REEL ODDITIES: BLACK CHRISTMAS – 4K RESTORATION

December 4, 11 & 18, 2024
Reel Oddities: Black Christmas
50th Anniversary – 4K Restoration
Holiday movies are sentimental and uplifting, but surprisingly devoid of knife murders. Black Christmas — one of the most influential Hitchcockian slashers of all time — is here to help. When sorority sisters Olivia Hussey, Margot Kidder, and Andrea Martin find themselves under attack from a foul-mouthed killer, all heck breaks loose. But what about Keir Dullea, the brooding art-school pianist? Could he have something to do with the mutilation rampage? Black Christmas is a terrifying and demented holiday tradition that gets everything right. We’d expect nothing less from Bob Clark, the pioneering director of A Christmas Story.
Dir: Bob Clark / 1974 / Canada / 98 min

A Special Limited Edition Poster Can Be Purchased for 12/11 & 12/18 Screenings:

We’re proud to collaborate with the American Genre Film Archive and Mutant to bring an exclusive new Black Christmas silkscreen poster to Olympia. The artwork was created by Phantom City Creative and will be available at our 12/11 & 12/18 screenings.

This exclusive color variant is limited to 285 copies – and we nabbed ten of them!

These posters are available online as an add-on purchase option and will be presented to you at will call. Only five of these will be released per show at $45 each

A very special note from Olivia Hussey about the 4K restoration:

“I am so honored that the American Genre Film Archive and Mutant are presenting the 50th Anniversary of Black Christmas in movie theaters this year. The film world is lucky to have AGFA, which continues to show the meaningful impact of going to the movies through screenings like this one. I’m so happy and honored that AGFA is introducing this film to a new generation of moviegoers.”—Olivia Hussey, star of Black Christmas

SCREENING: WED 12/4 7PM; WED 12/11 7PM; WED 12/18 7PM