While some horror movie franchises only get a few sequels, there are other series that simply refuse to die even after endless reboots, remakes, and follow-up films. It is tough to keep a horror movie franchise feeling fresh after numerous sequels. While the first appearance of Jason Voorhees was enough to terrify moviegoers when Friday the 13th was first released back in 1980, by the seventh time the masked murderer graced the silver screen, he was nowhere near as unsettling. Similarly, while The Amityville Horror and Paranormal Activity franchises could get a lot of mileage from a haunted house setting in their first outings, the premise fell flat by their fifth movie.
Bob Clark's 1974 horror film Black Christmas is one of the most influential slasher movies of all time, and it has an unforgettably chilling ending. In Black Christmas Billy is considered the villain as he picks off victims one by one, and after almost 50 years, his identity is still debated. The story takes place in a sorority house, where the residents are throwing a Christmas party before they depart. Little do they know, however, that a perverted killer has made his way into the house, and is preparing to pick them off one by one. The Billy Black Christmas character remains in the shadows for most of the movie, that is, until the chilling ending.
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