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Black Christmas

Bob Clark · 1974
98min · 4K DCP
  • Saturday, Dec 7, 2024, 9:30pm
  • Tuesday, Dec 10, 2024, 7:30pm

50th anniversary!

Years before he crafted the ultimate comedic yuletime experience, A CHRISTMAS STORY, genre pioneer Bob Clark gave us one of the most influential Hitchcockian slashers of all time. When sorority sisters Olivia Hussey (ROMEO & JULIET), Margot Kidder (SUPERMAN) and Andrea Martin (SCTV) are under attack from a vicious, obscene killer, it’s up to police chief John Saxon (A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET) to even the odds. But what about Keir Dullea (2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY), the brooding art-school pianist? Could he have something to do with the Christmas rampage? One part frosty Christmas atmosphere, one part stalk ‘n’ slash magnificence, and all parts awesome, BLACK CHRISTMAS is a timeless, terrifying, and demented holiday tradition that gets everything right.

A very limited number of arthouse-cinema-exclusive green variant, silkscreen printed 18″ x 24″ posters featuring new artwork by Phantom City Creative (pictured) will be for sale, courtesy of AGFA in partnership with MutantUpdate: Four posters remain and will be available for purchase at the Tuesday showing.

Both screenings will be introduced by AGFA’s Executive Director, Jackson Cooper!

Part of our 20th Anniversary Celebration Series!

“Bob Clark’s Black Christmas is a masterful exercise in tension. That it happens to be one of the most progressive horror films of the ’70s is just an added bonus.” Trace Thurman, Horror Queers Podcast

“There’s no doubting that Black Christmas had all the advantages of being first of its kind. The film stands as the mother of the modern slasher. It was able to make its own rules, and subsequently created a template for the films that came after.” Jourdain Searles, Thrillist