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Black Christmas (1974) Review

Takal and Wolfe’s remake cuts like car keys)

  • Lindsay Traves Lindsay Traves
  • December 16, 2019
  • 4 Minute Read
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Score: 7 / 10

It was Friday the 13th, the second in 2019. This one happened to be in December, a time when traditional spooky season is on its way out, but the horror fans amongst us were rubbing our hands together both for warmth and in anticipation of holiday horror.  Holiday horror has given us long-standing classics like Silent Night Deadly Night, and new favourites like Krampus, and this year, we were getting a wide cinema release of the second kick at the remake can, this lucky Friday in December, we got Black Christmas.

April Wolfe and Sophia Takal’s take on this classic slasher is anything but subtle.  1974’s Black Christmas wasn’t shy, either, in tackling women’s issues, creating fear out of the tendency of law enforcement to not take missing women seriously, out of their instinct to not believe women, creating fear out of controlling boyfriends and the right to choose, and now the latest take on this slasher giant brings women’s issues, new and old, to the 2019 audience.

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Final Thoughts:

Though often on the nose, this newest rendition of the holiday horror classic is not only a welcome addition to the slasher genre, but continues the tradition of exploring political issues through horror, with an updated feminist approach to suit this generation.
Lindsay Traves

Lindsay Traves

After submitting her Bachelor's thesis, “The Metaphysics of Schwarzenegger Movies,” Lindsay decided to focus on writing about her passions; sci-fi, horror, sports, and comic books. She covers movies and games for CGMagazine and you can follow her work on Twitter @smashtraves.
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Black Christmas

Director(s): Sophia Takal
Cast: Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue, Brittany O’Grady
Running Time: 92 min

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