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BLACK Christmas is neither scary or even creepy. And it's definitely not the first slasher. The amount of buzz this film has is truly perplexing. This film often played on TV during the late 1970s and early 1980s and I watched it a couple of times then and it didn't even scare me then, when I was 13-14 years old, and the movie still didn't create any sense of dread or horror today. The pacing is sloooow. The killings are boring and the whole idea is mishandled, with too much time spent with the stupid police officers and the sorta seedy side of the gals, such as the scene with that old woman finding a bottle of alcohol in the toilet, which adds nothing to the movie. The good cast of actors overacts shamelessly. But the worst part of this bland movie is the ending. The woman just killed her boyfriend and she's in shock and the police leave her alone at the house?!?! Now come on! That's totally ridiculous! The ending just doesn't work because it defies common sense.
Watch the original THE Texas CHAINSAW MASSACRE instead. Now that's a horror movie that hasn't lost any of its edge and makes BLACK Christmas look like kids stuff.
BLACK Christmas is neither scary or even creepy. And it's definitely not the first slasher. The amount of buzz this film has is truly perplexing. This film often played on TV during the late 1970s and early 1980s and I watched it a couple of times then and it didn't even scare me then, when I was 13-14 years old, and the movie still didn't create any sense of dread or horror today. The pacing is sloooow. The killings are boring and the whole idea is mishandled, with too much time spent with the stupid police officers and the sorta seedy side of the gals, such as the scene with that old woman finding a bottle of alcohol in the toilet, which adds nothing to the movie. The good cast of actors overacts shamelessly. But the worst part of this bland movie is the ending. The woman just killed her boyfriend and she's in shock and the police leave her alone at the house?!?! Now come on! That's totally ridiculous! The ending just doesn't work because it defies common sense.
Watch the original THE Texas CHAINSAW MASSACRE instead. Now that's a horror movie that hasn't lost any of its edge and makes BLACK Christmas look like kids stuff.