Black Christmas | |
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Directed by | Bob Clark |
Written by | A. Roy Moore |
Produced by | Bob Clark |
Starring | Olivia Hussey Keir Dullea Margot Kidder John Saxon Marian Waldman Andrea Martin James Edmond |
Cinematography | Reginald H. Morris |
Edited by | Stan Cole |
Music by | Carl Zittrer |
Production company | Film Funding Limited of Canada |
Distributed by | Ambassador Film Distributors (Canada) Warner Bros. (U. S.) |
Release dates | October 11, 1974 (Canada) December 20, 1974 (U.S.) October 12, 1975 (UK) |
Running time | 98 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Budget | $620,000 |
Box office | $4,053,000 |
Black Christmas (also released as Silent Night, Evil Night, and Stranger in the House) is a 1974 Canadian independent horror movie. It was directed and produced by Bob Clark. Black Christmas was released on October 11, 1974 in Canada, December 20, 1974 in the United States, and on October 12, 1975 in the United Kingdom. The movie is inspired by the urban legend "The Babysitter and the Man Upstairs" and is also based on murders that took place in Quebec around Christmas. The movie is considered to be one of the first slasher movies.[1] There was a remake that was made and released on Christmas of 2006.
The movie gained positive reviews from critics and holds a 63% "Fresh" rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[2]
A remake of the same name was released in 2006.