Fuck that new version of “Black Christmas.” The classic version from 1974 is the way to go. Everything about this production is top notch from Bob Clark’s direction to the great acting to that eerie musical score. This movies also contains one of the scariest images I have ever seen in any horror movie. The tone of “Black Christmas” is very plain creepy from the very start. The movie takes it’s time setting up the charcters and then taking them out one by one. The “obscene” phones calls truly are the stuff of nightmares. The killer really is one of the greatest villians ever put to screen. You never really find out his motivations or backstory (a thing I really admire about this movie). When you finally do see “Billy,” you only get to see his eye and one of his hands which makes him all the more terrifying. He’s like that killer that chases you in your bad dreams. You know he’s out to get you, but you never can quite see him.

So, my advice to you is: Get a copy of “Black Christmas” and curl up under a blanket on the couch and make this holiday season a killer one.