Black Christmas (1974) 2 of 100

Susan’s History with this movie: No history at all! Going into this one blind.

Play by Play:

Sorority house slasher movie starring Margot Kidder.

May I add.....a very hot Margot Kidder. The first part of the movie shows Barb (Margot Kidder) as quite a drunk bitch. She is loose with the cocktails and heavy on the insults to her less fortunate sorority sisters. I will also say that the house gets a dirty phone call that is truly disturbing even for a horror movie. Favorite quote by Barb in the first 5 minutes was "Townys don't get raped" followed by laughter by her sisters. Fun fact! The first person to be killed was a sorority sister that was a Towny. 

So....one of the most amazing things about this movie so far is the boyfriend of one of the girls. He is constantly wearing a VERY LARGE fur coat. Susan says ...."Huh?"

So....back to the story.....Barb is basically drunk and talking dirty to the police.....and her parents and pretty much everyone in her path. I will say after 36 minutes into this movie that I am questioning her true heroine abilities.

Okay....death #2 was what I can assume was a sort of house mother. A crazy old lady with a cat. Kind of a cool death scene. Pulled up through the attic and killed. Creepy screaming effect.

Another creepy phone call comes in and the British sorority girl takes some action. Sort of.....She gets distracted by a cute boy who I will call Turtleneck. Never a good idea in a horror movie to be distracted by a cute boy.

So British girl and Turtleneck are talking about marriage now and a baby....Uh oh! Abortion talk! British girl is a surprisingly good actress!

The police come to investigate the disturbing phone calls and the Lt. looks a lot like the Sheriff in Nightmare on Elm Street. Must research this.

Just did an IMDB search and yep! It's John Saxon! Awesome.

So the killer is now hanging out in a creepy way with the two dead bodies up in the attic of the house. Not a comfortable scene at all.

Drunk Barb had a bad dream and was saved with her inhaler by cool ass british chick. I am now thinking british chick will be our savior.

Dude!!!!!! Death # 3 Drunk Barb just was killed in her bed.! I guess I was right.

So....the dirty calls come in again and they suspect Turtleneck! British girl says no!!!!!!!!

Funny thing....the way they traced the calls back then is this dude walking around what it looks like is a big room of phone lines and the dude needs to actually walk to where the signal is activated. Through this process....Turtleneck was ruled out as the murderer.

Death #4 - Glasses girl. Kind of annoying anyways.....but just walked into drunk Barbs room and I think she's a goner.

Creepy ass calls continue.....

OHHHHH DUDE!!!!!!!! Call tracer dude just told them all the creepy calls were coming from INSIDE THE SORORITY HOUSE!!!!!!

So....British chick is told by the police to leave the house and she decides to go save Barb and Glasses girl (not knowing they are dead)......because she is awesome.

She grabs a poker from the fireplace......heads up the stairs and sees the dead bodies....and slams the killer in the closet.

Craziness comes about and cool ass british chick is locked in a closet herself. Of course....police sirens are on their way...but not there yet.

Ohhhh man! Turtleneck just broke through a window to find her.....she thinks he's the killer....

Police arrive.....Turtleneck is dead and british girl is knocked out. Police are sure Turtleneck is the killer.

Okay....REALLY CREEPY scene. Shows the killer is still up in the attic with all the dead bodies. Not comforting at all. To add to that while the credits roll there is a phone ring sound. So not happy.

This was a good movie. I expected a little better but it was good to see some familiar horror movie faces.

Feminist Slasher Project Research: 

Cool ass female (while pregnant) is the heroine. While she does end the movie in a deep sleep you are left with hope she will kick some ass when she wakes up. Also, throughout the movie there are few moments when you question her actions and scream at the TV for her to do something else. I didn't see any exploitation in this film. The ladies are pretty much in charge of everything. This one gets a bright Green Light for the Feminist Slasher Project.