Black Christmas (franchise)

Black Christmas is an Canadian-American horror franchise that consists of two slasher films, a novel and merchandise. The films focus on a group of college students who begin receiving obscene phone calls on Christmas night. The films have collectively grossed over $25 million at the box-office worldwide.[1][2] The franchise began with the 1974 film Black Christmas which was directed by Bob Clark and starred Olivia Hussey, John Saxon and Margot Kidder.[3] The film gained a cult following and received a novelization in 1976 written by Lee Hayes. In 2006, the remake of the same name was released.[4] It was directed by Glen Morgan, produced by Bob Clark and starred notable actors including Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Katie Cassidy and Oliver Hudson. It was met with generally mixed to negative reviews.

Films

Film Director Writer(s) Producer(s)
Black Christmas Bob Clark A. Roy Moore Bob Clark
Black X-Mas Glen Morgan Glen Morgan

Overview

In the original film, during Christmas break, a group of sorority sisters begin receiving strange anonymous phone calls. When Clare disappears, they contact the police, who don't express much concern. Meanwhile, Jess Bradford is planning to get an abortion, but her boyfriend Peter is very much against it. The police get concerned when a 13-year-old girl is found dead in the park and set up a wiretap to the sorority house. It is revealed that the obscene phone calls are coming from inside the house. Jess discovers the dead bodies of her friends and has a confrontation with the killer, Billy, and flees to the basement. The film ends with Jess killing the person she mistook for the killer. In the remake, the film focuses more on the background of Billy. It is revealed that he was abused by his mother as a child. His mother locked him in the attic and he killed her years later when he managed to escape. Years later, a group of six sorority sisters consisting of Kelli, Dana, Lauren, Megan, Heather, Melissa and their house mother, who now live in Billy's childhood home. They are soon harassed by threatening and intimidating obscene phone calls during Christmas Break. As one of the girls goes missing, they soon begin being murdered by Billy.

Literature

Novel

In 1976, Lee Hayes wrote a novelization for the first film. This book is currently out of print and hard to find.[5]

Merchandise

In 2016, it was announced that Scream Factory would release a Blu-ray version of the 1974 film.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Black Christmas (2006)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ↑ "Black Christmas (1974)". Box Office Mojo.
  3. ↑ "12 Days of Killmas: Black Christmas (1974)". Crave Online.
  4. ↑ "12 Days of Killmas: Black Christmas (2006)". Crave Online.
  5. ↑ Molgaard, Matt. "10 Horror Movie Novelizations You Might Not Have Known Existed!". Horror Novel Reviews.
  6. ↑ "Black Christmas Collector's Edition Blu-ray Dated". Blu-ray.

External links

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