Black Christmas

Rating:
Summary: Bloodcurdlingly scary
Review: I can only second many of the sentiments already expressed by others - this is one of the scariest movies ever made. I'm 29, I haven't been scared by a movie since I was a kid, but BC STILL freaks me the hell out. Maybe it's the thought of lying in bed in the dark and suddenly hearing a voice whispering "Hello Agnes, its me Billy". BRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
This is one scary movie, and ludicrously underrated and unfairly forgotten.

Rating:
Summary: Frightening in a few parts but.........
Review: Frightening in a few parts but the ending was a huge dissapointment. The killer's identity is never revealed nor is it explained what was the motive behind the senseless killings. Who was this obscene phone caller/Killer? What is his background and why did he choose to invade and murder the women at the sorority home? In the films "Friday the 13TH" and "Halloween" we knew the motive behind Mrs. Voorhees' and Michael Myers' murder spree, but in this film...it is left unexplained. Why?

Rating:
Summary: Scary-entertaining BUT NOT FOR KIDS
Review: C_nt repeatedly
F_ck repeatedly
Sh_t repeatedly
C_ck several times
And a whole lot of raw sexual inuendo.

Those are the words that make this film unsuitable for children. Watch it when the kids aren't around.

Also the film promotes youth rebellion against moral and parental authority and adult rebellion against police authority.

It IS scary but the movie script creates it's own predictablility.

And you never find out who_dunnit

It's worth watching at least once.


Rating:
Summary: Scary
Review: This film is scary. Not a lot of gore, and it's better for it. Good acting. Some really great scenes. The very very end is a bit disappointing, but otherwise I enthusiastically recommend this film if you're looking for a thriller for around the holidays. If you have a friend who's into horror films and has never seen it, this would make a really good christmas gift.

Rating:
Summary: Stranger Still
Review: I was reading "Cricket's" review and agree. I also saw this movie under the name "Stranger In The House". I have been looking for this movie, since I first saw it. This is truly one of the scariest movies out there. A true mind screw.
It was on HBO the first night I saw it. I was babysitting my youngest brother, had all the lights turned out...when I noticed a flash of light upstairs, by the attic. Needless to say, my heart raced faster than a formula one car and found a baseball bat to clobber my would be attacker. I went upstairs slowly and as I got closer to the attic, the hall light flashed on again, scaring the everliving s**t out of me. When my parents came home, I found out that my Dad had put a new light switch in...the kind that flashes when it isn't completely shut off.
I was eighteen at the time and had never been that scared (before or since). The reason was because the movie made you think that it could happen. I still get the creeps thinking about that movie. Now that I have found this movie again, I'm not even sure I want to see it. It has stayed with me this long (I'm 44, at the time of this writing).
So if you truly want a scary movie, then this is the one to get.
Merry Christmas

Rating:
Summary: a.k.a. STRANGER IN THE HOUSE
Review: In the late 1970's(about the time the first Superman movie came out), I remember watching a movie on HBO called, 'Stranger in the House' with Margot Kidder. For years I tried to find that movie on video or dvd without any luck. A few months ago I was surfing the Amazon web site and read several positive reviews of a movie called 'Black Christmas' starring Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder. I began reading the description and was amazed by the similarities. My search was over. This was indeed the same movie....but why did I remember it under another name?

I immediately ordered the special edition of the movie. Mystery solved! The special features included two alternate openings; one showing the movie as I remember it with the 'Stranger In The House' title, as well as another one showing a third title, 'Silent Night, Evil Night.' It has a really great featurette on the making of the movie, but still no explanation as to why three different titles were used.[If anyone knows the answer to this, please email me with it.]

Let me give you a scenario to help describe how scary this movie is. I remember going to my mother the night I watched it and asking her if the attic in our house was large enough for someone be in. Thankfully, it wasn't. She even had my father get a ladder and show me that the inside of our attic was barely tall enough for anyone to stand in, just so I could sleep that night. Of course, I was only eight or nine years old at the time. However, I'm now 35 now and it still gave me the creeps! Needless to say, I was not disappointed, nor will you be! The fact that you never actually see the killer makes it even more terrifying and mysterious. I wish newer horror movies would go back to this technique of 'using the camera as the killer.'Also, this movie has some of the most creative death scenes I have seen to this day.(Remember, the house mother peaking into the attic?)

I highly recommend the Special Edition for true horror movie collectors, even though the sound quality is poor on portions of the featurette. Still, it was really interesting to be given a tour of the infamous house 30 years later.

Rating:
Summary: One Of The Best
Review: Black Christmas has to be one of the best horror films ever made and one of the scariest because of it's extremely chilling atmosphere and intense, frightening ending. I just can't comprehend how it isn't as well known as other horror movies out there.

The cast is great and director Bob Clark did an amazing job bringing a creepy atmosphere to the screen. If you think the Christmas setting will give you a warm cheery feeling, guess again. I used to anticipate Christmas time. Now I get freaked out by the first day of December! Have you ever had the feeling that you were being watched and you have to look over your should just to make sure no one is really there? Well, for me, watching this film was like getting that feeling and never actually getting to turn around. Instead, you're left with that feeling of uneasiness, up until the freaky ending that still gets my heart pouding like crazy every time I watch it.

I am a huge horror fan and I really don't get scared by anything. But this movie really got to me. After watching it for the first time, I finally understood the "sleep with the lights on" problem that some people have. I've never felt that way before, but how could I help it, knowing that the entrance to the attic is right outside my bedroom door.

Rating:
Summary: One of the scariest films I've seen to this day
Review: I don't think I've ever been affected by a horror movie as much as I was by this one. It will get to you, even if you don't think so while watching the movie, just you wait. Most of my friends that I've shown this movie to had a lot of trouble sleeping for a few nights after seeing it. Its a very well-done thriller, minus all the blood, gore, and annoying shock effect. I hate building movies up too much, so I'll leave it at that. Now go and see it for yourself.

Rating:
Summary: Very slow
Review: Sorry, but this is a very slow movie, and so long that maybe fall a sleep.