Black Christmas (2019)

A group of female students is stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. That is until the young sorority pledges discover that the killer is part of an underground college conspiracy.

Director:

Sophia Takal

Writers:

Sophia Takal, April Wolfe

Stars:

Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue

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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Imogen Poots	...	Riley
Aleyse Shannon	...	Kris
Lily Donoghue	...	Marty
Brittany O'Grady	...	Jesse
Caleb Eberhardt	...	Landon
Cary Elwes	...	Professor Gelson
Simon Mead	...	Nate
Madeleine Adams	...	Helena
Nathalie Morris	...	Fran
Ben Black	...	Phil McIllaney
Zoë Robins	...	Oona (as Zoe Robins)
Ryan McIntyre	...	Brian Huntley
Mark Neilson	...	Gil
Lucy Currey	...	Lindsay
Jonny McBride	...	Black Mask

Storyline

Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. One by one, sorority girls on campus are being killed by an unknown stalker. But the killer is about to discover that this generation's young women aren't willing to become hapless victims as they mount a fight to the finish.

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Plot Keywords:

christmas horror | slasher | misogyny | stalker | victim fights back | 

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Taglines:

Slay, Girls

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, terror, thematic content involving sexual assault, language, sexual material and drinking

Did You Know?

Trivia

At one point, a ring of keys is used as a weapon to fight off a killer, a reference to a feminist talking point about how women will resort to holding their keys in their hand as a weapon while walking alone at night.

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Quotes

Kris, Fran, Riley, Lindsay: [singing] Up in the frat house me and you, and you know what I'm there to do, we're drinking and kissing, what comes next? You and I have S-E-X. Ho ho ho, I didn't know, ho ho ho ho, I didn't know, yes up in the frat house, one true fact, that is that I got attacked. Up in the frat house shit went down, and I'm telling everyone in town, I didn't lead you on for goodness sake, I couldn't have cuz I wasn't awake. Ho ho ho, I didn't know, ho ho ho ho, I didn't know, yes up in the frat house, click ...
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Crazy Credits

MID-CREDITS SCENE: Partway through the credits, there is a scene where Claudette the cat is licking the black substance bleeding from one of the pledges, and then she looks up at the camera.

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Alternate Versions

The original R-rated version of this film ran 111 minutes, before being edited down to a 92 minutes long PG-13 version released in theaters.

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Connections

References The Exorcist III (1990)

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Soundtracks

Jingle Bells
Written by James Pierpont (as James Lord Pierpoint)
Performed by Bing Crosby & Gary Crosby
Courtesy of HLC Properties, Ltd.

User Reviews

Get revenge.

If you know someone in your life who you hate then buy them a ticket to see this. Then sit back and laugh like Mr Burns knowing they are watching this awful movie.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

USA New Zealand

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 December 2019 (USA)

Also Known As:

Black Christmas

Filming Locations:

University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,240,245, 15 December 2019

Gross USA:

$10,429,730

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$18,529,730

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Blumhouse Productions, Divide/Conquer

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1