Black Christmas

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Black Christmas is a 1974 Canadian slasher horror film, often cited as a pioneering work in the genre for its suspenseful storytelling and influential use of the "killer in the house" premise.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
slasher film
cinematographer Reginald H. Morris
composer Carl Zittrer
countryOfOrigin Canada
countryOfRelease Canada
director Bob Clark
distributedIn Canada
United States
distributor Warner Bros.
editor Stan Cole
filmingLocation Ontario
Toronto
genre horror
slasher
thriller
hasPremise a group of sorority sisters are stalked by a killer making obscene phone calls
hasRemake Black Christmas (2006 film)
Black Christmas (2019 film)
hasTheme psychological terror
violence against women
influenced Halloween
the slasher film genre
narrativeDevice killer in the house
notableCharacter Barb Coard
Jess Bradford
Lt. Kenneth Fuller
Peter
Phil
notableFor being a pioneering slasher film
early use of POV shots from the killer’s perspective
originalLanguage English
producer Bob Clark
productionCompany Film Funding Ltd. of Canada
releaseDate 1974-10-11
releaseYear 1974
runningTime approximately 98 minutes
screenwriter Roy Moore
setting Christmas
sorority house
starredActor Andrea Martin
Art Hindle
John Saxon
Keir Dullea
Lynne Griffin
Margot Kidder
Marian Waldman
Olivia Hussey

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Keir Dullea notableWork Black Christmas
Margot Kidder appearedIn Black Christmas
John Saxon notableWork Black Christmas
Bob Clark notableWork Black Christmas
Katie Cassidy notableWork Black Christmas (2006 film)
linked to: Black Christmas
Leslie Carlson notableWork Black Christmas (1974 film)
linked to: Black Christmas
Olivia Hussey starredIn Black Christmas (1974 film)
linked to: Black Christmas
Halloween universe influencedBy Black Christmas (1974 film)
linked to: Black Christmas