Black Christmas
Bob Clark’sBlack Christmashas been remade doubly and has instigate countless imitators . One of the reasonableness for its live popularity is the ambiguous ending – which left the fate of its heroine and mysterious killer up in the air . A buff - made continuation , presently being crew - sourced , explore what happen after the original ending 46 years ago .
bask a foresighted platform release throughout the U.S. in late 1974 and the following year , the Canadian thriller made a nice net for its distributor Warner Brothers . Released in some grocery asSilent Night , Evil Night , Clark ’s motion picture was hugely influential in create the slasher subgenre that would top out in the early 80 . The flick go around around a sorority house in the last solar day before Christmas happy chance . An unobserved intruder , veil in the attic , commence make believe threatening phone call ; eventually shoot down some of the remaining students . The template inspired dozens of standardized films , from the blockbusterHalloween(1978 ) to more obscure titles such asThe Dorm That Dripped Blood(1982 ) .
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Olivia Hussey play distressed college scholarly person Jess , distracted by an unwanted pregnancy with her fickle boyfriend ( Keir Dullea ) . After chance upon that the worrying phone calls were made by someone in the house , the intrepid heroine sound to warn her admirer – only to retrieve them deadened . Her ordeal ending with the authorization finding her unconscious and the supposed killer apprehended . The film concluded with Jess left in bed as police stand safety outside the sorority sign of the zodiac waiting for her parents . Inside , it was revealed that the killer was still in the unchecked attic and still anticipate the house . The photographic film reference played over the haunt sound of the unendingly band phone .
Black Christmas Fan-Made Sequel Offers Answers
While Roy Moore ’s original script had elements of a mystery , utter with red herrings , the identity of the slayer was secondary to the suspense . His end made clear that none of the main characters could have been “ Billy ” the name the slayer repeated during his tirades on the phone . Intriguing visual element in the film supply several layers to the tarradiddle , including the alcoholic sorority female parent Mrs. Mac ( Marian Waldman ) . exposure in the house bring out Mac and her sister were a vaudeville act – and one find in the attic suggest that Mac had live there for a while . Could she have been related to the unobserved killer who clearly had been in the theater before ? These dubiousness have always bait fans of the underrated classic .
A new devotee - made short film that break up up 50 years after the original might have a few answers . Filmmaker Dave McRae’sIt ’s Me , Billyis described as “ an unofficial continuation ” to Clark ’s original . Currently being crowd - funded on the Indiegogo platform , the action takes place , apparently , in the theater of the original heroine . According to the press release : “ Unaware of the danger that ’s hunting her , Sam and her two expert friends are spend Christmas Eve at her grandmother ’s older country mansion . Stalked by a sinister evil that ’s been ambuscade in the shadows for nearly 50 year , Sam is about to come up face to present with her grandmother ’s cool down Christmas past , the deranged sociopath known as Billy . ”
As of this writing , the output team has already raised $ 18,000 of the $ 45,000 require to make the film . The teaser traileremphasizes the original ’s benighted tone and sinister soundscape , have clear that it ’s a true follow - up to the 1974 original . Two remakes have been unfreeze , a cynical 2006 version directed by Glen Morgan ( Final Destination ) that over explained the need of the killer , and aBlumhouseversion which keep only the title and the sorority sign of the zodiac scene . Neither films were embraced by fans or critics . Admirers of the original are hopeful that McRae and his team will be able to deliver a true follow - up in the heart of the originalBlack Christmas .
