My Grading System

A+ = Masterpiece (I hold back on this one.) / A = Great. / A- = Really Good. / B+ = Good. / B = Decent (Serviceable). / B- = Flawed but okay (For those times there's something redeeming about the work). / C+ = Not very good (Skip it). C = Bad. / C- = Awful. / F = Complete Disaster (I hold back on this one too).

Note on Spoilers: I will try to avoid ruining a story by going into too much detail. But if I wish to include some revealing points to my analysis I will try to remember to add a separate spoiler paragraph.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Black Christmas (1974)

Bob Clark of A Christmas Story fame directs and writes the best Christmas-themed horror film ever made, a film that chills one to the bone.  Made years before Halloween, this is the one that really inspired the Slasher genre but in some ways its more complex.  The story is about a crazy maniac that sneaks into a Sorority house and calls the house after every kill to vent or unravel like a crazy maniac does.  The phone calls are what really freak you out, with the multiple voices and the strange back story that is mysterious as the killer.  Not to ruin the film for you but the end really is special.  Don't miss it.  Grade: A.
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