Synopsis
Slay, girls
A group of sorority pledges are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. That is until the young women discover that the killer is part of an underground campus conspiracy.
A group of sorority pledges are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. That is until the young women discover that the killer is part of an underground campus conspiracy.
Jennifer Scudder Trent Brigitte Berman Chloe Smith Gabby Zemer Ben Cosgrove Jason Blum Adam Hendricks
Lucy-Belle Willcox Christal Allpress Nicola Abbott Stefan Knight Zoe Douglas Laurie Buckland Cath Maguire Ciara Fitzsimons
Черное Рождество, Noël tragique, 블랙 크리스마스, Чёрное Рождество, Черна Коледа, Černé Vánoce, Natal Sangrento, Чорне Різдво, Navidad sangrienta, 黑色聖誕節, Čierne Vianoce, Giáng Sinh Đen, Μαύρα Χριστούγεννα, Czarne święta, Црни Божић, על החגים ועל המוות, Kara Noel, คริสต์มาสเชือดสยอง, Fekete karácsony, Negra Navidad, 黑色圣诞节, Melnie Ziemassvētki, عيد الميلاد الأسود, ブラック・クリスマス, ब्लैक क्रिसमस
best part about this movie was when a random man stormed into the theater yelling “the fuck is this movie” and then walked out 5 minutes later saying “what the fuck? is this not jumanji?”
“You’re insane!”
“No, we are simply men 😌”
They really thought they did something with this script shajskdsl
At one point an alleged male ally to these young women pulls the whole "Not All Men" thing and then one of the women goes "Did you just Not All Men me?" and I'm there just thinking "I can't believe this felt like it was a good idea to have characters use the phrase Not All Men in any context at all." I fully admire the attempt to make a slasher movie that isn't visually and psychically dedicated to picking off these girls one at a time, but the movie in front of you here is largely T-shirt feminism (literally in one scene) when it isn't merely clumsy, toothless in its violence, and I hate to say it but shot like it was made for Lifetime. It's just all very tepid.
the feminism is not the issue here, the original film is one of the great slashers films about bodily autonomy and navigating male rage (there is more frank discussion about abortion in that movie from 1974 than there is in movies today tbh), the issue is thinking that a didactic collection of online catchphrases about rape culture inherently translates to character, mood or danger because of its connection to real violence and trauma. i don't think this fails quite as much as others on here, i even like some of it conceptually (there's a brief argument about forcing a victim to come forward that is genuinely thorny until the yas queen team-up action finale steamrolls it) but largely the work was just not put in to make it work as horror, or really anything beyond broad wish-fulfillment/political caricature. i am sorta curious about the R-rated version this was cut down from tho.
74
Hmm, haven't looked into the consensus on this, but it's probably ridiculously low considering it's both a remake of a canonized horror film *and* equipped with a full-throttle feminist stance. Basically a one-two punch for horror dweebs. Anyways, it was an uphill battle, produced by Blumhouse no less, but Black Christmas 2019 edition is remarkably solid. It reminded me of early 80s slashers akin to New Year's Evil and The Slumber Party Massacre - body count films already operating within the parameters of interrogating and critiquing misogyny as its central narrative function. Sophia Takal's film, while suffering from a lack of R-rated viciousness, more than makes up for it with an acute sense of space, well-defined characterization, and discomfort…
politics so “neat” it doesn’t even check out by the end. if you set out to do a #metoo slasher you’ll easily fall into the trappings of t-shirt feminism — and it does so here in a number of embarrassing ways — but what i really don’t understand is why the movie, on a not-so-minuscule blumhouse budget, looks so bad ???
Rotten Tomatoes: 38%
Metacritic Metascore: 49
IMDB: 3.2
12/100
Release Date: 13 December 2009
Distributor: Blumhouse
Budget: $5M
Worldwide Gross: $18M
Kris: "You messed with the wrong sisters."
SYNOPSIS: A group of female students are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break.
CAVEAT: If this wasn't a remake of a classic horror-slasher, I would have enjoyed it for what it was and viewed it through a different lense.
I'm hoping I wake up and someone tells me that this was a Tommy Wiseau production, because otherwise, I feel ashamed for completing it.
This remake of a remake of a classic was absolutely terrible in every respect, starting with its rating. There is no reason whatsoever…
i felt kind of mixed on this movie at first: sometimes the dialogue is really on the nose and you cringe, but then i think, well they're not wrong really! and i wish we got to spend more time with the characters interacting, but imogen poots obviously rules here. sometimes it is a little more tell than show. and it doesn't always seem that interested in affect or atmosphere or setpieces per se, but it really works as a hangout slasher, which is my favorite kind. and the home invasion segment in the house lit by neon christmas lights is a banger! and i found the song and dance call out your rapist scene super cathartic! i genuinely loved the…
So, my dad refuses to watch parasite (bEcAuSe nO eNgIlIsH) and the social network (bEcAuSe LiZaRd MaN ) but he would watch this abomination
Its days like these when I wish I was adopted