Most movies can be neatly categorized into a single genre, or even two, but there are a rare few that manage to transcend genre thanks to the complexity and creative choices by the director that result in something very different. Genres exist as a helpful way to categorize films and often audiences will find themselves drawn more to some types of film than others. From comedy to horror, or romance to tragedy, so many films follow some sort of template for a genre that clues viewers into a set of tropes or suggests a direction that the movie may follow.
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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