It’s going to be a scary festive season.Varietyreported thatBlack Christmaswill be screened in 4K in some movie theaters for its 50th anniversary, thanks to the American Genre Film Archive.
Black Christmas, which is one of the most famoushorror movies about the holiday season, will play in several theaters in Canada and the United States fromDecember 7th, 2024 to December 22nd, 2024. The company Mutant has also created a special and beautiful poster that fans can find at the screenings. This adds a special and unique element to each screening that fans won’t want to miss.
Black Christmasis such an iconic horror film thatthere aretwo remakes from 2006 and 2019.The original moviewas released in 1974 and stars Andrea Martin, Olivia Hussey, and Margot Kidder.The story explores what happens when college students spend the winter holidays at their sorority house and are chased by a killer who keeps phoning them. The movie is an early example of several scary movie tropes, including “Evil Phone” and “The Calls Are Coming From Inside The House.” The campy tone is a bit similar tothe 1979 classicWhen A Stranger Calls, which stars Carol Kane and also centers around a killer making creepy phone calls to their intended victims.
Mutant made an official statement about the re-release ofBlack Christmas:
“What a gift it will be to see ‘Black Christmas’ in theaters, in December, and in glorious 4K presentation… With a film as influential (and Canadian) as ‘Black Christmas’, no artist is better suited to deliver the goods than Toronto’s own Phantom City Creative.”
While someChristmas horror movies likeJack Frostare forgettable, the originalBlack Christmasis iconic and influential.Many slasher movies follow a similar formula of main characters stuck in the same locationand it’s a great idea to put the film in theaters again. Horror fans who live in or near the cities where the movie is being screened should definitely check it out. It’s also fairly unpredictable, which is a big deal for slasher movies.Black Christmasalso has a genuinely frightening horror villain called “The Moaner,“who goes on a killing spree.
Here is a list of movie theaters whereBlack Christmaswill be screened:
