Black Christmas

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.

Cast

Olivia Hussey

Olivia Hussey

as Jess

Keir Dullea

Keir Dullea

as Peter

Margot Kidder

Margot Kidder

as Barb

John Saxon

John Saxon

as Lt. Fuller

Marian Waldman

Marian Waldman

as Mrs. Mac

Andrea Martin

Andrea Martin

as Phyl

James Edmond

James Edmond

as Mr. Harrison

Doug McGrath

Doug McGrath

as Sargeant Nash

Art Hindle

Art Hindle

as Chris

Lynne Griffin

Lynne Griffin

as Clare

Reviews

Wuchak

***Historical slasher with John Saxon, Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder*** It’s the Christmas season at a sorority house in the Northeast wherein an ambiguous psycho hiding in the attic makes crank calls to the girls and slays them one-by-one. John Saxon plays the local detective. “Black Chris...

Dsnake1

Black Christmas is what happens when a director decides to make a slasher but also decides to make a good movie. Each character has a purpose. By that, I don't mean simply to drive the plot along. Each character is a person, and they each have their own unique personalities and motivations. Barb...

Gimly

One of only two films in my adult life to have been in any way involved in giving me a sense of genuine fear. _Final rating: ★★★½ - I strongly recommend you make the time._...

The Movie Diorama

Black Christmas decorates traditional festivities with blood, suffocation and disturbing phone calls. Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas! And have a slashin’ good time! The slasher sub-genre was most proficient during the mid-to-late 70s, with ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’, ‘Halloween’ and a plethora of spicy ...

CinemaSerf

I suppose a sorority can be used to host a multitude of characters, so that's what Bob Clark does here as he puts four quite different girls into an house supervised by the likably dypso "Mrs. Mac" (Marian Waldman). The house has, for ages now, being getting crank calls from a guy they call the "moa...

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