98 mins - Canada 1974 Director: Bob Clark Starring: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea and Margot Kidder As a group of sorority girls start to make plans for the Christmas holidays a sadistic, obscene phone call shatters the yuletide peace. Their fears are calmed by the local police who assure them there’s nothing to worry about, but when the first body turns up the depraved caller’s threats become a reality. BLACK CHRISTMAS is a chilling horror film that proved highly influential on the likes of HALLOWEEN and SCREAM. It might be over fifty years old now, but this seminal movie still retains its shocking power. +Short Film: THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM (30 mins, directed by Kier-La Janisse). A schoolteacher’s late-night arrival at a hotel in the Alps without a reservation leaves him with no option but to accept the room of a missing hotel guest - leading to a sleepless night full of strange and uncanny occurrences. This short film will support BLACK CHRISTMAS. “The film still manages a good slice of old-fashioned suspense.” Time Out
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