9:30pm - Wednesday, Dec 18, 2024
Black Christmas (50th Anniversary Restoration Screening)
"If this movie doesn't make your skin crawl... It's on TOO TIGHT!"
Join us at the Rio Theatre for a night of retro Holiday cheer - and fear! - with the brand new 50th Anniversary 4K restoration of the bloody fantastic Can-con slasher, BLACK CHRISTMAS. Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without some holiday horror on the big screen, would it? Margot Kidder (SUPERMAN), Olivia Hussey (ROMEO & JULIET) and Kier Dullea star in Bob Clark's classic (Canadian!) 70s Santa-slasher slay ride BLACK CHRISTMAS.
Holiday movies are sentimental and uplifting, but surprisingly devoid of knife murders. BLACK CHRISTMAS is here to help. When sorority sisters Hussey, Kidder and Andrea Martin (SCTV) find themselves under attack from a foul-mouthed 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 mutilation 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. 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. BLACK CHRISTMAS gets everything right.
"Quite literally terrifying." (Hysteria Lives)
Wednesday, December 18
Doors 9:00 pm | Movie 9:30 pm *Start time subject to change. Please arrive on time.
BLACK CHRISTMAS (Bob Clark, 1974 / 98 mins / 18A) As winter break begins, a group of sorority sisters, including Jess and the often inebriated Barb, begin to receive anonymous, lascivious phone calls. Initially, Barb eggs the caller on, but stops when he responds threateningly. Soon, Barb's friend Claire goes missing from the sorority house, and a local adolescent girl is murdered, leading the girls to suspect a serial killer is on the loose. But no one realizes just how near the culprit is...
*Minors OK. Must be 19+ w/ID for bar service.
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