Review of Black Christmas (1974) by Akshatmahajan — 11 Aug 2021

Black Christmas is first of it's kind. This movie started the trend of slasher horror in hollywood. This movie inspired John Carpenter to make classic Halloween.

Movie was good and enjoyable at some points but most of the time you will feel bored. Movie had some problems with pace and setting of story. Till the end of the movie, you don't know killer's intentions and most, importantly his identity. Hiding the identity is good for suspense but by the end nothing was cleared. Everything should have been shown step by step just like Halloween which helped audience to feel what's happening with the main lead but that was not the case with this one. Overall, by reading what I wrote above don't think that the movie is bad. For 1974, it is ahead of it's time and gave birth to slasher genre. It was just that after watching so many slasher movies, this one felt short.