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...
DVD Features:
Region 1
Note: Special Features "Supervised by 'Uberfan' Dan Duffin, Creator of the 'ItsMeBilly.com" Website"
Keep Case
Special Edition
Full Frame - 1.33
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Surround Sound 5.1 - English
Additional Release Material:
Interviews:
1. Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder - Stars
2. "Midnight Screening Q&A Session with John Saxon, Bob Clark & Carl Zittrer"
Featurette:
1. Two Original Scenes with Newly Discovered Vocal Soundtrack
2. "The 12 Days of Black Christmas" - Documentary Featuring Interviews with Art Hindle, Doug McGrath, and Lynne Griffin
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus: Animated Menus
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