled upon this absolute gem of a film when navigating various reviews and favorite item lists and the overwhelming praise persuaded me to purchase this film before having seen it. I must say that I'm on the bandwagon; BLACK CHRISTMAS is, without a doubt, one of the best horror films I've ever seen. Pre-dating HALLOWEEN by several years, that classic is now somewhat diminished in my estimation, as it is obvious that John Carpenter lifted many of BLACK CHRISTMAS' finest elements for HALLOWEEN. 1979's WHEN A STRANGER CALLS was another attempt at a clone, the opening of which, previously considered by this reviewer to be one of the finer moments in horror film history, seems like mere child's play compared to the terrifying phone calls received in BLACK CHRISTMAS. A simple tale of a half-empty sorority house over the holidays, BLACK CHRISTMAS focuses on Olivia Hussey and housemates, including Margot Kidder and Andrea Martin, as they receive a series of sinister phone calls, starting as obscene and building towards terrifyingly unsettling, and those around them begin to disappear. The pacing is perfect and the performances are all top-notch. Well-written and expertly directed, the tension in BLACK CHRISTMAS is well-maintained, with no lulls in the story nor "fake" scares to cheat the audience. With remarkably little gore or bloodshed, BLACK CHRISTMAS nonetheless culminates in one of the most intense climaxes ever experienced in horror films. You'll have to see it for yourself to understand completely, but what is scariest about BLACK CHRISTMAS are the things you never know. Who is Billy? What did he do to baby Agnes? When will anyone find what's waiting in the attic? |
| - Black Christmas | | A Horror CLASSIC in every sense of the word! | | Oh man, where do I start? This film is one of my favorite horror films. It has the right mixture of horror, suspense, and comedy. It also has small amounts of gore (well, by today's standards) which is a good thing to some viewers. The plot of the film is simple. It takes place at a sorority house/boarding school around Christmas time. A crazed killer finds his way into the attic of the house and starts making obscene phone calls from the second phone line. Then, he starts offing the inhabitants of the house one by one. Olivia Hussey stars as the film's heroine and Keir Dullea co-stars as her misunderstood love interest... but Margot Kidder steals the show as Hussey's drunken, foul mouthed friend. A very young Andrea Martin (of SCTV fame) is also in the film. This film inspired elements of the Scream movies, When A Stranger Calls, and countless others. I recommend it to anyone who loves a good scary movie. |
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