Best Holiday Film Round 1a: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (13) vs Black Christmas (20)

[Chris]

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Release Date: November 25, 1987
Directed by: John Hughes
Starring: Steve Martin, John Candy
Plot: A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower curtain ring salesman as his only companion.



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Black Christmas
Release Date: October 11, 1974
Directed by: Bob Clark
Starring: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, John Saxon
Plot: During their Christmas break, a group of sorority girls are stalked by a stranger.
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[Marty McFourth]

Planes, Trains and Automobiles is so fucking goood dude. I was talking to @Hans Gruber about John Candy the other day.

Funny as fuck, with some genuinely touching moments and a really sweet story & ending. Lovely film.

 

[Chris]

Sad to see Black Christmas go this early but it's a rough match-up lol

 

[Deezy]

So I take it that Thanksgiving films are holiday

 

[Chris]

Ah yeah this Deezy guy just wants the semantic arguments today lmao

 

[Barry Poppins]

Voted for Black Christmas, movie is so fucking good and still extremely creepy nowadays.

 

[Moon Bird]

One of my favorite movie moments of all time.

 

[Keith]

Its a tough call. A all time classic comedy movie against a all time classic horror. But I like a bit of darkness to go with the light around the holiday season. Re-watched Black Christmas the other night. It holds up very well.