Black Christmas (1974)
by Jessie “VHSJess” Landivar-Prescott
“I’m dreaming of a Black Christmas, not like the one I used to know” - Bling Crosby
*Spoilers ahead.
Take me to the movies with my gal pal, Rosalie Kicks aka the Old Sport. We wanna go to the Alamo in Yonkers (that’s NY) because tonight they are showing the 1974 proto-slasher movie Black Christmas directed by Bob Clark (editor’s note: this dude’s filmography is astonishingly wild). The movie was filmed in Toronto, the director went on to direct the 1983 family classic A Christmas Story & Olivia Hussey is in it. These elements have me more than intrigued. Plus, CANADA! (Big love for all things Canadian forever.)
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