Horror Church Presents: Black Christmas (1974)

It’s terror in the aisles again as Phantom Fest invites the unholy back into Austin’s most welcoming Downtown place of worship with another installment of Horror Church. So far these more-than-just-a-movie experiential screenings have brought in supernatural chills with Carrie and The Exorcist. Now it’s time for something more seasonal with the original and still greatest Canadian slasher, 1974’s Black Christmas. Unlike most college-bound kill frenzies, this movie doesn’t turn its female characters into braindead/soon-to-be-dead eye candy but takes on real issues facing women in the 1970s – then adds one of the greatest, most unnerving killers the genre has ever known. Just don’t pick up the phone … – Richard Whittaker