Bob Clark's Black Christmas (1974)

[OktoberFest]

A creepy sounding killer!

What most don't realize is that Black Christmas came out before the original Friday The 13th, and Carpenter's Halloween. Halloween was widely recognized as setting the path for terror-in-the-home, for the mainstreams, where the killer comes into your own private space. Something that hadn't been done before.... except in Black Christmas. I wonder if Carpenter took inspiration from this.

[adrian]

yes, black christmas did come first but John took his inspiration from the novel, where Michael's character is the Shape!

look up the DVD 25 Years of Halloween. its a great source of info about the movies

[iHaunt]

I really liked Black Christmas the classic the best than the remake!

And, not so sure if John Carpenter did copy some scenes from Black Christmas to add something different to his own "Halloween"movie.

[OktoberFest]

Really? Well, if you do find out eventually then please share this info with us here.

Thanks a million to iHaunt because he does know more than I do, even everybody else!

I really liked Black Christmas the classic the best than the remake!

And, not so sure if John Carpenter did copy some scenes from Black Christmas to add something different to his own "Halloween"movie.

[adrian]

Black Christmas was the first of its kind but sort of flew under the radar really compared to J.C.'s HALLOWEEN. Although there are a few similarities in the movies (mostly just the idea of "i'm coming into YOUR home to get you") as far as actual scenes and killings are concerned, characters as well, it was all based on the book! with a John Carpenter Hollywood spin on it.

[iHaunt]

I will see if I can find out about this information whether or not John Carpenter did copy it from Bob Clark's Black Christmas. I will post here when I find out anytime.

[adrian]

i keep say lol to check out 25 years of halloween DVD it explains it all

[iHaunt]

Ok, I read this from Fright Exclusive Interview online.

Icons Of Terror: Sooo, was "Black Christmas" directly responsible for "Halloween"?

Bob Clark: No, that's not really true. The truth is John didn't copy "Black Christmas", he wrote a script, directed the script, did the casting. "Halloween" is his movieand besides the script came to him already titled anyway. He liked "Black Christmas" and may have been influenced by it, but in no way did John Carpenter copy the idea. Fifteen other people at that time had thought to do a movie called "Halloween" but the script came to John with that title on it.


That is all I can tell.

[adrian]

good news