“Unwittingly lays down all the conventions for a subgenre that did not yet exist.”
—Little White Lies

If you’re a horror movie fan, you’ve probably developed a bit of a tolerance when it comes to scares — you see most of the shocks coming around the corner. BLACK CHRISTMAS, directed by the great Bob Clark, manages to head those expectations off before the pass, delivering genuinely shocking set pieces within an atmospheric boarding school milieu. With Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, and John Saxon. This one will get to you.