Black Christmas (1974)
Black Christmas (1974)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Olivia Hussey
Jess
John Saxon
Lt. Fuller
Andrea Martin
Phyl
Bob Clark
Billy / Producer / Director
Marian Waldman
Mrs. Mac
Margot Kidder
Barb
Keir Dullea
Peter
James Edmond
Mr. Harrison
Doug McGrath
Sargeant Nash
Lynne Griffin
Clare
Art Hindle
Chris
Michael Rapport
Patrick
Leslie Carlson
Graham
Martha Gibson
Mrs. Quaife
John Rutter
Laughing Detective
Robert Warner
Doctor
Sydney Brown
Farmer
Jack Van Evera
Search Party
Les Rubie
Search Party
Marcia Diamond
Woman
Pam Barney
Jean
Robert Hawkins
Wes
David Clement
Cogan
Dave Mann
Cop
John Stoneham Sr.
Cop
Danny Gain
Cop
Tom Foreman
Cop
Stan Cole
Editor
Roy Moore
Screenplay
Karen Bromley
Art Direction
Carl Zittrer
Original Music Composer
Findlay Quinn
Executive Producer
Reginald H. Morris
Director of Photography
David R. Beecroft
Hairstylist
Bill Morgan
Makeup Artist
Richard Schouten
Associate Producer
David M. Robertson
Production Supervisor
Gerry Arbeid
Co-Producer
Kenneth Heeley-Ray
Sound Editor
Sandra Marley
Script Supervisor
Tony Thatcher
Assistant Director
John M. Eckert
Second Assistant Director
Don Brough
Third Assistant Director
Rod Haykin
Sound
Kathy Southern
Assistant Makeup Artist
Rick Clarke
Assistant Editor
Charles Owens
Assistant Sound Editor
Patrick Drummond
Assistant Sound Editor
Bill O’Neill
Sound Mixer
David Appleby
Sound Mixer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 11, 1974
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 38m
Content RatingR
Budget$620,000
Box Office$4,100,000
Genres
Wiki.
Black Christmas (originally titled Silent Night, Evil Night in the United States and retitled Stranger in the House on television screenings) is a 1974 Canadian slasher film produced and directed by Bob Clark, and written by Roy Moore. It stars Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, and John Saxon. The story follows a group of sorority sisters who receive threatening phone calls and are eventually stalked and murdered by a mentally ill killer during the Christmas season.
Inspired by the urban legend "the babysitter and the man upstairs" and a series of murders that took place in the Westmount neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec, Moore wrote the screenplay under the title Stop Me. The filmmakers made numerous alterations to the script, primarily the shifting to a university setting with young adult characters. It was shot in Toronto in 1974 on an estimated budget of $686,000, and was distributed by Warner Bros. in North America.
Upon its release, Black Christmas received mixed reviews, but it has since received critical re-appraisal, with film historians noting it for being one of the earliest slasher films. It is also praised for its influence on John Carpenter's Halloween (1978). Aside from its earning a cult following since its release, a novelization written by Lee Hays was published in 1976. It is the first film in the Black Christmas series, being followed by two remakes in 2006 and 2019.