My theory about Billy is that he either molested Agnes when they were kids and killed her to stop her from telling their parents but judging by what Billy says on the phone their parents found Agnes's body shortly after after which he was probably sent to a loony bin which he probably then broke out of like in the remake and went on a killing spree that led him to the sorority house. He could also have been jealous that his parents were paying more attention to Agnes than to him and killed her for it. He's so insane he seems to think he's killing Agnes over and over again by killing the girls so in his mind no matter how many times he kills her Agnes keeps coming back and he has to keep her quiet by continuing to kill her because he's so fucked up in the head he doesn't realise Agnes and their parents are long dead. Or he could even be making up all the stuff he says on the phone to scare the sorority girls and Agnes might not even exist. He could have been just a crazy or evil guy who snuck into a sorority house just to kill the girls in there for kicks.
Black Christmas is one horror movie that actually unsettles me and gets me scared. I think it’s just the thing about how mentally unstable the killer was.
Agreed, I've been a horror fan all my life but I only finally got to watch this film last year as a Christmas present, and I was impressed by how legitimately creepy it was to me, LOVED it :D
Hugh Mann i will have to admit i don’t hate the 2006 one. i actually find it quite entertaining even though it’s not very good. It’s the newest remake that really ruined it.
The OG progenitor of the North American slasher film right here. It is possible to pinpoint the precise moment when the genre was born. Before this; we just had giallo and Psycho. It’s also the first of the holiday slasher films that Halloween would go on to popularize so widely. And it’s genuinely both obscene and terrifying-a rare combo to find in the slasher genre.
I love that we know nothing about the deranged killer, can't even see him completely. I don't want to theorize about his past or about what made him cuckoo. I just like that he scares the living creamed corn out of me. This film remains one of the most chilling horror movies for me, and every time I finish watching it I need to watch a sitcom or a funny cartoon show so that the fright wears off.
Bob Clark also directed a highly underrated gem called Dead of Night aka Deathdream(1974) about a zombified soldier back from the war. I highly recommend it. Great review, Doc!
A couple of corrections. First, the movie was not based on the urban legend of the babysitter and the stranger upstairs. It was actually this movie that spawned that particular urban legend. Before Black Christmas came out, that myth never existed. Second, the police were actually following proper police procedure at the end of the movie (except for leaving Jess in bed in the sorority house, in reality they would have taken her to the hospital). The police are not supposed to disturb a crime scene. They're supposed to secure the area and make sure no one comes in and contaminates the evidence. It's the Crime Scene Investigators who go through the house searching for and collecting evidence. And they actually say in the end of the movie that they have to wait for the forensics team to arrive. So while it might seem strange to us that they didn't search through the whole house, they were actually following procedure.
@Jeremy Foreman about what? I watched a documentary about urban legends. According to the documentary, Black Christmas was the origin of the “The Calls Are Coming From Inside The House” story. Prior to the 1970’s it was practically unheard of for a house to have two separate phone lines going into it. Since that is the crux of the whole story, it’s highly unlikely that an urban legend would spring up with a babysitter in a house with two phone lines. Also, it’s extremely difficult to get the police to put a trace on a phone line. It actually takes weeks of paperwork and red tape to be able to do so. The movie gets around this by having Jess sign a paper giving them permission, but that’s a fictional thing that was written for the movie (it’s just a bit of fiction that makes logical sense). I also watched Black Christmas with the feature length commentary by the writer, director, and John Saxon. According to them, during the scene at the end when Jess was left alone in the house and we learn that Billy is still there, Bob Clark said that the reason why the police didn’t check the whole house was because they had to wait for the forensics team to arrive. He said that they had researched the correct police procedures in order to make sure that they were being accurate.
@@user-jn1wm3tb8v Something tells me you missed the joke. I wasn't making a joke based on the color of someone's skin. i was making a joke about "A Christmas Story" parody with characters from Black Christmas.
What I always loved about this movie was it was obviously winter and obviously freezing during the Canadian shoot. Nothing takes me out of a movie like 10,000 pounds of potato shavings filling in for snow (Gremlins, cough cough)
According to director Bob Clark the original script for the film featured murder scenes that were more graphic. Clark however felt that it would be more effective if the murders were toned down and kept subtle on screen. Writer Roy Moore liked the idea as well. The film is regarded as being one of the first slasher films (with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), A Bay of Blood (1971), Psycho (1960), and Peeping Tom (1960) preceding this film). It set the layout for films such as John Carpenter Halloween (1978). However, director Bob Clark considered it to be more of a psychological horror film than a slasher film. In order to get the the proper creepy and raspy voice for Billy, actor Nick Mancuso had to stand on his head to compress the thorax in his neck. Clare's reaction when Billy starts to strangle her with a laundry bag are real, as the actress Lynne Griffin didn't know what to expect. The exact same line "The calls are coming from inside the house!" is uttered in this movie and When a Stranger Calls (1979).
Apparently shortly after the remake came out Bob Clark was going to do a sequel to the original probably based on the idea he had when John Carpenter asked him what he'd do if he did a sequel where after the original the police found out that Peter was innocent and hadn't been the killer and that Billy was the real killer probably from searching the loft and finding Claire and Mrs Mac's bodies up there and finding Billy living up there. They'd have sent him to an institution and he'd have broken out and gone back to the sorority house on Halloween. He was going to bring Olivia Hussey back as Jess who'd become the new house mother but Clark died before he could make it. Bringing Jess back would have been weird since the film ends with Billy ringing the phone after saying "Agnes. It's me Billy" after which I would have thought he'd have climbed down from the loft, found the sedated Jess lying in the bed and killed her.
Black Christmas (1974) is one of my all time favorite horror movies. The first time I saw it was on Cinemax in the early 1980's under the title Stranger In The House.
This has to be the most influential horror film that most people don't know anything about it. I remember seeing the censored version on TV as a kid in the 80s.
I have to admit, I really like the primase of a killer who isn't in the limelight but is shrouded in shadow and mystery, wisely creeping about to stalk, mentally break down, and eventually claim his victims instead of stomping about with a weapon wearing a mask. The beauty of this concept to me is that the killer isn't necessarily a genius, but is still filled with enough guile that he knows how to wear down his targets and catch them unawares. I also think that while he isn't some kind of prodigy of murder, the nature of his maintained anonymity gives off a feeling of omniscience in a sense, his ability to stay hidden combined with pov shots instead of showing him outright only adding to that feeling. I'm not really a huge fan of slasher flicks, although I can appreciate them as well as the icons that some of them have spawned. However, Black Christmas looks like something I would really enjoy given the truly unique approach it took. Hopefully I can track down a copy and see if my initial thoughts are as prevalent in the film as I'm hoping. ^_^
You gave me a great idea, a movie about a guy going around, robbing, shoplifting, stealing cars, and killing on Christmas eve, but it shows the horror of others.
After you reviewed the shitty remake years ago, I was REALLY HOPING you review the original! You finally did! Thank You! This is one of my all time favorite slasher movies and my favorite horror Christmas movie! Keep up the amazing work, Doc! :D
There’s no doubt Peter was a killer. He had to be the one who killed the cop sitting outside. And the ending is really a downbeat one. Because, obviously, Jess gets killed, because Billy only telephones after he kills someone.
Great video. One of my favourite horror movies. I watch Black Christmas every year. Its a must watch for anyone interested in horror movies, some real innovative shit here.
They got the idea from the phone call just like screen did so I'm one of the very first original slasher films When a Stranger Calls Halloween also took some ideas from that movie too
This movie was disturbing unlike Halloween or even Texas chainsaw massacre I dont consider it a Slasher film since for some reason it disturbed me maybe because hearing how crazy and sleazy his voice was on the phone or the part you never see him its want makes this movie so good
I don't mind that this is late the this review was great and the thing review was amazing, honestly you could release this mid June and I'd still be happy. Love your content keep up the great wrok
What happened to the AHHHCTOBER 2018 review of Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake? It was here two weeks ago... I came to rewatch it, like I rewatch most Dr. Wolfula vids at least 3 times... and nada! D:
This movie could have been set at any time of year and been equally effective, so I wonder if the Christmas time setting is a pregnancy/childbirth/Nativity subtext to the pregnancy/childbirth/abortion tension in the plot intentionally, even though it's never mentioned.
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First! Yeah, I probably should have made this video before The Thing video. I realized too late.
Oh well. It really be that way sometimes.
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My theory about Billy is that he either molested Agnes when they were kids and killed her to stop her from telling their parents but judging by what Billy says on the phone their parents found Agnes's body shortly after after which he was probably sent to a loony bin which he probably then broke out of like in the remake and went on a killing spree that led him to the sorority house. He could also have been jealous that his parents were paying more attention to Agnes than to him and killed her for it. He's so insane he seems to think he's killing Agnes over and over again by killing the girls so in his mind no matter how many times he kills her Agnes keeps coming back and he has to keep her quiet by continuing to kill her because he's so fucked up in the head he doesn't realise Agnes and their parents are long dead. Or he could even be making up all the stuff he says on the phone to scare the sorority girls and Agnes might not even exist. He could have been just a crazy or evil guy who snuck into a sorority house just to kill the girls in there for kicks.
Black Christmas is one horror movie that actually unsettles me and gets me scared. I think it’s just the thing about how mentally unstable the killer was.
Agreed, I've been a horror fan all my life but I only finally got to watch this film last year as a Christmas present, and I was impressed by how legitimately creepy it was to me, LOVED it :D
and then the remakes ruined it and missed the point.
Hugh Mann i will have to admit i don’t hate the 2006 one. i actually find it quite entertaining even though it’s not very good. It’s the newest remake that really ruined it.
That's what makes it so awesome
The OG progenitor of the North American slasher film right here. It is possible to pinpoint the precise moment when the genre was born. Before this; we just had giallo and Psycho. It’s also the first of the holiday slasher films that Halloween would go on to popularize so widely. And it’s genuinely both obscene and terrifying-a rare combo to find in the slasher genre.
We prefer the term African American Christmas thank you
I thought it was Kwanzaa!
Doctor Wolfula *CHRISTIAN kwanzaa to be exact
47Cartoonguy finally someone has common decency
no the killer is gonna be a black panther sporting an afro and wearing a BLM shirt
@@sdm47 That only happens in the Sam Raimi version.
I love that we know nothing about the deranged killer, can't even see him completely. I don't want to theorize about his past or about what made him cuckoo. I just like that he scares the living creamed corn out of me.
This film remains one of the most chilling horror movies for me, and every time I finish watching it I need to watch a sitcom or a funny cartoon show so that the fright wears off.
I love Black Christmas! It's my go-to Christmas movie along with Batman Returns.
Bob Clark also directed a highly underrated gem called Dead of Night aka Deathdream(1974) about a zombified soldier back from the war. I highly recommend it. Great review, Doc!
Instead of a late xmas 2017 video, look at it like an early xmas 2018 video.
I like your clever optimism. :D
A couple of corrections. First, the movie was not based on the urban legend of the babysitter and the stranger upstairs. It was actually this movie that spawned that particular urban legend. Before Black Christmas came out, that myth never existed.
Second, the police were actually following proper police procedure at the end of the movie (except for leaving Jess in bed in the sorority house, in reality they would have taken her to the hospital). The police are not supposed to disturb a crime scene. They're supposed to secure the area and make sure no one comes in and contaminates the evidence. It's the Crime Scene Investigators who go through the house searching for and collecting evidence. And they actually say in the end of the movie that they have to wait for the forensics team to arrive. So while it might seem strange to us that they didn't search through the whole house, they were actually following procedure.
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@Jeremy Foreman about what?
I watched a documentary about urban legends. According to the documentary, Black Christmas was the origin of the “The Calls Are Coming From Inside The House” story. Prior to the 1970’s it was practically unheard of for a house to have two separate phone lines going into it. Since that is the crux of the whole story, it’s highly unlikely that an urban legend would spring up with a babysitter in a house with two phone lines. Also, it’s extremely difficult to get the police to put a trace on a phone line. It actually takes weeks of paperwork and red tape to be able to do so. The movie gets around this by having Jess sign a paper giving them permission, but that’s a fictional thing that was written for the movie (it’s just a bit of fiction that makes logical sense).
I also watched Black Christmas with the feature length commentary by the writer, director, and John Saxon. According to them, during the scene at the end when Jess was left alone in the house and we learn that Billy is still there, Bob Clark said that the reason why the police didn’t check the whole house was because they had to wait for the forensics team to arrive. He said that they had researched the correct police procedures in order to make sure that they were being accurate.
It took me literal years to really appreciate this movie, however, I now consider this my favourite horror movie.
Miss Mack looking for the cat and saying "God damn it Claude ya little prick!" always gets me 😂😂😂
we need a parody called "A Black Christmas Story"
Shawty shut the fuck UP!
@@user-jn1wm3tb8v Something tells me you missed the joke. I wasn't making a joke based on the color of someone's skin. i was making a joke about "A Christmas Story" parody with characters from Black Christmas.
@@AnAverageGoblin We still need A Christmas Story in the ghetto tho-
Olivia Hussey 👍🏼😍
shes hot
Absolutely!
she has beautiful hair 😊
What I always loved about this movie was it was obviously winter and obviously freezing during the Canadian shoot. Nothing takes me out of a movie like 10,000 pounds of potato shavings filling in for snow (Gremlins, cough cough)
Gremlins is still the GOAT. Agree about the fake snow though. Why didnt walking through the snow make multiply?
According to director Bob Clark the original script for the film featured murder scenes that were more graphic. Clark however felt that it would be more effective if the murders were toned down and kept subtle on screen. Writer Roy Moore liked the idea as well.
The film is regarded as being one of the first slasher films (with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), A Bay of Blood (1971), Psycho (1960), and Peeping Tom (1960) preceding this film). It set the layout for films such as John Carpenter Halloween (1978). However, director Bob Clark considered it to be more of a psychological horror film than a slasher film.
In order to get the the proper creepy and raspy voice for Billy, actor Nick Mancuso had to stand on his head to compress the thorax in his neck.
Clare's reaction when Billy starts to strangle her with a laundry bag are real, as the actress Lynne Griffin didn't know what to expect.
The exact same line "The calls are coming from inside the house!" is uttered in this movie and When a Stranger Calls (1979).
If I ever get the money to fund a movie, I'm totally calling you. Also because I'll never afford Elvira.
I saw this notification and now I'm no longer constipated.
Apparently shortly after the remake came out Bob Clark was going to do a sequel to the original probably based on the idea he had when John Carpenter asked him what he'd do if he did a sequel where after the original the police found out that Peter was innocent and hadn't been the killer and that Billy was the real killer probably from searching the loft and finding Claire and Mrs Mac's bodies up there and finding Billy living up there. They'd have sent him to an institution and he'd have broken out and gone back to the sorority house on Halloween. He was going to bring Olivia Hussey back as Jess who'd become the new house mother but Clark died before he could make it. Bringing Jess back would have been weird since the film ends with Billy ringing the phone after saying "Agnes. It's me Billy" after which I would have thought he'd have climbed down from the loft, found the sedated Jess lying in the bed and killed her.
It’s always a good night when the doctor uploads
I've seen this film a million times, and I never realised that was David from 2001 a space Odyssey. Dr wolfula - entertainer and edumacator
YES! Great movie to watch on a cold snowy night . Preferable for Christmas time but still scary no matter what time of year.
Black Christmas (1974) is one of my all time favorite horror movies. The first time I saw it was on Cinemax in the early 1980's under the title Stranger In The House.
"Just think about it...." bhahahhah you still got it doc..
The image of Claire's corpse used to scare the hell out of me back when I was younger, now that I'm grown, the eye behind the door freaks me out now.
This has to be the most influential horror film that most people don't know anything about it. I remember seeing the censored version on TV as a kid in the 80s.
It's garbage day!
I have to admit, I really like the primase of a killer who isn't in the limelight but is shrouded in shadow and mystery, wisely creeping about to stalk, mentally break down, and eventually claim his victims instead of stomping about with a weapon wearing a mask. The beauty of this concept to me is that the killer isn't necessarily a genius, but is still filled with enough guile that he knows how to wear down his targets and catch them unawares.
I also think that while he isn't some kind of prodigy of murder, the nature of his maintained anonymity gives off a feeling of omniscience in a sense, his ability to stay hidden combined with pov shots instead of showing him outright only adding to that feeling. I'm not really a huge fan of slasher flicks, although I can appreciate them as well as the icons that some of them have spawned. However, Black Christmas looks like something I would really enjoy given the truly unique approach it took. Hopefully I can track down a copy and see if my initial thoughts are as prevalent in the film as I'm hoping. ^_^
your reviews are always so well done. They keep you interested through out the whole time. very entertaining.
4:35 shot from Phoenix Park in Eau Claire, Wisconsin -- where I live....and was just walking down there today! Talk about feeling special!
Nope, shot on location in Toronto, Ontario.
The Panera bread comment had me rolling. Im so glad i found your channel! Well done
Great movie! Extremely influential to the slasher genre. Several horror tropes were established here.
You gave me a great idea, a movie about a guy going around, robbing, shoplifting, stealing cars, and killing on Christmas eve, but it shows the horror of others.
3:14 the only time I choose not to wear headphones this happens
After you reviewed the shitty remake years ago, I was REALLY HOPING you review the original! You finally did! Thank You!
This is one of my all time favorite slasher movies and my favorite horror Christmas movie! Keep up the amazing work, Doc! :D
Now he just needs to review the newer even shittier in name only remake.
Loved this film since I was a teen. Combines two of my favourites, horror films (Halloween) and Christmas 🥰🥰
Always fun to see what the world was doing the year I came into existence.
Technically, this was uploaded on the exact day of the Julian Calendar's Christmas, so perfect timing still
+Rural Ascetic I meant to do that
@@DoctorWolfula where did you find that Zootopia comic?
Lois Lane saying "You Fucking Creep!" is priceless.
Billy probably could have made a great career for himself as a voice actor.
Watching the intro is oddly satisfying.
There’s no doubt Peter was a killer. He had to be the one who killed the cop sitting outside. And the ending is really a downbeat one. Because, obviously, Jess gets killed, because Billy only telephones after he kills someone.
You joke, Dr. Wolfula, but I live in utter terror of the day giant ants get their hands on giant magnifying glasses and turn the tables on us.
Screw ants, I fear the day that cockroaches grow larger.
I'm impress this movie is absolutely fucking decently straight forward
I think you should review more of the Evil Dead franchise just a suggestion
Agreed!
I’m impressed by your analysis
R.I.P. Margot Kidder
I think if Billy had his own Jason mask / Freddy glove he would be a horror icon today.
I heard somewhere that Halloween was going to be a sequel, but it that was changed very quickly.
Sorority Houses apparently traditionally attract slasher-folk like garbage attracts flies; just an observation
Hold It Wolfman!!! These waves are mine!!!!!
Can you guess what movie that line is from?
Thank u I’ve been waiting for this review! By the way, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is also my favorite horror film
JM Edits same
Same.
Same
Speaking of Canadian horror, review The Changeling (no, not the Angelina Jolie movie, the other one.)
Fantastic horror film that everyone needs to see! Great review, Doc!
No one shaved in the 70's which is why I can't comprehend why anyone would want to go down south, but whatever floats their boat.
Let’s get it! I’ve been waiting for this review!
Great video. One of my favourite horror movies. I watch Black Christmas every year. Its a must watch for anyone interested in horror movies, some real innovative shit here.
Black Christmas was the second slasher movie of the new film era.
awesome having you review one of my all time favs ^_^
"they just got ruinder" lol.
One of my all time favourite Horror films
They got the idea from the phone call just like screen did so I'm one of the very first original slasher films When a Stranger Calls Halloween also took some ideas from that movie too
By the way the babysitter story Legend also known as When a Stranger Calls has been redone many times
This film is disturbing due to how unsettling the killer was.
Nothing like Doctor Wolfula at midnight! 🛌🌒
My favorite slasher movie ever.
Margot Kidder is really Crazy and hotter than hell in this movie .
My favorite slasher.
Awesome movie 😊😊😊
Actually Dr.Wolfula silent night bloody night was the first holiday slasher film, it came out in 1972
Thanks doc 👍
This movie was disturbing unlike Halloween or even Texas chainsaw massacre I dont consider it a Slasher film since for some reason it disturbed me maybe because hearing how crazy and sleazy his voice was on the phone or the part you never see him its want makes this movie so good
Woop woop! New Doc Wolf review! Don't care when or on what. New REVIEW! GO!
RIP MArgo Kidder - she passed a few months after this review .
Everything youtube do is gold.
I don't mind that this is late the this review was great and the thing review was amazing, honestly you could release this mid June and I'd still be happy. Love your content keep up the great wrok
I dont care when you post. I just love watching your reviews! 😁
oh god, THAT comic
My 2 Fave Christmas movies directed by the same director! Thanks for this amazing video... That's Canadian Cops for ya.... I'm dyin!
Margo Kidder drunk on screen before she was drunk in real life.
"you'll shoot your eye out!" 😝😂
Good stuff! Love the reviews. 😀
Fantastic review dr wolfula! 😊
Congrats on 60,000 subscribers
3:45🤣
What happened to the AHHHCTOBER 2018 review of Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake? It was here two weeks ago... I came to rewatch it, like I rewatch most Dr. Wolfula vids at least 3 times... and nada! D:
Hey my name was in the video!! I knew giving you money would pay off someday!!!
Especially unfortunate since *The Thing* takes place in June.
Nice Rewiew doc
"Thank you Al Gore" PMSL!
Black Christmas is awesome.
:You: I’m freaking you out, aren’t I?
:Me: ... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
nah wolfula you can only make vids when ya can make them and if theirs one thing i love its some good ol Christmas horror
Nice review, Doc.
I'm so sad because I've binged mostly all your content and am nearing the end ://
This movie could have been set at any time of year and been equally effective, so I wonder if the Christmas time setting is a pregnancy/childbirth/Nativity subtext to the pregnancy/childbirth/abortion tension in the plot intentionally, even though it's never mentioned.
Can't wait for your review of My Bloody Valentine in June
I was about to kill myself until I saw my notifications
I like cheesecake Same
Trying to be a Maverick and get on a Logan Paul vlog too huh?
i Draw I know imma pussy
Finally been waiting for this
Señor wolfula your reviews are the best, just love your channel
Feliz año 2018, le deseo lo mejor señor wolfula
2020 anyone
Hey Doc, any plans to review The Convent (200) with Adrienne Barbeau?
Can you please bring back monster neighbors back it was a really good series.
You should review Happy Birthday to Me
Keep it up Dr Wolfula loved it