Name: Black Christmas
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Crime
Released: 1974-10-11
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon, Marian Waldman

1974·Horror·1h 38m

7.8

★

As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.

Directed by Bob Clark

winter

pregnancy

toronto, canada

murder

serial killer

slasher

police officer

killer

alcoholic

attic

voyeurism

christmas horror

sorority house

missing daughter

obscene telephone call

christmas

hiding in attic

comedic relief

holiday horror

frightened

gloomy

Rank

#12 in 1974·#1314 overall

Trailer

IMDB

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Where to Watch

Cast

Olivia Hussey

Jess

Keir Dullea

Peter

Margot Kidder

Barb

John Saxon

Lt. Fuller

Marian Waldman

Mrs. Mac

Andrea Martin

Phyl

Doug McGrath

Sargeant Nash

Art Hindle

Chris

Lynne Griffin

Clare

Leslie Carlson

Graham

John Stoneham Sr.

Cop

Bob Clark

Prowler Shadow / Phone Voice (uncredited)

Crew

Bob Clark

Director

Carl Zittrer

Original Music Composer

Bob Clark

Producer

Popular Reviews

2225 reviews

Holly

5.0★ · 03/18/26

How did it take that long to find the bodies

Holly

5.0★ · 03/18/26

How did it take that long to find the bodies

Mars

9.9★ · 12/25/25

combining christmas and horror 🙏🙏🙏

holy shit i did not expect the ending at all

this may be my new favourite film

also the girls were all so cool they didn’t deserve that ☹️

brunettegsundae

7.0★ · 12/15/25

I have a theory that the invention of cell phones killed horror, because what is more iconic than a rotary dial phone in a horror movie?
I love how the girls were still in the house and didn’t report anything or call the police about those anonymous phone calls, a classic type of horror movie

Nelly

8.0★ · 12/03/25

Jess, the caller is in the house. The calls are coming from the house!Being one of the first of slasher movies, this did pretty well. Gosh, Billy is one creepy dude...