Black Christmas
1974
If this picture doesn't make your skin crawl... it's on TOO TIGHT.
Directed by Bob Clark
User Rating
Intensity
As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.
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- Director
- Bob Clark
- Written by
- Roy Moore
- Produced by
- Bob Clark
- Composer
- Carl Zittrer
- Cinematographer
- Reginald H. Morris
- Editor
- Stan Cole
- Origin country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Language
- English
- Rating
- R
- Also known as
- Silent Night Evil Night, Stranger in the House
- TMDB
- 7.0/10 (970 votes)
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 73% Fresh
- Metacritic
- 65/100
- IMDb
- 7.1/10 (55,485 votes)
Awards
- NominatedSaturn Award— Best Horror Film(1975)
Cast
Olivia Hussey
Jess
Keir Dullea
Peter
Margot Kidder
Barb
John Saxon
Lt. Fuller
Marian Waldman
Mrs. Mac
Andrea Martin
Phyl
James Edmond
Mr. Harrison
Doug McGrath
Sargeant Nash
Art Hindle
Chris
Lynne Griffin
Clare
Michael Rapport
Patrick
Leslie Carlson
Graham
Martha Gibson
Mrs. Quaife
John Rutter
Laughing Detective
Robert Warner
Doctor
Sydney Brown
Farmer
Jack Van Evera
Search Party
Les Rubie
Search Party
Crew
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Links
Trailer
Stills (7)
Score
Carl Zittrer
Black Christmas (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Podcasts
The Evolution of Horror — SLASHERS Pt 4: Black Christmas (1974) Feat. Mary Wild
Appears in
100 Favorites
BFI: The Ultimate Horror Watchlist
Christmas Horror
Criterion Collection: Horror
Kim Newman — Nightmare Movies
Rolling Stone: 101 Best Horror Movies of All Time
Scream Factory
Slant Magazine: 100 Greatest Horror Films of All Time
Slashers - The Evolution of Horror Podcast
The Wages of Sin / Final Girl Horror
Time Out: 100 Best Horror Films
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