Sunday, 22 December 2024

Black Christmas (1974 Bob Clark)

A seminal horror film, laced with wit and stylishly directed. Its opening and closing were both echoed in Halloween - the idea that the killer is inside the building was clever, without necessarily being a first. The murder intercut with carol singing is striking. Roy Moore's screenplay tricks you right up to the ending.

But what happened to the Margo Kidder character?

Edited by Stan Cole, photographed by Reg Morris, art direction by Karen Bromley.

The actor Doug McGrath is not the writer Douglas McGrath who co-authored Bullets Over Broadway.

Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, John Saxon, Marian Waldman ('Mrs. Mac'), Andrea Martin, James Edmond.



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