The 1974 slasher that invented a trope, distilled to pure dread in 4 minutes.
Short video piece edited from BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) in which Jess (Olivia Hussey) receives a series of unsettling phone calls.
Editing
Coffman isolates the phone call structure to devastating effect.
Acting
Hussey's panic without visual context becomes universal.
Director
Jason Coffman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Black Christmas predates Halloween by four years and essentially created the slasher template: holiday setting, body count, final girl.
The obscene caller was voiced by multiple actors including director Bob Clark, and the calls were largely improvised.
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