Year: 2019
Rated PG-13
Rating: * * 1/2 Stars
Cast: Imogen Poots, Cary Elwes, Brittany O'Grady
At fictional Hawthorne College, sorority sisters get picked off one by one via some psychotic killers on Christmas vacation. That's just the outline of 2019's PG-13 rated, Black Christmas (uh oh on the neutered, PG-13 rating).
"Christmas" starts out like just another terror fest until frat boy mumbo jumbo and pledge manipulation take over. Hazing, possession, the Me Too movement, harassing DMs, and the smearing of black goo are also mainstays (hence the movie's title).

"Christmas" is directed by New Jersey native and third time helmer, Sophia Takal. Also an actress of various independent films, Takal shoots Black Christmas like a 70's snuff pic cloaked in contemporary social media. There's some zoom in shots, some zoom out shots, a lot of dark hues, and plenty of earthiness. I've never actually seen the original Black Christmas but I've viewed various clips. Takal with similar opening credit titles and a need for present day nostalgia, tries to recreate the look of a cult vehicle that came out forty-plus years ago.

Written by Jesse Burleson
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