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{{Infobox film
| name           = Black Christmas
| image          = Black Christmas 2019 teaser poster.png
| caption        = Theatrical release poster
| director       = [[Sophia Takal]]
| producer       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Jason Blum]]
* Ben Cosgrove
* Adam Hendricks
* [[Brigitte Berman]]
}}
| screenplay     = {{Plainlist|
* Sophia Takal
* April Wolfe
}}
| based_on       = {{Based on|''[[Black Christmas (1974 film)|Black Christmas]]''|A. Roy Moore}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Imogen Poots]]<!-- Per official cast list -->
* [[Aleyse Shannon]]
* [[Lily Donoghue]]
* [[Brittany O'Grady]]
* Caleb Eberhardt
* [[Cary Elwes]]
}}
| music          = {{Plainlist|
* Will Blair
* Brooke Blair
}}
| cinematography = Mark Schwartzbard<ref>{{cite news |url=https://hellhorror.com/movies-6876/Black-Christmas.html |title=Black Christmas (2019)|newspaper=Hellhorror|access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref>
| editing        = {{Plainlist|<!-- Per credits in the film -->
* [[Jeff Betancourt]]
* Ben Baudhuin
}}
| studio         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Blumhouse Productions]]
* [[Divide/Conquer]]
}}
| distributor    = [[Universal Pictures]]
| released       = {{Film date|2019|12|13|United States}}
| runtime        = 92 minutes<ref>{{cite web |title=Black Christmas (2019) |url= https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/black-christmas-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00otg2ody |publisher=[[British Board of Film Classification]]}}</ref>
| country        = {{Plainlist|
* United States
* New Zealand
* Canada
}}
| language       = English
| budget         = $5 million<ref name="Budget">{{cite web |first=Scott |last=Mendelson |author-link=Scott Mendelson |title=Box Office: How Will 'Cats' And 'Black Christmas' Fare Against 'Star Wars' And 'Jumanji'?|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/11/27/box-office-how-will-cats-and-black-christmas-fare-against-star-wars-the-rise-of-skywalker-and-jumanji-the-next-level/ |website=[[Forbes]] |access-date=November 29, 2019 |date=November 27, 2019}}</ref>
| gross          = $18.5 million<ref name="BOM">{{Cite web |title=Black Christmas |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt10481868/ |access-date=December 22, 2023 |website=Box Office Mojo}}</ref><ref name="NUM">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Black-Christmas-(2019)#tab=summary|title=Black Christmas (2019)|website=[[The Numbers (website)|The Numbers]] |access-date=January 5, 2020}}</ref>
}}

'''''Black Christmas''''' is a 2019 [[slasher film]] directed by [[Sophia Takal]], and written by Takal and April Wolfe.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/06/black-christmas-remake-blumhouse-sophia-takal-1202149778/|title='Black Christmas' Remake: Blumhouse Taps Sophia Takal to Direct Remake of 1974 Slasher|website=[[IndieWire]]|first=Kate|last=Erbland|date=June 13, 2019|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/6/13/18678012/black-christmas-remake-blumhouse-release-date|title=A Black Christmas remake is coming this year from the team behind Halloween|first=Karen|last=Han|website=[[Polygon (website)|Polygon]]|date=June 13, 2019|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref> Part of the [[Black Christmas (film series)|''Black Christmas'' series]], it is the loose second remake of [[Black Christmas (1974 film)|the 1974 film]], after [[Black Christmas (2006 film)|the 2006 film]], and follows a group of [[Fraternities and sororities|sorority]] sisters at Hawthorne College as they are preyed upon by an unknown stalker. The film stars [[Imogen Poots]], [[Aleyse Shannon]], [[Lily Donoghue]], [[Brittany O'Grady]], Caleb Eberhardt, and [[Cary Elwes]].<ref name="DLannounce">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/black-christmas-sophia-takal-blumhouse-1202632407/|title='Black Christmas': Sophia Takal Set To Direct Blumhouse Remake Of 1974 Slasher|last=Boucher|first=Geoff|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=June 13, 2019|access-date=June 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/movies/2019/06/13/black-christmas-remake-imogen-poots-blumhouse/|title=Imogen Poots to star in Blumhouse remake of horror classic Black Christmas|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|first=Clark|last=Collis|date=June 13, 2019|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref>

Development of the project began in June 2019, when [[Jason Blum]] announced that he would produce the film through his studio [[Blumhouse Productions]]. Sophia Takal signed as director and co-writer with principal photography beginning soon after, lasting for 27 days in [[Otago]].

''Black Christmas'' was theatrically released in the United States on December 13, 2019, by [[Universal Pictures]], coinciding with [[Friday the 13th]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/06/13/blumhouses-black-christmas-remake-gets-doubly-appropriate-release-date/|title=Blumhouse's 'Black Christmas' Remake Gets Doubly Appropriate Release Date|last=Mendelson|first=Scott|website=[[Forbes]]|date=June 13, 2019|access-date=June 16, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/black-christmas-just-in-time-for-friday-the-13th/?amp|title= Making Black Christmas Just in Time for Friday the 13th|last=Kaye|first=Don|website=denofgeek.com|date=December 13, 2019|access-date=December 16, 2019}}</ref> The film received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, criticizing its deviation from the original film's story, the overt political messages, and its PG-13 rating, although critics praised Poots' performance and deemed it an improvement over the [[Black Christmas (2006 film)|2006 film]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.forbes.com/sites/scottmendelson/2019/12/15/weekend-box-office-richard-jewell-flop-black-christmas-bomb-adam-sandler-margot-robbie-bombshell-fox-news/|title= Box Office: 'Black Christmas' And 'Richard Jewell' Both Disappoint While 'Uncut Gems' Breaks Records|last=Mendelson|first=Scott|website=[[Forbes]]|date=December 15, 2019|access-date=October 1, 2022}}</ref> It has grossed $18 million worldwide on a $5 million budget.

==Plot==
While walking home, Hawthorne College student Lindsay is killed by a masked individual. Riley Stone, a member of the Mu Kappa Epsilon sorority, struggles with [[PTSD]] after being [[rape]]d by Delta Kappa Omicron fraternity president Brian Huntley. Meanwhile, her sorority sister Kris has angered the DKO fraternity and Professor Gelson following a petition from her requesting that university founder Calvin Hawthorne's bust be moved from the main building and another requesting Gelson be fired due to his refusal to teach books written by women.

Riley and Kris, along with their friends Marty, Jesse and Helena, arrive at the DKO fraternity for the talent show where Riley discovers new pledges for DKO engaging in a ritual around Hawthorne's bust. She saves a drunken Helena from being sexually assaulted by a DKO member and takes Helena's place in the talent show. Upon seeing Brian in the crowd, she performs a song with her sorority sisters condemning the [[rape culture]] at the fraternity. Later, Helena is abducted by Lindsay's attacker while Riley begins to bond with Landon, a kind-hearted fellow student. The girls start to receive threatening text messages from an account posing as Calvin Hawthorne, similar to what Lindsay had received before she was murdered. The next day, sorority sister Fran is attacked and killed by the masked assailant. While searching for Helena, Riley encounters Gelson and finds his list of the MKE girls. She reports the disappearances to [[campus police]], but they refuse to help.

That night, Riley and Kris argue over Kris's posting of the performance in which Riley reveals at the end that Brian raped her. As Riley blames Kris for the threatening messages from DKO, Marty argues with her boyfriend Nate and demands that he leave. After Jesse is killed by the assailant, the girls are also attacked, leaving Marty injured. Kris discovers Jesse's body while Nate arrives to apologize and is also murdered. Riley kills the assailant, but the girls are attacked by two other individuals. Marty dies while Riley and Kris kill the attacker and identify him as a DKO pledge she saw at the ritual earlier.

The two escape in Nate's car and Riley theorizes that Hawthorne, who was known for practicing [[black magic]], is responsible for the murders via his bust which emits black liquid. Kris suggests they go to the police, but Riley demands they go to the fraternity and the two separate. Riley enlists Landon to help her enter the fraternity. Kris discovers Lindsay's sorority sisters also being attacked by DKO and rescues them. At the DKO house, the frat brothers force Landon to become a pledge. Riley discovers Helena, who is tied up, before being knocked unconscious by a DKO member.

She awakens bound and is confronted by Gelson, Brian and other DKO members. Gelson reveals that after Kris forced the bust's relocation, they discovered Hawthorne's plan, involving a spell and the black liquid, to control women. The liquid allows the spirit of Hawthorne to possess the fraternity's pledges and send them out to murder women they deem unruly. Helena has been secretly working with the fraternity and stole items from her sisters that allowed the possessed pledges to locate their targets. Helena is murdered before Kris and other sorority sisters attack the fraternity. Riley overpowers Brian and smashes the Hawthorne bust. Kris sets Gelson on fire and the women and Landon escape, locking the frat brothers inside and leaving them to burn to death.

==Cast==
<!--- Cast and order per closing tombstone credits, roles per closing credits scroll --->
{{Cast listing|
* [[Imogen Poots]] as Riley Stone
* [[Aleyse Shannon]] as Kris Waterson
* [[Lily Donoghue]] as Marty Coolidge
* [[Brittany O'Grady]] as Jesse Bolton-Sinclair
* Caleb Eberhardt as Landon
* [[Cary Elwes]] as Professor Gelson
<!--- added remaining small number of cast, with order and roles per closing credits scroll; not really needed per [[Template:Cast listing]] --->
* Simon Mead as Nate
* Madeleine Adams as Helena Rittenhouse
* Nathalie Morris as Fran "Franny" Abrams
* Ben Black as Phil McIllaney
* [[Zoë Robins]] as Oona Apteao
* Ryan McIntyre as Brian Huntley
* Mark Neilson as Gil
* Lucy Currey as Lindsay Helman
* Jonny McBride as Black Mask
}}

==Production==
An international co-production film between the United States, New Zealand and Canada. In June 2019, [[Jason Blum]] was revealed to produce a remake of the 1974 film ''[[Black Christmas (1974 film)|Black Christmas]]'' through his studio [[Blumhouse Productions]], alongside Adam Hendricks from the studio [[Divide/Conquer]] and Ben Cosgrove.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://screenrant.com/blumhouse-black-christmas-remake-2019-release/ |title=Blumhouse Announces Black Christmas Remake, Sets 2019 Release Date|website=[[Screen Rant]]|last=Kennedy|first=Michael|date=June 13, 2019|access-date=July 11, 2019}}</ref> In addition, Greg Gilreath and Zac Locke, also from Divide/Conquer, served as executive producers for the project.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/blumhouse-black-christmas-remake-sophia-takal-imogen-poots/|title=Blumhouse to Remake 'Black Christmas' with Director Sophia Takal|first=Jeff|last=Sneider|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=June 13, 2019|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref>

[[Sophia Takal]] was announced as the film's director, having previously worked with Blum on his ''[[Into the Dark (TV series)|Into the Dark]]'' series for [[Hulu]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/blumhouse-announces-black-christmas-remake-directed-by-1835493000 |title=Blumhouse announces Black Christmas remake directed by Sophia Takal|website=[[The A.V. Club]]|first=Katie|last=Rife|date=June 13, 2019|access-date=August 9, 2019}}</ref> while [[Imogen Poots]], [[Aleyse Shannon]], [[Brittany O'Grady]], [[Lily Donoghue]] and Caleb Eberhardt were cast in the starring roles.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/black-christmas-remake-blumhouse-universal-1203241573/ |title=Blumhouse Remaking Cult Hit 'Black Christmas' With Imogen Poots Set to Star|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=June 13, 2019|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3567328/poster-blumhouse-remaking-black-christmas-coming-theaters-december/ |title=Poster: Blumhouse is Remaking 'Black Christmas' and It's Coming to Theaters THIS December!|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|first=John|last=Squires|date=June 13, 2019|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref> Also that month, [[Cary Elwes]] was added to the cast.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/black-christmas-remake-cast/ |title=Blumhouse 'Black Christmas' Remake Cast Adds Cary Elwes|website=[[/Film]]|date=June 20, 2019|access-date=August 8, 2019|first=Chris|last=Evangelista}}</ref>

Director Takal worked extensively to make this vision of ''Black Christmas'' as feminist as she could,{{Efn|name=note1|In the original 1974 film, there were minor feminist themes (such as Jess deciding to get an abortion against her boyfriend's wishes). This version wanted to emphasize those themes and make them more obvious.}} stating in an interview: "I wanted to make a movie where instead of feeling objectified or watched from a distance, the audience felt seen".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-christmas-sophia-takal-horror-movie_n_5df06312e4b01e0f295679d1 |title=How 'Black Christmas' Takes Dead Aim At The Patriarchy|website=[[Huffington Post]] |first=Aubrey |last=Page |date=December 13, 2019 |access-date=January 18, 2020}}</ref> It is the first ''Black Christmas'' film in which [[Bob Clark]] was not involved in the production process, as Clark had died in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-apr-05-me-crash5-story.html |title='A Christmas Story' director dies in crash |date=April 5, 2007 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070406152453/http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-crash5apr05%2C0%2C6240856.story?coll=la-home-headlines |archive-date=April 6, 2007 |url-status=live  |access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref> Bob Clark had produced as well as directed the original ''Black Christmas'' (1974) and had been an executive producer on [[Black Christmas (2006 film)|the 2006 remake]].

Unlike the previous two versions of ''Black Christmas'', the remake was rated [[PG-13 (Motion Picture Association)|PG-13]] by the MPAA, a rating Takal sought in hopes of making it accessible to new audiences, especially young women who were interested in horror and opening up discussions on major issues like sexual assault,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Michael |title=Why Black Christmas Isn't Rated R |url=https://screenrant.com/black-christmas-2019-movie-pg13-rating-why/ |website=[[Screen Rant]] |access-date=January 11, 2020 |date=December 20, 2019}}</ref> although she was ready to fully commit to using the higher R rating if the ratings board would not grant the PG-13 rating. However, she would not use the PG-13 rating to water down the film's violence to a large degree, making it only slightly less violent than the original film.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bibbiani |first=William |title='Black Christmas': Sophia Takal Sets the Record Straight About the Film's PG-13 Rating [Interview] |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/interviews/3597614/sophia-takal-sets-record-straight-black-christmass-pg-13-rating-interview/ |website=[[Bloody Disgusting]] |access-date=January 11, 2020 |date=December 13, 2019}}</ref>

Production began in New Zealand on June 23, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3573689/behind-scenes-images-blumhouses-remake-bring-black-christmas-july/|title=Behind the Scenes Images from Blumhouse's Remake Bring 'Black Christmas' in July|website=[[Bloody Disgusting]]|first=John|last=Squires|date=July 18, 2019|access-date=August 8, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Tim |title=Extremely localised snow hits Dunedin |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/extremely-localised-snow-hits-dunedin |website=[[Otago Daily Times]] |access-date=July 2, 2019 |language=en |date=June 24, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BzEbM8tp8Al/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BzEbM8tp8Al |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Day 1! #blackchristmas|last=Hendricks|first=Adam|via=[[Instagram]]|date=June 23, 2019|access-date=August 8, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Principal photography occurred for 27 days around [[Dunedin]] and [[Oamaru]], with the [[University of Otago]] providing the setting.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Miller |first1=Tim |title=Dunedin to feature in horror film |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dunedin-feature-horror-film |website=[[Otago Daily Times]] |access-date=July 2, 2019 |language=en |date=June 19, 2019}}</ref> Filming concluded on July 31, 2019.<ref>{{cite web |last=MacLean |first=Hamish |title='Black Christmas' filming wraps up |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/black-christmas-filming-wraps |website=[[Otago Daily Times]] |access-date=August 4, 2019 |date=August 3, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B0j_TQfJE2Q/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B0j_TQfJE2Q |archive-date=December 24, 2021 |url-access=registration|title=Day 27! #blackchristmas|last=Hendricks|first=Adam|via=[[Instagram]]|date=July 31, 2019|access-date=August 8, 2019}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Release==
In the United States and Canada, ''Black Christmas'' was theatrically released by Universal Pictures on December 13, 2019, coinciding with [[Friday the 13th]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3582261/sorority-sisters-fight-back-first-trailer-blumhouses-black-christmas-remake/ |title=The Sorority Sisters Fight Back in Official Trailer for Blumhouse's 'Black Christmas' Remake |website=Bloody Disgusting |first=John |last=Squires |date=September 5, 2019 |access-date=September 5, 2019}}</ref> The film was also released on digital on March 3, 2020, and on DVD and Blu-ray on March 17.

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Black Christmas'' grossed $10.4 million in the United States and Canada and $8.1 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $18.5 million.<ref name=BOM/>

Initially projected to gross $10–12 million from 2,100 theaters in its opening weekend, the film was released alongside ''[[Jumanji: The Next Level]]'' and ''[[Richard Jewell (film)|Richard Jewell]]'' in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/box-office-jumanji-the-next-level-richard-jewell-opening-weekend-1203431336/ |title=Can 'Jumanji' Sequel Achieve Next-Level Box Office Success? |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=December 11, 2019 |access-date=December 12, 2019}}</ref> However, after making $1.4 million on its first day (including $230,000 from Thursday night previews), estimates for the film were lowered to $4.5 million. It ended up debuting to just $4.2 million, finishing fifth at the box office.<ref name=opening>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/jumanji-the-next-level-richard-jewell-black-christmas-opening-weekend-box-office-1202808689/ |title='Jumanji: The Next Level' Advancing To $51M+ Opening; 'Richard Jewell' & 'Black Christmas' Earn Lumps Of Coal |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |date=December 14, 2019 |access-date=December 14, 2019}}</ref> The film fell 57% to $1.8 million in its second weekend, finishing in tenth.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/12/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-opening-weekend-box-office-cats-bombshell-1202814594/ |title='Star Wars: Rise Of Skywalker' Force Grips 3rd Best December Opening With $193M+; Drat Those 'Cats' $7.6M, 'Bombshell' $5.8M – Saturday AM Early Update |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |work=Deadline Hollywood |date=December 22, 2019 |access-date=December 22, 2019}}</ref>

===Critical response===
On the [[review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], 40% of {{RT data|count}} critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of {{RT data|average}}. The website's consensus reads: "Better than the 2006 remake yet not as sharp as the original, this ''Black Christmas'' stabs at timely feminist themes but mostly hits on familiar pulp".<ref>{{Cite Rotten Tomatoes |id=black_christmas_2019 |title=Black Christmas |type=m |access-date=June 9, 2025}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a weighted average score of 49 out of 100 based on reviews from 25 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.<ref>{{cite Metacritic |id=black-christmas-2019 |title=Black Christmas |type=m |access-date=May 10, 2023}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "D+" on an A+ to F scale, while those at [[PostTrak]] gave it an "awful" average of 1.5 out of 5 stars, with 38% saying they would definitely recommend it.<ref name="opening" />

Simon Abrams of ''[[RogerEbert.com]]'' gave the film three out of four stars, saying that it "mostly feels personal and urgent thanks to some atmospheric scare scenes and some sharp dialogue that reflect the world outside the movie theater in ways that most other studio-distributed horror films don't".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Abrams |first=Simon |date=December 13, 2019 |title=Black Christmas movie review & film summary (2019) |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/black-christmas-movie-review-2019 |access-date=April 16, 2022 |website=RogerEbert.com |language=en}}</ref>

David Fear of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' gave the film three out of five stars, writing: "The best part about Takal and Wolfe's take on the material is that it's angry — righteously, deservedly, properly enraged about the crap that many people, but one gender in particular, have had to put up with for way, way too long".<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Fear |first=David |date=December 14, 2019 |title='Black Christmas': A Slasher-Film Remake Updates Its Premise and Strikes Back |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/black-christmas-movie-review-924607/ |access-date=April 16, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref> Kimber Myers of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote: "Fans of the original ... might not love writer-director Sophia Takal's take, but ''Black Christmas'' is a fun film that gets its kicks out of literally smashing the patriarchy".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Myers |first=Kimber |date=December 13, 2019 |title=Review: 'Black Christmas' decks the patriarchy and slashes expectations with glee |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2019-12-12/black-christmas-review |access-date=April 16, 2022 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

Benjamin Lee of ''[[The Guardian]]'' gave it one out of five stars: "It's quick, cheap-looking and entirely devoid of suspense, atmosphere and dramatic tension, so inept at times that it makes 2006's questionable remake suddenly seem like a misremembered masterwork".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Benjamin |date=December 13, 2019 |title=Black Christmas review – woke slasher remake is an unholy, unscary mess |url=http://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/dec/12/black-christmas-review-remake-unscary-mess |access-date=April 16, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref> Ed Potton of ''[[The Times]]'' also gave it one out of five stars and wrote: "The final half-hour brings ludicrous supernatural developments, some astonishing leaps in deduction from Riley and the least dramatic unmasking in screen history".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Potton |first=Ed |date=December 13, 2019 |title=Black Christmas review — a festive frightfest, minus any frights |language=en |work=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/film/article/black-christmas-review-a-festive-frightfest-minus-any-frights-d0fxpkdm5 |access-date=April 16, 2022 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

John DeFore of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' wrote: "Unfortunately, Takal's ''Black Christmas'' is far more ordinary, a blunt object in a fight demanding either sharp knives or explosives".<ref>{{Cite web |last=DeFore |first=John |date=December 12, 2019 |title='Black Christmas': Film Review |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/black-christmas-review-1262002/ |access-date=April 16, 2022 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Rex Reed]] of ''[[The New York Observer]]'' gave it zero out of four stars: "Despite its desperate efforts to justify the homicides, there's nothing remotely innovative or even goofily satirical about it".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Reed |first=Rex |date=December 18, 2019 |title='Black Christmas' Is a Crummy Excuse for a Horror Film |url=https://observer.com/2019/12/black-christmas-review-imogen-poots-rex-reed/ |access-date=April 16, 2022 |website=Observer |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|url=https://www.blackchristmasmovie.com}}
* {{IMDb title|10481868}}

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