Black Christmas [IMPORT]

Starring:Syd Brown, Leslie Carlson, Marcia Diamond, Keir Dullea, James Edmond, Martha Gibson (II), Lynne Griffin, Art Hindle, Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, Doug McGrath, Michael Rapport, Les Rubie, John Rutter, John Saxon, Jack Van Evera, Marian Waldman, Robert Warner
Studio: Pid
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
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You may never have heard of this neglected 1974 gem, but you've probably seen one of its many imitators. Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder (also look for Andrea Martin of SCTV fame) star as two residents of a sorority house that is emptying out as Christmas approaches. The atmosphere is jolly and carefree, except for an ongoing series of menacing telephone calls, and, oh yes, we've just seen someone climb into the attic with apparent ill intent. Kidder does some scene-stealing as the bad girl, Hussey illustrates one of the downsides to having beautiful long '70s hair, and Keir Dullea does a nice turn as the creepy boyfriend. Director Robert Clark knows that the unseen is far scarier than what can be seen and he ratchets up the tension beautifully, making good use of ominous shadows, and putting in nice touches like replacing the sound of a distraught woman's scream with the piercing ring of yet another ominous phone call. This is a terrific, well-made little movie that is genuinely sleep-with-the-lights-on scary. Don't miss it. --Ali Davis
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Canadian DVD release for 1975 thriller starring Margot Kidder, also known as 'Silent Night, Evil Night' and 'Stranger In The House'.

I Tre Volti Della Paura / Black Sabbath - by Mario Bava (Russian Import - PAL DVD)
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I Tre Volti Della Paura / Black Sabbath - by Mario Bava (Russian Import - PAL DVD)

Manufacturer: Film Prestige
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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Black Christmas, Black Sabbath, The Three Faces of Fear, The Three Faces of Terror

ASIN: B000GLG0GG

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ENGLISH SUBTITLES!!! Brand new and sealed, region free, Russian PAL DVD (not playable on standard US DVD players) edition. Available audio tracks: original DD 2.0 ITALIAN & DD 2.0 RUSSIAN (voice-over). ATTENTION: This is a PAL/Region free DVD. PAL is European video standard which WILL NOT play on regular R1 DVD player (multisystem PAL/NTSC compatible DVD player required). Please, get familiar with all details about DVD video standards and region coding to avoid any misunderstandings ............................................................SYNOPSIS: This anthology features three chilling horror stories. "Il Telefono" is credited to Guy de Maupassant, although he never wrote such a story, and concerns a woman (Michele Mercier) receiving telephone calls from beyond the grave. "Wurdulak", by Alexei Tolstoi, stars Boris Karloff as an aging vampire who can only feed on those he loves. Co-starring Mark Damon and Susy Andersen, it is clearly the best story of the three. The final tale, "La Goccia d'Acqua," is falsely credited to Anton Chekhov. It features Jacqueline Pierreux stealing a ring from a corpse she is preparing for burial, only to be murdered by the old woman's ghost. The American version differs in four major areas: the print is shorter, the stories appear in a different order, there is a linking device with Karloff speaking directly to the audience from a foggy void, and Roberto Nicolosi's musical score is replaced with one by lounge-icon Les Baxter. The American release of the film is also missing a comic coda featuring Karloff riding on horseback (or is he?); this appears in most Eurpoean prints of the film, including Mario Bava's original cut.

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THE ORIGINAL, AND BEST SLASHER FLICK!!!
Originally titled 'A Stranger in the House"
This movie scared the life out of me
Overrated
A Great 70's Classic

Black Christmas [IMPORT]
Starring: Syd Brown , Leslie Carlson , Marcia Diamond , Keir Dullea , and James Edmond
Manufacturer: Pid
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Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00005IC52
Release Date: 2001-03-13

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You may never have heard of this neglected 1974 gem, but you've probably seen one of its many imitators. Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder (also look for Andrea Martin of SCTV fame) star as two residents of a sorority house that is emptying out as Christmas approaches. The atmosphere is jolly and carefree, except for an ongoing series of menacing telephone calls, and, oh yes, we've just seen someone climb into the attic with apparent ill intent. Kidder does some scene-stealing as the bad girl, Hussey illustrates one of the downsides to having beautiful long '70s hair, and Keir Dullea does a nice turn as the creepy boyfriend. Director Robert Clark knows that the unseen is far scarier than what can be seen and he ratchets up the tension beautifully, making good use of ominous shadows, and putting in nice touches like replacing the sound of a distraught woman's scream with the piercing ring of yet another ominous phone call. This is a terrific, well-made little movie that is genuinely sleep-with-the-lights-on scary. Don't miss it. --Ali Davis

Album Description

Canadian DVD release for 1975 thriller starring Margot Kidder, also known as 'Silent Night, Evil Night' and 'Stranger In The House'.

Customer Reviews:

THE ORIGINAL, AND BEST SLASHER FLICK!!!.......2007-06-06

I have been watching horror films for as long as I can remember, and this is one of only 2 movies that has ever really scared me(the other being "The Shining"). As time has passed I just remebered it being the best of the "killer in the house movies". As I was browsing amazon I stumbled upon the special edition of this priceless gem and bought it immediatly. I watched it as soon as it arrived, and while watching it, I felt like I was 8 years old all over again. Bob Clark creates a very dark and menacing atmosphere and wastes no time in indroducing the killer in first-person perspective(a much copied technique). One of the most disturbing thing about this film is the killer is well defined, but we know nothing about him(other films such as The Hitcher and Se7en use this technique).The only clues we have of the killers motives are the very disturbing phone calls(What your father and I must know is...What did you do with the baby,What did you do with agnes??) John Carpenter definitly borrowed alot from this movie. Great story, great acting, great editing, I can't say anything about this movie that has not already been said, so let me just say they caught lightning in a bottle with this movie. A MUST HAVE FOR ALL HORROR MOVIE FANS

Originally titled 'A Stranger in the House".......2007-05-19

I saw this movie on HBO in the late 1970's, as a kid, under the above listed title. This one is well worth the watch. I have watched horror movies my whole life and can honestly say that very few genuinely scared me as much as this one. (Yes, Halloween and The Exorcist were also very scary the first go 'round, but this movie affected as much as either of these movies). It may be that nowadays the plot has been repeated ad nauseam but I still feel that the impact of this movie is viable. You will not see gore, so you will have to use your imagination. That is a good thing. Your imagination is far more disturbing than any gore onscreen. The antagonist, whoever did the voice, is fantastic. He really sounds crazy, and not in a good way, either.

This movie scared the life out of me.......2007-05-10

The first time I saw it was a year or two after it came out. I was a teenager and had never seen anything that scary. This was, remember, several years before the genre of the teenage slasher flick first appeared.

One of the creepiest and most effective things about this movie is that you never got to see the face of the killer. There was never a reason given for what he did, and you had no idea who he was. It was just some lunatic who got into the house through a window, No other explanation given. Not many scripts or stories have the guts to pull this off.

Once the maniac gets in, he begins a series of chilling, sickening and utterly terrifying phone calls to the sorority girls in the house, who are in the midst of a Christmas party. You realize, when listening to this psycho, that whatever is wrong with him is beyond a prank, beyond mental illness. This person is unbelievably twisted and deranged. The ability he has to shift his voice patterns and imitations, not to mention his hoarse, guttural and violent thrusts when he shouts are what let you know how unspeakably horrifying it is going to be for the parties involved.

The girls have a range of emotions, from frightened, amused, and, provocation, which is a mistake.

A side story of a missing, later found murdered child in a park lends to the growing terror. A race against time while police try and track the calls from inside the house adds to the tension.

There is no satisfying, feel-good ending.

The great touches in this movie come fom everything you do not see, but from what is inferred. There is almost no blood in the movie. You do get to see several murders, but the murders themselves are almost beside the point. Its the heart-pounding fear leading up to it that makes the movie worth seeing. None of the slasher movies that followed can touch this one. What a forgotten piece of work.

Hands down one of the best scary movies ever.

Overrated.......2007-04-09

BLACK CHRISTMAS is not as effective as HALLOWEEN. The killer is annoying, some gurgling lunatic who uses obscene language to get his point across. The direction and editing is weak. How many times do we have to see the woman wrapped in cellophane up in the attic...she's dead ..I get it...Move on! I wasnt routing for the characters or the killer for that matter...this movie just didnt deliver. HALLOWEEN and WHEN A STRANGER CALLS "borrowed" from this film and both movies were scarier!

A Great 70's Classic.......2007-04-08

I guess you can say that this movie spawned many copycats but this one is still supreme. This 70's classic has great atmosphere and chilling sequences. The creepy phone calls are awesome, how else can you creep out a house full of college girls? Great movie. No remake could ever come close to recapturing the escence of the original.

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