| release date | December 20 1974 |
| studio | Warner Bros. |
| director | Bob Clark |
| writer | Roy Moore |
| starring | Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon, Marian Waldman, Andrea Martin |
| rating | R |
| tagline | If this movie doesn't make your skin crawl... It's On Too Tight! |
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The thought of being terrorized in the safety of your own home will always rank right up as one of people’s biggest fears. Filmmakers are very aware of this since they’ve been dwelling into this terrifying concept time and time again with the never passé, home invasion subgenre. It’s been the perfect avenue for directors to showcase/show-off their technical craft. Some of my favorites have been Straw Dogs (the Peckinpah original, of course) Black Christmas (don’t you dare ask which one), Funny Games (both versions actually), Panic Room, Inside and the criminally underseen, Them. READ MORE
The thought of being terrorized in the safety of your own home will always rank right up as one of people’s biggest fears. Filmmakers are very aware of this since they’ve been dwelling into this terrifying concept time and time again with the never passé, home invasion subgenre. It’s been the perfect avenue for directors to showcase/show-off their technical craft. Some of my favorites have been Straw Dogs (the Peckinpah original, of course) Black Christmas (don’t you dare ask which one), Funny Games (both versions actually), Panic Room, Inside and the criminally underseen, Them. READ MORE
Taking obvious inspiration from various Black Christmas posters, inside you’ll find a breathtaking (literally) one sheet for Miguel Angel Vivas’ Kidnapped, which arrives On Demand June 15 before joining limited theaters on June 17 from IFC Films. READ MORE
In the decade-plus period of time that has passed since the release of Scream 3, there’s no doubt that the horror landscape has changed significantly. In the intervening years we’ve witnessed the rise of the torture porn craze, seen a resurgence in “found footage”/shaky-cam horror, and watched helplessly as a seemingly unyielding series of remakes cluttered up our local multiplexes. READ MORE
In the decade-plus period of time that has passed since the release of Scream 3, there’s no doubt that the horror landscape has changed significantly. In the intervening years we’ve witnessed the rise of the torture porn craze, seen a resurgence in “found footage”/shaky-cam horror, and watched helplessly as a seemingly unyielding series of remakes cluttered up our local multiplexes. READ MORE
Finally gearing up for production is director Victor Salva’s Rosewood Lane, which follows a talk show psychiatrist (Rose McGowan) who returns to her hometown following the death of her father and becomes the target of the malicious neighborhood paperboy who stalked and murdered him. The film, which will also star Jeepers Creepers vet Ray Wise, has been a pet project of Salva’s for several years now, and it will be the director’s first feature effort since 2006′s Peaceful Warrior, as well as his first horror film since Jeepers Creepers 2 in 2003. READ MORE
It was reported on a pretty reliable website earlier this week that The Loved One‘s Robin McLeavy had landed the major role of the 16t President’s wife in Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 3D. READ MORE
With the Sundance Film Festival in full effect, ex-Guns ‘n Roses guitarist Slash has been all over the news with dribbles of announcements regarding his newly launched Slasher Films. Usually an announcement like so would have my giggling at the lunacy of it all, but finding out that Slash is working on adaptation Steve Niles’ awesome “Wake the Dead” made my head spin. We just now got word on all four films in development, and they’re all quite impressive. Details inside. (more…) READ MORE
One of our favorite things to do here at Bloody Disgusting is let our writers take the ball and run with it. What would be the point in bringing you content if we didn’t enjoy writing it? I’d like to introduce our new contributor, Rebel Phoenix, who is passionate about the “classics”. Today he would like to present to you a new list, “The Top 10 Most Influential Horror Movies You’ve NEVER Even Heard Of (…Let Alone Seen),” all of which were released before Hitchcock’s seminal Psycho. Read on and tell Rebel what you think of his work below! (more…) READ MORE
Arriving in French cinemas next week is yet another home invasion movie that sounds quite similar to Black Christmas. In Helene Angel’s Forbidden House, Benedict and Claire arrive in the country to sell the family home in which Claire’s brother recently committed suicide. Benedict wants to start work as soon as possible to sell at the best price. Claire, the first night, is convinced they are not alone in the house. Inside you’ll find the poster, stills and French trailer.
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It’s actually pretty amazing just how many horror films focus on inbreeding. You don’t truly realize it until you sit down and try to tally them all. Apparently, there is much horror to be found in the illicit, deranged fruits of incestuous breeding. Well, it’s tough to argue with that one. So without further ado, here are some of the most infamous examples of horror flicks featuring wacked-out inbreds…. (more…) READ MORE
Some new A Nightmare on Elm Street casting hit the web today as Katie Cassidy has been cast as “Kris” in the reboot being filmed next month in Chicago, reports Shocktillyoudrop. Cassidy can currently be seen Saturdays in CBS’ murder mystery Harper’s Island and has appeared in films such as Black Christmas and Taken. She’ll join the previous announced Jackie Earle Haley, Kyle Gallner, Thomas Dekker, Rooney Mara and Kellan Lutz in the pic that centers on Freddy Krueger, a serial child molester murdered by angry parents, who returns with a burnt face and a razor glove to terrorize teens in their dreams. New Line Cinema will bring us all new nightmares on April 16, 2010. (more…) READ MORE
Update: Zombie edited his blog removing the new title, so we’ll keep you posted as the new title is officially revealed. Well known nutter and one of my favorite actresses from the 70′s, Margot Kidder (The Amityville Horror, Sisters, Superman, Black Christmas), has joined the cast of Rob Zombie’s Halloween sequel, which apparently has been given a new name. “Margot Kidder has joined Halloween – The Devil Walks Among Us as Laurie Strode’s therapist Barbara Collier,” writes Zombie on his official blog. I wasn’t a big fan of the moniker H2 and think Halloween: The Devil Walks Among Us is a pretty solid new title. Shooting is now underway in Georgia as Dimension has the film slated for release on August 28. (more…) READ MORE
Awesome news as Koch Entertainment has revealed that they will bring Bob Clark’s original 1974 version of Black Christmas to Blu-ray on November 11th, according to Blu-ray.com. No specs or other details were revealed just yet, but this better be a 1080 true HD release. It’s time for Christmas break, and the sorority sisters make plans for the holiday, but the strange anonymous phone calls are beginning to put them on edge. When Clare disappears, they contact the police, who don’t express much concern. Meanwhile Jess is planning to get an abortion, but boyfriend Peter is very much against it. The police finally begin to get concerned when a 13-year-old girl is found dead in the park. They set up a wiretap to the sorority house, but will they be in time to prevent a sorority girl attrition problem? (more…) READ MORE
Apparently Dimension Films’ Black Christmas did more than just disappoint fans — it got other studios thinking about holiday films they could remake. Today it was announced that Santa Clause is coming to your house, so you better be nice because this Santa will kill you. Moviehole scored news that Sony is remaking Silent Night, Deadly Night, with Joe Harris (The Tripper) in talks to pen the script. Read on for some big details. (more…) READ MORE
Today we posted Loomis7′s review for Dimension Films’ Black Christmas remake, which is now in theaters everywhere. The question everyone is asking, “is is really THAT bad?” Maybe not… click the link for the review, poster, pics, trailers and more. In Black Christmas a sorority house is terrorized by a killer who makes frightening telephone calls before murdering the sorority sisters during the Christmas break. (more…) READ MORE
With Sommerville House’s brand new Special Edition DVD release of the classic Black Christmas (DVD review) hitting retailers tomorrow (buy it here), we arranged for a very special exclusive interview with star John Saxon! In Bob Clark’s classic film a sorority house is terrorized by a stranger who makes frightening phone calls and then murders the sorority sisters during Christmas break. Dimension Films’ remake hits theaters December 25th. (more…) READ MORE
B-D reader Alistair informed us that if you head on over to the official UK website for Dimension Films’ Black Christmas remake you can check out some clips from the film, which hits theaters December 25th. In Glen Morgan and James Wong’s Black Christmas a sorority house is terrorized by a killer who makes frightening telephone calls before murdering the sorority sisters during the Christmas break. (more…) READ MORE
We’re being told it’s in fact a fan made trailer… but we think it’s damn cool! With technology becoming so incredibly easy to use it’s becoming more and more difficult to tell what’s real and what’s fan made. Today a “teaser trailer” found its way online for Rob Zombie’s Halloween — it’s creepy, cool and follows Zombie’s own personal style, so maybe it’s real? Odds are it’s a fake, but you never know these days… I could see this teaser being attached to Black Christmas in December. Read on to watch the trailer and then tel us what you think by commenting below. Rob Zombie’s Halloween hits theaters August 31, 2007. (more…) READ MORE
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