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Black Christmas (1974) - Limited Edition Steelbook 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray

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Condition
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Format
Blu-ray December 9, 2025
Dimensions
1 x 1 x 1 in; 6.72 oz
Language
English
Runtime
1 hour and 38 minutes
MPAA rating
R (Restricted)
Director
Bob Clark

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Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder star among an ill-fated houseful of sorority sisters celebrating the holiday season. Festivities turn fatal when obscene phone calls break the serenity, and it becomes clear that a psychopath is stalking the house.​ Bonus Content: 2022 4K Scan of the Original Camera NegativePresented in Dolby Vision2022 Restoration of the Original Mono Track2022 5.1 Mix Restoring the Missing Sound EffectsAudio Commentary with Director Bob ClarkAudio Commentary with Actors John Saxon and Keir DulleaAudio Commentary with Actor Nick MancusoAudio Interview with Bob Clark2022 Restoration of the 5.1 Audio, Restoring Missing Dialogue, Music and Sound EffectsAudio Commentary with Billy (Actor Nick Mancuso)Audio Interview with Director Bob ClarkFilm and Furs: Remembering Black Christmas with Art HindleVictims and Virgins: Remembering Black Christmas with Lynne GriffinBlack Christmas Legacy40th Anniversary Panel at FanExpo 2014 Featuring John Saxon, Art Hindle, Lynne Griffin & Nick MancusoOn Screen!: Black Christmas12 Days of Black Christmas DocumentaryBlack Christmas RevisitedArchival Interviews with Olivia Hussey, Art Hindle, Margot Kidder, Bob Clark, & John SaxonMidnight Screening Q&A with Bob Clark, John Saxon and Carl ZittrerTwo Scenes with a New Vocal SoundtrackTheatrical Trailers (English and French)TV SpotsRadio SpotsAlternative Title SequencesStill GalleryOriginal Script (BD-Rom)

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Genre Horror, Kids & Family/Holidays & Festivals, Mystery & Suspense/Thrillers
Format 4K
Contributor Bob Clark, John Saxon, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Marian Waldman, Olivia Hussey
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 38 minutes
Aspect Ratio 1.851
MPAA rating R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions 1 x 1 x 1 inches; 6.72 ounces

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The Sound, the Brilliant Sound!
4K Blu Ray release review only I’m afraid This film is a quintessential piece for horror fans, general genre fans and anyone remotely interested in brilliant fine filmmaking. Enough said on it’s worth A classic proto slasher, and when watched in a dark quite setting with high volume, it can still can still pack a punch The picture here was drawn from the best possible sources, and looks very clean and detailed compared to any former release. I won’t compare it to anything more modern, but it can still beat the picture quality of some other films in 4K. It does look and feel brilliant, you won’t be disappointed Plus the HDR really makes it shine, with the Xmas setting allowing for some really dazzling colours to erupt (that you could never have seen before on any of the old masters, as they cannot represent the mass of colours present within a film print within SDR). And I’ll make it clear, it’s “dazzling” when compared to how this film has been seen since the VHS days. Not compared to let’s say Kubricks 2001 So the sound, Scream Factory hired an external agent (you can find out from various posts by him and others on Blu Ray.com) and the sheer monumental effort that went into this; is nothing else than inspiring. Somewhat severe sibilance can be heard in this films orginal soundtrack masters - it’s been present from the beginning - only made worse by the only available materials (a mag strip from a print, since the original master tapes were lost 20 years ago by a DVD company) deteriorating with age and use. However, this individual painstakingly used existing tools and his own personal techniques and methods, to individually fix all of the sibilance in the soundtrack - one millisecond at a time (basically) The effort put in and the results we have It’s just Well outstanding, this film sounds outstanding And this restored Mono was used to create a new 5.1 track - which very much rocks ! Even if it isn’t authentic, it’s the one I use now So what can I say, if you have seen this before You haven’t seen the film, I mean not really - because in the end (outside of a cinema) this is the way to Experiance this motion picture If you haven’t seen it, well your in for more than an Xmas treat It will blow your socks off ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2024 by Z B
A Christmas Story. ** Special edition dvd features below**
Bob Clark directed this 70s slasher gem and also directed the Christmas classic A Christmas story, along with other notable horror and comedies. In this movie we know very little of the killer, allot of reviewers point out this adds to the mystery and the effectiveness and i would agree. The 2006 remake fills in a back story of the killer and adds depth, but I, like most prefer this and my own imagination. Perhaps this killer didn't get that proverbially red rider bee bee gun for Christmas and angered and unable to take out his frustrations with said gun he becomes a deranged killer. Bad joke. I consider myself a horror buff but this title for whatever reason has eluded me and I'm seeing it for the first time,(though if i review i watch the movie fresh anyhow) so I miss out on the effect it might have had on me as a younger kid. Most horror films that are the scariest to us I believe stems from what we saw at a young and impressionable age, when our imaginations were at their peak. However seeing this at 29 years old it still is a terrifying movie. For me the part that grabbed me is when the older woman in charge of the girls says goodbye as they are going off with a search party leaving the old woman alone. As viewers we know who is in that house, and I for a moment thought of any late ominous night i had said goodbye to friends and was alone, leaves you with an eerie feeling. In this horror film the killer isn't trying to get in to get you, he's already there so for us the scary part isn't don't go in the woods or who would go there it is when someone goes to bed, or friends leave then we feel the terror, I think we can relate to that terror. For example think back to when your a child and you saw a horror movie, you really wanted to, you told your parents it's fine and it was. Now it's dark out, soon it will be bedtime and we can't get those horror movie images out of our heads and we panic. Maybe we have some friends over for a sleep over and we watch horror films all night, no big deal, then the next night there gone and were alone now those movies are scary, or even if it's daytime and we have to go into the basement alone to do laundry, maybe we sing aloud la la la calmly walking to put the laundry in then as if were tricking said ghosts we bolt for the upstairs. That's the brief familiar feeling i got when they left for the search party leaving that woman in the house alone, that is where the movie for me got freaky and then didn't let up. Some have pointed out how Halloween got some of it's ideas from Black Christmas, and that Halloween not Black Christmas is considered such a classic. I would agree Black Christmas could've very well influenced Halloween, but i wouldn't say steal, Halloween is a classic and deservedly so and Black Christmas in any horror forum or discussion is also considered one by most. However i would like to point out a movie i felt did directly take from this that i have not heard mentioned, When a Stranger Calls (1979). Creepy phone calls, a traced call from police, and calls are coming from a second line in the house. I mean now that is pretty specific, almost makes me like When a Stranger Calls less. Also some things i thought noteworthy, the calls that come are very freaky the voice is reminiscent of the voices Regan would make from The Exorcist in one of her devilish outbursts. Olivia Hussey is one of the sexiest sleepers. The ending is top notch as well. The only hole i wanted to say something about was the fact this guy is on a phone line upstairs screaming but nobody hears him in the house, however the good heavily outweighs the bad, this is a great horror film with good character development, this movie could even spark up a pro life debate. The real horror is that Bob Clark and his son were killed by a drunk driver earlier this year April 4, 2007. R.I.P DVD Special edition dvd 2 hours of new bonus material Supervised by uberfan Dan Duffin, Creator of the [...] Website -Digitally re-mastered anamorphic video and newly created 5.1 surround stereo audio -Two original scenes with a new vocal soundtrack that were recently uncovered -"The 12 days of black Christmas", an all new documentary featuring current interviews with Art Hindle, Doug McGrath and Lynne Griffin among others. -Separate interview segments with Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder -Midnight Screening Q&A session with John Saxon, Bob Clark, & Carl Zitter -Animated menus ** Black Christmas is ranked # 87 on Bravos scariest movie moments and When A Stranger Calls # 28, personally they should switch ** Movie 4.5 B + ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 26, 2007 by Mike
Rocking Chair Blues
It's Christmas time, and the sorority sisters of an unnamed college (re: filmed in Canada) are partying before they return home for the holidays. Meanwhile, an unseen lunatic/psycho/madman enters the house to do bad things. As the police investigate a missing girl in town, they learn about the obscene phone calls being made to the sorority house and try tracing them... Black Christmas is sometimes credited as "the first slasher movie", but let's put it up there with Bava's earlier Twitch of the Death Nerve, say they both "created" or popularized the genre, and call it a day. These days, having been through literally decades of "slasher" movies, and then Saw, and all manner of onscreen nastiness, Black Christmas a) should be viewed in context and appreciated for its time and ::gasp:: originality, and b) is still creepy and demented enough for today's fans to enjoy. The film also created or least popularized some of the most dependable elements (now clichés) of horror movies: - "College" students played by people well out of college (including Keir Dullea / Bizarro Joe Montana) - Unspeakable horror during a holiday - The killer's point of view shot / heavy breathing - The obscene, creepy phone calls - The phone calls coming from within the house(!) - The killer sometimes "hiding" in plain sight (because the cast is blind) - The cops as complete idiots Using the "less is more" approach, Black Christmas eschews gore for suspense and just general creepiness. There's some blood, but nothing like its successors. Director Bob Clark has a nice touch when, during a scene where a town search party looks for a lost girl, they come upon what we can only assume is her dead body...but it's never shown, and we hear only the barking of the hounds. The restraint is old-fashioned compared to today. Clark fought to keep the gore minimal and the ending ambiguous when---surprise!---the studio wanted more explicit material. John Carpenter cites it as a big influence on Halloween (often credited for being the first slasher), and rumor has it that Halloween actually came out of early ideas for a Black Christmas sequel. (Halloween is great on its own, and there never was a Black Christmas sequel.) The film holds up well, though some weaned on not-scary gore zone freak shows may not get as excited. Horror fans will appreciate a horror movie that lets the audience's (depraved) imagination fill in the blanks. Remade in 2006, when---surprise!---the gore was far more explicit, and they went through the trouble of thoroughly explaining the killer and his motivations. The film looks great on DVD, and I'm sure it's even sharper on BluRay, though there must be limitations to how sharp it can appear given the source material and age. Fans will love the photography, how the cheerily decorated sorority house takes on a creepy feeling, how the Christmas lights start to look...eerie. The extras include making-of and behind-the-scenes material, very welcome for this cult flick. Oddly, no trailers? Highly recommended on DVD or BluRay, it's still seems like an underrated classic, and definitely a keeper. Not recommended to those who have a problem with horror movies set during Christmas. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2011 by N. P. Stathoulopoulos
Good
Good spooktacular movie.
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2026 by KT
Bitter, eerie and cold.
This movie has just about everything you'd want. The down right eerie feeling of someone watching you, the thought that some maniac is on the loose. The movie delivered some pretty good gore, which in my opinion was pretty few and far between for the first hour, but then got going in a very climatic ending sequence. The characters were great, and the plot was very unique and well executed. From the mid point on to the end, this movie is very close to a masterpiece. However, getting to that climatic point, for me at least, was a task. I personally felt this movie started off slow, and in a way it helps and in a way it fails. The slowness makes the ending climax very powerful, but makes about 20 minutes of the movie very hard to watch. I still don't know why so many people put thi film in their top ten. It isn't at all a bad film, but it really isn't great either. It has a lot, but what it lacks sort of evens it out to a marginally good film. Directed by Bob Clark, best known for his other Christmas movie "A Christmas Story", but the two movies couldn't be more different. Definitely his best movie, and Black Christmas was one of the better movies of the 1970's. Watching the movie it is very obvious that other movies that came later took a lot from this. Movies like When A Stranger Calls, Unhinged, Halloween and The House On Sorority Row were all great films that seemed to have nods to Black Christmas. It's not your typical Christmas movie. The sheer darkness and violence of the movie really sets it apart from the aforementioned movies, and really, any movies that came out about the same time. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2006 by J. Cook
Yuletide classic - and proto slasher.
Bob Clark’s holiday-themed shocker gets a striking 2K upgrade and a thick-stacked slate of extras. It’s hard to believe the same man directed both the self-deprecatingly nostalgic A Christmas Story and Black Christmas, a twisted little shocker (based loosely on an urban legend) about an anonymous killer who infiltrates a sparsely inhabited sorority house at Yuletide. The two films could hardly be farther apart on the Christmas-spirit spectrum. But then Bob Clark was a dedicated craftsman who preferred to adapt his style to the subject matter at hand. He began his career as a regional horror filmmaker in Florida - his debut "gendertwist" She-Male is a bizzaro classic. Clark then churned out in quick succession the wonderful titled Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things and Deathdream (on Blue Underground), a scathing Vietnam-era zombie version of “The Monkey’s Paw,” before emigrating to Canada and taking on a script then entitled The Babysitter. Clark extensively reworked the scenario, altered the location, and added in substantial amounts of very black humor. Black Christmas just may be the perfect antidote to the saccharine sweetness of most Christmastime fare. It’s perhaps best described, in the pungent phraseology of Burt Lancaster’s dictatorial columnist from Sweet Smell of Success, as “a cookie full of arsenic”: Over the course of the film’s charity Christmas party, children are encouraged to knock back alcoholic beverages, and Santa’s cheerless greeting is “Ho, ho, f***.” Later on, the sorority’s resident vamp regales a dinner party with tales of animal sexual behavior. The vein of vulgar humor running through Black Christmas provides an unexpected link with another Bob Clark film, the archetypal teen sex comedy Porky’s. But the humor here is far less good-natured, and the gags never work to defuse the mounting tension, even if they occasionally threaten to derail the narrative, like the protracted “fellatio exchange” routine. Clark takes the time and trouble to establish his location and fully flesh out his characters before bumping them off. What’s more, these characters are refreshingly complex individuals who do and say unexpected things. Clark’s abetted immeasurably by a strong cast of up-and-comers, blending fledgling stars like Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, and Keir Dullea with faces that would soon become familiar from the films of David Cronenberg (particularly Art Hindle and Les Carlson). The film’s sexual politics are also surprisingly progressive: Jess (Hussey) is a strong-willed, independent heroine, who speaks openly and honestly about finding herself pregnant out of wedlock, not wanting to keep the baby, and being unashamed of wanting what she wants. In any other slasher film, either she or Kidder’s brazen hussy would be first on the chopping block, but Black Christmas takes out its chirrupy virgin first. Black Christmas lays much of the groundwork for the holiday-themed slasher cycle that came into its own four years later with Halloween. (Clark says he gave John Carpenter the basic scenario and even the title for Halloween while sketching out a hypothetical sequel to his film.) Both films open with a faceless killer prowling outside a house, the camera unsettlingly adopting his subjective POV. Clark uses this technique throughout (and to more radical effect) because ultimately his killer is never clearly seen, and his identity is never revealed. The prowler (per the credits) or “Billy”—as he perhaps names himself in a series of disturbingly obscene calls to the sorority girls—is far from the unstoppable boogeyman that Michael Myers represents. He’s an all-too-human killer with unclear, if clearly disturbed, motivations. Both Halloween and Black Christmas conclude on an ambiguous note of irresolute resolution. Seemingly dead, Michael’s body suddenly disappears, signifying perhaps the indestructibility of pure evil but certainly paving the way for an eventual sequel. Black Christmas’s ending is much more unsettling, as the blame for the killer’s crimes rests firmly on the wrong shoulders, its heroine out cold and completely helpless. And then the camera executes a leisurely dolly back down the hallway, peeking into the rooms where the various sisters met their ends, winding up at the hatchway to the attic as it slowly creaks open. And so we’re left utterly clueless as to what might happen next, once that phone starts endlessly ringing again. Image/Sound This two-disc edition of Black Christmas offers two very different viewing options: The first Blu-ray presents a new 2K scan of the film negative in Bob Clark’s preferred 1.85:1 aspect ratio, while the second Blu-ray contains the 2006 “Critical Mass HD transfer” in 1.78:1. The 2K scan looks brighter and reveals increased clarity and fine detail, with a far more natural color palette. The 2006 transfer is noisier, darker, and murkier. Both transfers show speckling and a few vertical scratches in the final reels. On the sonic side, things get a little messy. The Critical Mass transfer comes with only a lossy Dolby surround track. The 2K scan boasts three audio tracks—and they all have issues. The mono mix sounds more akin to the theatrical presentation but was apparently sourced from a 35mm film print that’s distractingly marred by sibilant hiss and lots of distortion. Both the surround and stereo tracks are more robust (with real depth to some of the ambient music and effects in 5.1), but both “sweeten” the mix with beefed-up sound effects and amped-up musical stings. Nevertheless, all three tracks do right by Carl Zittrer’s creepy atonal score for prepared piano. Optional English subtitles are provided. Extras Shout! Factory culls virtually every supplement from prior DVD and Blu-ray releases of the film, yielding over five hours’ worth of bonus features, including two new interviews with actors Art Hindle and Lynne Griffin—not to mention three separate commentary tracks. What emerges as you excavate your way through the various strata of supplements is an archeological record replete with overlapping anecdotes as well as nuggets of new insight, stretching back to almost two hours of raw interview footage with Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, Art Hindle, John Saxon, and Bob Clark. (Cream of the crop: Kidder confiding, before cackling delightedly, “What a blur it all was!”) Highlights among the extras include pieces on the film’s legacy, the “On Screen!” episode, and the “Revisited” featurette. What’s more, the commentary with Nick Mancuso in character as “Billy” should provide some choice background chatter for your next Christmas party. Highly recommend! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2020 by Allen Garfield's #1 fan.
This is the version you need to own
The definitive horror classic - and also a Christmas movie you can't do without. The inspiration behind Halloween and When A Stranger Calls, with plenty of extras and a pristine resolution that preserves the grittiness of the original 16mm presentation. Solid performances and suspense - this is how the slasher was meant to be done. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2026 by Nero Phillips
Worth the watch
Good Flick
Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2026 by Harleyfxdl80
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