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Black Christmas
1974
· Movie
· 98 min
C
MEANRANK
66/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2973
- IMDb #2025
- Google retired #3929
- Rotten Tomatoes #2089
- Metacritic #2004
- Letterboxd #1015
+8 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #2557
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2047
- Metacritic Audience #2213
- Criticker #916
- Douban #2271
- Kinopoisk #4799
- AlloCiné #2237
- Trakt #2753
Every rating
40–77
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Google on 40, highest is Letterboxd on 77.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →During the Christmas break, a sorority house is plagued by obscene phone calls. The sisters begin to disappear one by one, and they realize a killer is hiding in their attic. As the body count rises, the police struggle to find the murderer, who remains unseen inside the house, making it a terrifying holiday.
Details
- Director
- Bob Clark
- Writer
- Roy Moore
- Released
- 11 October 1974
- Country
- Canada
- Language
- English, Latin
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $686.0K
- Box office
- $4.0M
- Awards
- 2 wins, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 5 →2 wins from 5 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1976 | Best Motion Picture | Black Christmas | Nominee |
| Canadian Film Awards 1975 | Best Feature Film | Black Christmas | Nominee |
| Canadian Film Awards 1975 | Best Sound Editing in a Feature | Kenneth Heeley-Ray | Winner |
| Canadian Film Awards 1975 | Best Performance by a Lead Actress | Margot Kidder | Winner |
| Saturn Awards 1975 | Best Horror Film | Black Christmas | Nominee |
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Canadian Film Awards
3 nominations, 2 won
| Best Performance by a Lead Actress | Margot Kidder | Winner |
| Best Sound Editing in a Feature | Kenneth Heeley-Ray | Winner |
| Best Feature Film | Black Christmas | Nominee |
Edgar Allan Poe Awards
1 nomination
| Best Motion Picture | Black Christmas | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
1 nomination
| Best Horror Film | Black Christmas | Nominee |