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Posted By: fuadramses725 at 10:48pm, November 2, 2008
Is Black Christmas the greatest slasher flick of all time? It's quite possible. It is hard to choose between Halloween and this one. They are both perfect. But when it's 2 in the morning and I can't sleep, I always seem to put in Black Christmas and sit there like a kid watching cartoons. It's so perfect, I would put it on par with the best horror movies made. I just can't believe it exists. When I think of horror, this always comes to mind. Not only is it scary, but it has great acting, especially the amazing Margot Kidder. For me, she is the real scream queen. Her character is so funny and obnoxious, but smart and extremely attractive at the same time. And she nails the role. And the writing and direction are something of great skill. This is definately Bob Clark's best work. I like that other Christmas movie he made, but this is his crowning achievement.
Posted By: draculaghost at 9:42pm, November 2, 2008
Great
Posted By: draculaghost at 9:42pm, November 2, 2008
Great
Posted By: tcmassacre at 10:34pm, October 29, 2008
You know, the more I keep seeing old-school movies, the more I realize I should have been born in another time.
When you compare it with your average horror / slasher movies of today, Black Christmas beats the crap out of pretty much all of them. Now, when you realize that this was released in 1974, it becomes more than a movie.
It becomes a statement.
This movie portrays a psychotic situation in an extremely realistic way, which used to be a distinctive feature of horror movies at the time. The emotions are appropriate and well presented, which means that both the script and the acting are quite good.
Although the main subject may seem common and even overexploited nowadays, it wasn't like that in the seventies. Plus, Black Christmas delivers it in a rather unusual way, one we're not used to see in the genre, even if you count movies until this date.
And it certainly doesn't have to rely on gore or visual effects to give you the creeps, now and then, making use of some great and sometimes subtle techniques and situations.
Be sure not to miss it.
And, if you have the chance, make sure to watch it with your family on a cozy Christmas's eve night.
They're gonna love it.
And who knows, you might even feel in the mood for some role playing afterwards.
At least that's what I would do.
This is what you call a classic HORROR movie. If you are after blood, guts and gore then dont bother. what we have here is fear, suspence and edge of the seat horror. Margot Kidder is brilliant in this role and is quite funny as well. the story is so well written and the acting is spot on, it is timeless and always will be. so crack open that bottle of wine, turn down the lights and if you watch it by yourself well!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is probably the most unappreciated horror movie ever made. It came out before Halloween and When A Stranger Calls and clearly inspired both films. It is also the first horror film to have the 'killer's point of view' camera. And don't think because it was made back in the seventies that it's old and outdated. This movie is timeless and will still creep you out. Enjoy!
Posted By: thedescent08 at 7:44pm, September 8, 2008
It’s hard to write a review for Black Christmas. On one hand I thought much of the movie was a pathetic attempt at an emotional slasher film, and on the other hand there were scenes that were some of the best kill/scares in the history of horror movies. It’s almost like Black Christmas flirts with perfection then jumps back to lame subplots. Yes, I understand that this film literally invented the slasher genre, but, no, I cannot call it perfect—I can only call certain aspects perfect.
As I said, the main standout flaw is the complete lack of focus. The movie starts out in a sorority house, but from there jumps to a lot of other places to focus on characters and subplots that don’t really matter to the story at all. The whole subplot of Clare’s father coming to the sorority house was completely pointless by the end of the film, and just takes away from the actual story. The subplot between Jess and her boyfriend should have been cut much shorter, in order to, once again, focus on the actual story. Most of all, the subplot of the missing child still has nothing to do whatsoever with anything else in the film. I don’t understand why the director takes 20 minutes to go into it, when in the end, like all the other subplots, it is nothing important. It could have easily been a passing reference instead of its own section of the film. The police scenes, also, added nothing to the story except take away from the amazing atmosphere. Everything the police scenes added could have been done with phone conversations, instead of taking up half the movie time to show things the audience could have guessed. Without all these subplots the movie would have been much, much more effective and tense.
Another problem I had was the title of the film is Black Christmas, but other than the opening and one of the death scenes, nothing in this movie referenced Christmas at all. Most of the time there wasn’t even snow on the ground. It would have been so much more emotionally effective if it played into the Christmas nostalgia more than it did, but the movie made the ability to play Christmas songs more of a gimmick than a plot point.
Though I’m being negative with almost every aspect of the film, I really did enjoy part of it—the actual story. When the movie isn’t trying to have five different subplots that go nowhere, the actual core story is done to perfection. The killer, the kills, the girls, the sorority house, the phone calls, the ending—all truly perfect, and by far the greatest slasher of all time. It’s sad to see what is really a beautiful minimalist horror story turned into a bloated crime drama with more pointless subplots than kills, and that is the only thing holding this film from perfection.
Overall, I wish I could go in and just watch the actual plot happen in Black Christmas, but I can’t. Still, as much ranting as I did, there is something there that makes it better than so many movies that I’ve rated higher. Something that Hollywood forgot four decades ago. Maybe it’s the fact this movie has very little blood, but is still very effective. Or, maybe, it’s that the core plot was actually thought out, truly terrifying, emotionally captivating, and also something original that had never been done before it. I think that is it.
I really enjoyed this. I watched it in preparation for the remake, and to be honest I liked the remake about the same. BUT, this movie is better in terms of suspense and thrills rather than over-the-top gore (which I also love). However, there were a few of those inevitable "what are they thinking?" moments that every slasher has. However, since this is pretty much the prototype slasher, maybe it can be excused.
very well done. there is alot of suspense in this movie. decent amount of blood splatter. i like how they kept the intentions and identity of the killer hidden. the audience has to guess on it. it the classic '70's slasher. its more on suspense and atmosphere and less on the blood and gore
