Friday, September 18, 2009

Black Christmas (4 Stars)

1974. Rated R.

Bob Clark’s (Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things, A Christmas Story and Porky’s) Christmas terror dishes out tension and character development in lieu of blood and guts. A sorority house gets obscene phone calls; a little girl is murdered in the park; a sorority sister disappears - how is it all linked?

Margot Kidder is fantastic and plays the smart-ass, drunk girl to a big T, along with Marian Waldman as the flip housemother. This Halloween precursor is sure to send chills down your spine. Highly recommend.

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