Digitally mastered audio and video Audio: English Dolby Digital 2.0, Mono, French Mono "Black Christmas Revisited" all new documentary including current interviews 2 commentary tracks: director - Bob Clark, actors - John Saxon, Keir Dullea Special feature gallery including: original English and French trailers, original TV and radio spots, alternative title sequences, and picture and poster gallery Animated menus Dark Dreamers television series episode w/ John Saxon Reversible cover includes original 1974 artwork
[Collector's Edition] Audio: 1/DD2
Rating: R Genre: Horror Release Date: 12/03/2002 Dubbed: English/French Sound: 1/DD2 Run Time: 98 Minutes Distributor/Studio: Eclectic DVD Dist.
Although this Canadian production saw its widest U.S. cable TV distribution in the early '80s (primarily under the title Stranger in the House) to capitalize on the phenomenal success of Halloween and its offspring, this effective suspense-thriller actually predates John Carpenter's film by four years. The story involves a dangerous psychopath hiding out in the attic of a sorority house who torments a small group of pretty young sisters (including Olivia Hussey and Margot Kidder) who are staying behind over Christmas break. His tactics range from making obscene phone calls from their house-mother's phone, to stalking the terrified boarders with sharp objects and murderous intent. Director Bob Clark, who mistook dreariness for tension in his previous horror effort Children Shouldn't Play With Dead Things! (1972), here demonstrates a tight, aggressive style that generates some very original shocks -- particularly the surprise ending -- which clearly influenced dozens of similarly-themed slasher films to follow.
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