Clare Harrison | |
Continuity: | Black Christmas |
Notability: | Supporting character |
Type: | Murder victim |
Occupation: | Student |
Gender: | Female |
Race: | Human |
Location: | Bedford, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Associations: | Pi Kappa Sigma |
Status: | Deceased |
Died: | 1974 |
First: | Black Christmas |
Actor: | Lynne Griffin |
Claire Harrison is a fictional college student & murder victim and a supporting character featured in the 1974 holiday slasher film Black Christmas. She was played by actress Lynne Griffin.
Biography[]
Claire Harrison was a Canadian college student who attended college in the town of Bedford in Toronto. She was a member of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house. As the holidays approached, the members of Pi Kappa Sigma decided to hold one last private party before most of the girls returned home for the holidays. Claire went up to her bedroom to prepare her things for winter vacation. Little did she know however, that a mysterious killer was hiding inside of her closet. Using a dry-cleaning bag, he strangled Claire and took her up to the attic. With the bag enclosed about her head, he propped her in a rocking chair near the window.
The following day, Claire's father, Mister Harrison, arrived outside the college grounds. Mister Harrison was there to pick Claire up and was most perturbed to find that she wasn't there to meet him. He went back to the sorority house where he queried with house mother Mrs. Mac. Mrs. Mac tried to settle the man's nerves.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Bedford sorority sisters went down to the police station with Mister Harrison. He reported his daughter's disappearance to the incompetent Sergeant Nash, who responded by saying that his daughter was likely shacking up with some boyfriend. Claire's boyfriend Chris Hayden arrived later and berated Nash for his tasteless comments.
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Clare Harrison was created by director Bob Clark and screenwriter Roy Moore.
- Claire Harrison is the first murder victim featured in Black Christmas.
- The man who murdered Claire Harrison is known only as "Billy". He is inspired by a series of actual murders that took place in Montreal during the 1943 holiday season.
- The shot of Clare's face covered with the plastic bag has become something of an iconic image and is seen on most promotional material relating to Black Christmas. The 2013 film Curse of Chucky pays homage to the character with a shot of Alice's grandmother, who is suffocated with a bag over her head.
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