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Black Christmas

Black Christmas is a horror franchise that began in 1974 when Bob Clark directed the original film in the series. The film has become a cult classic decades after it was released and also got two reboots, one in 2006 and the other in 2019, both of which were critically panned.

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Black Christmas

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Roy Moore
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Olivia Hussey , Keir Dullea , Margot Kidder , John Saxon , Marian Waldman , Andrea Martin , Michelle Trachtenberg , Mary Elizabeth Winstead , Katie Cassidy , Lacy Chabert , Kristen Cloke , Imogen Poots , Aleyse Shannon , Lily Donoghue , Brittany O'Grady

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