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Black Christmas

If this picture doesn't make your skin crawl... it's on TOO TIGHT.

6.9(1,001)19741h 38m5

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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Status
Released
Budget
$686K
Box office
$4M
Language
English
  • winter
  • pregnancy
  • toronto, canada
  • murder
  • serial killer
  • slasher
  • police officer
  • killer
  • alcoholic
  • attic
  • voyeurism
  • christmas horror

Top billed cast

Behind the camera

Director

Bob Clark

Writers

Roy Moore

Produced in

Canada

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalR20 Dec 1974
    • TheatricalR(re-release)26 Dec 1975
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical18X (original rating, cut)25 Sept 1975
    • Physical1823 Oct 2003
    • Physical18Arrow Video 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray7 Dec 2026
  • AustraliaAU

    • Theatrical17 Jun 1976
  • CanadaCA

    • TheatricalR11 Oct 1974
    • PremiereRCinefest Sudbury International Film Festival26 Sept 1998
  • BrazilBR

    • Physical16DVD12 Jun 2007
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical29 Oct 1975
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1624 Oct 1975
  • GreeceGR

    • PhysicalDVD11 Oct 2004
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical1821 Nov 1975
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical12 Feb 1976
    • Physical15 Apr 2006
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical13 Dec 1975
  • MexicoMX

    • TheatricalC4 Dec 1980

Frequently asked questions

Black Christmas was released on 11 October 1974.

Audience reviews

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  • W

    Wuchak

    7/26/2019

    6/10

    ***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 Christmas” (1974) obviously influenced “Halloween” (1978), e.g. the closet scene, but was influenced itself by psycho slasher…

  • D

    Dsnake1

    10/11/2019

    7/10

    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 isn't just the drunk and morally abrasive stereotype; she's driven by her jealousy and likely by issues from her childh…

  • G

    Gimly

    12/29/2019

    7/10

    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._

  • T

    The Movie Diorama

    1/16/2020

    7/10

    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 Argento features to add a worldly aesthetic. However, one film that innovated the tropes and traits commonly found in th…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    12/22/2023

    6/10

    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 "moaner". Some get upset by his behaviour, others laugh it off but when one of their number "Clare" (Lynne Griffin) disappea…

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