Written by James M. Tate / 12/25/2022 / No comments / andrea martin , art hindle , bob clark , body count , exploitation , holiday , horror , john saxon , keir dullea , lynne griffin , margot kidder , olivia hussey , seventies , slasher , thriller
OLIVIA HUSSEY IN BOB CLARK'S CULT SLASHER 'BLACK CHRISTMAS'
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Olivia Hussey in BLACK CHRISTMAS Year: 1974 Rating: **1/2 |
In the case of Bob Clark's 1974 cult-horror BLACK CHRISTMAS, Christmas comes before HALLOWEEN since John Carpenter's 1978 slasher took some inspiration from not only a killer stalking a group of pretty young ladies (college instead of high school), but the camera sporadically becomes his shaky, formidable perspective...
But not for long enough as most of the would-be victims remain alive for too long: except poor Lynne Griffin's curiously foreboding shy girl, seeming perfect for the sole survivor — described by a loose, foul-mouthed Margot Kidder (more befitting a sex comedy than horror) as a professional virgin — but lovely-lithe Olivia Hussey's our final girl...
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Olivia Hussey in BLACK CHRISTMAS with Keir Dullea |
And while meek, passive, she's anything but sexually-inexperienced with a melodramatic side-story involving temperamental beau Keir Dullea railing against an abortion — his entire purpose is to provide a red-herring for the faceless killer, always a phone call away...
Making BLACK CHRISTMAS more an offbeat ensemble-thriller than body-count slasher (including a lush den-mom; the first victim's affable boyfriend Art Hindle; nice yet ugly girl Andrea Maritn; token cop John Saxon)... unfortunately, the primary focus of the villain— young girls in a sorority house — isn't the primary focus of the movie itself.
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Margot Kidder in BLACK CHRISTMAS |
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Lynne Griffin with Art Hindle in BLACK CHRISTMAS |
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Lynne Griffin and Andrea Martin in BLACK CHRISTMAS |
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Margot Kidder in BLACK CHRISTMAS |
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Margot Kidder in BLACK CHRISTMAS |
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Lynne Griffin from BLACK CHRISTMAS |
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John Saxon in BLACK CHRISTMAS |
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Olivia Hussey in BLACK CHRISTMAS |
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Olivia Hussey in BLACK CHRISTMAS with Margot Kidder |
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Olivia Hussey in BLACK CHRISTMAS |
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Olivia Hussey and Andrea Martin in BLACK CHRISTMAS |
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Olivia Hussey in BLACK CHRISTMAS |
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From BLACK CHRISTMAS |
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Olivia Hussey in BLACK CHRISTMAS |
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Opening from BLACK CHRISTMAS |
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