T/S: Bob Clark's Xmas Flicks -- BLACK CHRISTMAS vs. A CHRISTMAS STORY

Never seen the latter but I'm voting Black Christmas anyway.

Impossible to choose IMO

Not a big fan of Black Christmas, actually. I like it better in principle/on paper.

"It's...it's SMILING at me!"

Never seen the latter but I'm voting Black Christmas anyway.

i abstain, i love them both

Black Christmas is one of the greatest horror movies ever made so

otm

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Having just seen A Christmas Story, slight preference for the horror movie. I liked most of A Christmas Story fine, but I found Black Christmas very interesting historically--as I asked on another thread, I wondered after seeing it for the first time a couple of years ago if it was the blueprint for all modern slasher films.

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Black Christmas wins, every single year.

hey Agnes...this is Billy

finally rewatched Black Christmas (OG). the film doesn't go full nihilist, allowing levity, mostly through the dimwitted cop role Nash,which was common in these 70s slashers, but there isn't much escapism to be had either. it really dumps the weight of everything that is happening on you throughout. by the time Hussey was lying in bed in silence, sedated, after the cops all leave to take Mr Harrison to the hospital, and you know the killer is still in the house, my hair stood on end.

classic through and through but one that don't leave you feeling very good after.

the best to do it

best use of telephone exchange in a horror movie

best housemother suffocation in a horror movie

the abrupt, chilling transition in demeanor from "let me lick it, let me lick your pig cunt" to "I'm going to kill you" on the first phone call is masterful.