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(also known as Silent Night, Evil Night and Stranger in the House). A sorority house is terrorized by a stranger who makes frightening phone calls and then murders the sorority sisters during Christmas break. Black Christmas is generally considered to be one of the first slasher films.

Genre: Horror | Mystery | Thriller | Slasher

Directed by,
Bob Clark

Produced by,
Bob Clark

Written by,
A. Roy Moore

Starring,
Olivia Hussey
Keir Dullea
Margot Kidder
John Saxon

Music by,
Carl Zittrer

Cinematography,
Reginald H. Morris

Edited by,
Stan Cole

Production company,
Film Funding Limited of Canada

Distributed by,
Ambassador Film Distributors (Canada)
Warner Bros. (U. S.)

Release date(s),
October 11, 1974 (Canada)
December 20, 1974 (U.S.)
October 12, 1975 (UK)

Running time,
98 minutes

Country,
Canada

Language,
English

Budget,
$620,000

Box office,
$4,053,000