Black Christmas
December 12, 2022
One part frosty Christmas atmosphere, one part stalk ‘n’ slash magnificence, and all parts awesome, Black Christmas is a timeless and terrifying holiday tradition. During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
Related Event | SIFF Film Talks
Holiday Horror: Black Christmas
SIFF brings the ho-ho-horror with a jolly new Film Talk, HOLIDAY HORROR: BLACK CHRISTMAS, in which local filmmaker Jeremy Cropf analyzes a terrifying trio of festive slashers: Bob Clark’s groundbreaking Black Christmas (1974) and the 2006 and 2019 remakes from directors Glen Morgan and Sophia Takal.
December 15, 2022 @ SIFF Film Center & Zoom Webinar
When sorority sisters Olivia Hussey (Romeo & Juliet), Margot Kidder (Superman) and Andrea Martin (SCTV) are under attack from a vicious potty-mouthed killer, it’s up to police chief John Saxon to even the odds. But what about Keir Dullea (2001: A Space Odyssey), the brooding art-school pianist? Could he have something to do with the Christmas rampage? Years before he crafted the ultimate comedic yuletime experience A Christmas Story, genre pioneer Bob Clark gave us one of the most influential Hitchcockian slashers of all time. Black Christmas gets everything right.
- Director: Bob Clark
- Principal Cast: Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, Keir Dullea, John Saxon
- Country: Canada
- Year: 1974
- Running Time: 98 min.
- Producer: Bob Clark
- Screenplay: Roy Moore
- Cinematographers: Reginald H. Morris
- Editors: Stan Cole
- Music: Carl Zittrer
- US Distributor: AGFA