Chances are, if you’re reading FANGORIA dot com you don’t need to be told that Bob Clark’s Black Christmas (1974) is a stone-cold horror classic … and one you should absolutely watch during the holidays! It’s festive, it’s bloody, it’ll fill you with holiday cheer and dread – just like Clark’s other Christmas classic, A Christmas Story.
Well, this year, your mandatory Black Christmas viewings are getting an upgrade via a brand-new 4K release from the good folks at Shout Factory, who have loaded up this release with a truly staggering number of bonus features – you could spend an entire Christmas Day combing through all of these! Let’s take a look at what we’ll be unwrapping come Christmas morn…
DISC ONE (4K UHD):
- NEW 2022 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative
- In Dolby Vision (HDR 10 Compatible)
- NEW 2022 DTS-HD Master Audio Mono – A Restoration Of The Original Mono Track
- NEW 2022 Restoration Of The 5.1 Audio, Restoring Missing Dialogue, Music And Sound Effects
- Audio Commentary With Director Bob Clark
- Audio Commentary With Actors John Saxon And Keir Dullea
- Audio Commentary With Billy (Actor Nick Mancuso)
- Audio Interview With Director Bob Clark
DISC TWO (BLU-RAY):
- NEW 2022 4K Scan Of The Original Camera Negative
- NEW 2022 DTS-HD Master Audio Mono – A Restoration Of The Original Mono Track
- NEW 2022 Restoration Of The 5.1 Audio, Restoring Missing Dialogue, Music And Sound Effects
- Audio Commentary With Director Bob Clark
- Audio Commentary With Actors John Saxon And Keir Dullea
- Audio Commentary With Billy (Actor Nick Mancuso)
- Audio Interview With Director Bob Clark
- NEW Black Christmas: Restoring The Sound – Brett Cameron Discusses The Hundreds Of Hours Put Into The Restoration Of The Film’s Audio Track For This Release
- NEW Newspaper Ad Gallery By Drive-In Asylum
DISC THREE (BLU-RAY):
- 2006 Critical Mass HD Master (1.78:1) – DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Film And Furs – Remembering Black Christmas With Art Hindle
- Victims And Virgins – Remembering Black Christmas With Lynne Griffin
- Black Christmas Legacy
- 40th Anniversary Panel At FanExpo 2014 Featuring John Saxon, Art Hindle, Lynne Griffin & Nick Mancuso
- On Screen!: Black Christmas Featurette
- 12 Days Of Black Christmas Featurette
- Black Christmas Revisited Featurette
- Archival Interviews With Olivia Hussey, Art Hindle, Margot Kidder, Bob Clark, & John Saxon
- Midnight Screening Q&A With Bob Clark, John Saxon And Carl Zittrer
- Two Scenes With A New Vocal Soundtrack
- Original Theatrical Trailers (English And French)
- Original TV And Radio Spots
- Alternative Title Sequences
- Still Gallery
Phew! What an embarrassment of riches!
Shout Factory’s 4K release of Black Christmas will land on December 6th, just in time for you to pick up a copy for yourself … and another copy to slip into your grandma’s stocking! If you are so inclined, you can pre-order the set now via Shout Factory’s site. If you are not so inclined, well, we’re not sure what to tell you. Your Christmas is gonna suck. Don’t say we didn’t warn you!
