The few remaining residents of a Canadian sorority house are celebrating the onset of Christmas vacation when a thirteen year-old girl is found dead in the park. Soon, it is discovered that one of the sorority sisters is missing, which triggers a terrifying chain of murders within the house. Director Bob Clark's (PORKY'S, A CHRISTMAS STORY) tense, effective film is a precursor to the slasher films that would come a half decade later, but never relies on gore. Olivia Hussy (ROMEO AND JULIET) stars alongside Margot Kidder and SCTV's Andrea Martin.
Sing along: It's beginning to look a lot like -- bloodshed!
Christmas is almost here, and a deranged, axe-wielding psycho is terrorizing a sorority. As it happens, the mad murderer also makes obscene phone calls -- and he lives right above the girls...
Blu-ray Disc Features:
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Surround 5.1 Stereo - English
Additional Release Material:
Interviews: Interview Segments with Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder (Stars)
Featurette: Midnight Screening Q&A session with John Saxon, Bob Clark, and Carl Zittrer (Star, Director,and Composer)
Documentary: THE 12 DAYS OF BLACK CHRISTMAS Featuring Current Interviews with Art Hindle, Doug McGrath, and Lynne Griffin
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Additional Audio Material: Two Original Scenes with a New Vocal Soundtrack
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus: Animated
Distributor Notes: The college town of Bedford is receiving an unwelcome guest this Christmas. As the residents of sorority house Pi Kappa Sig prepare for the festive season, a demonic stranger begins to stalk the house. A series of grisly obscene phone-calls start to plague the residents of the sorority and soon they will each meet their fate at the hands of the psychotic intruder. As the Police try to trace the calls, they discover that nothing is as it seems during this BLACK CHRISTMAS.
Source: Koch Entertainment Distribution
Director of Photography
Reg Morris: Director of Photography, BLACK CHRISTMAS (1975)
Costume Designer
Debi Weldon: Costume Designer, BLACK CHRISTMAS (1975)
Review 1:
"Clark's sorority-house slasher was a key influence on John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.75 03/01/2004
Review 2:
"[The film] possesses a strong cast and moments of real tension..."
Source: Total Film
p.115 02/01/2004