Black Christmas
Blumhouse’sBlack Christmasremake is already look very dissimilar to the original film , judging by the trailer . Bob Clark ’s slasherBlack Christmaswas released in 1974 and is considered by many as one of the earliest slasher films , and it was a big influence on another slasher classic : John Carpenter’sHalloween .
dark Christmaswasn’t well received by critics in the beginning , but throughout the years it has earned a furor keep up and much good reviews . The film is inspired by the urban caption “ the babysitter and the man upstairs ” ( which has been used in other films such asWhen a Stranger Calls ) and was remade in 2006 , but encounter mostly negative review . Now , anew version ofBlack Christmasis come with Sophia Takal as director , but the picture show does n’t on the nose follow the same line as the original one .
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Clark’sBlack Christmasfollowed a chemical group of sorority sisters who receive jeopardize calls from a valet de chambre who called himself “ Billy ” , and who finally haunt and kill them , all this during Christmas season . Black Christmasstood out because it never revealed the identity of the killer whale , constitute it suspenseful and really frightening , but this new version is taking a dissimilar road . Blumhouse ’s take is also focused on a group of sorority girls , but they are quick to contend back . That ’s not bad at all ( on the contrary , it ’s a good spin on the “ damsel in distress”/”final girl ” trope ) , but the trailer showed too much , including quite possibly the pull of the story , which is nothing like the one in the original film : this prison term , it see like there ’s a cult in shoal .
As fancy in thefirst preview forBlack Christmas , Hawthorne College was an all - men school until 1969 , and fraternities are not exactly what they seem . Professor Gelson ( Cary Elwes)says that “ sacrifices have been made ” to keep their tradition animated , so it all point at this interlingual rendition not keep the identity of the cause of death a arcanum . Of course , there ’s also the possibility that the actual twist of the flick was n’t revealed in the lagger , even though it front like it , and that there ’s more mystery to it than just a fraternity / cult with gory custom .
Black Christmasis , arguably , one of those slasher film that do n’t need a remake , but with the recent success of films likeChild ’s Playand the reboot ofHalloween , it ’s not surprising that horror remaking are still happening ( and will continue to for a while ) . Hopefully , there ’s still more to name in this newBlack Christmasthan what the trailer show .
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