Black Christmas
The first drone for Blumhouse’sBlack Christmashas arrived . Released in 1974 and take aim by ( of all people)A Christmas Story ’s Bob Clark , the originalBlack Christmasrevolved around a sorority whose members are stalked and murder by a killer during the Christmas season , and is now regarded as one of the pioneering slasher films ( one that work later gain likeHalloween ) . It was remade byFinal Destinationcowriter Glen Morgan in 2006 , but the undertaking cash in one’s chips through several rewrite and reshoots ( at the behest of Dimension lead Bob and Harvey Weinstein ) , and was at long last dismissed as a gory , yet bland rehash by many critics and revulsion buff alike .
Blumhouse only ( and unexpectedly ) revealedit ’s remakingBlack Christmasagain in June , with Sophia Takal ( Into the Darkepisode " New Year , New You " ) directing from a script she cowrote with screenwriter and film critic April Wolfe . Thenew remake ’s synopsisteases a subversive turn on the original movie ’s plot , revealing that a stalker begins killing sorority girl at Hawthorne College only to discover that"this coevals ’s new women are n’t willing to become hapless victims " . Now , just over a month after production wrapped up , there ’s even some footage to hold in out .
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Universalreleased theBlack Christmastrailer online this morning , no doubt ahead of its premiere in theatre withIT Chapter Two(beginning with tonight ’s Thursday preview screenings ) . you may check it out in the space below .
Both the trailer and update precis divulge some additional details about the graphic symbol inBlumhouse’sBlack Christmas , include protagonist Riley Stone ( Imogen Poots ) and her Mu Kappa Epsilon sisters - namely , the"athlete"Marty ( Lily Donoghue),“rebel"Kris ( Aleyse Shannon ) , and"foodie"Jesse ( Breiz O’Grady ) . The drone further includes a consultation to the modus operandi of the originalBlack Christmas ' villain , who dubbed himself Billy and would call up his victims before attacking . In the modern - geological era , though , the honest the slasher can handle is ringing up Riley on her iPhone without a Caller ID ( for however long that fast one bring ) . And much like the outline , this footage places an emphasis on its leads fighting back against their would - be killers , culminate with a guessing of them armed to the dentition and quick for their net battle .
All in all , the newBlack Christmaslooks promising so far , and seems like a chip off the same block as recent repulsion film hits likeReady or Not , as far as its attempts to subvert the musical genre ’s tropes are concerned . In this case , the film is likely interested in critique the gender - based power structure and ritual of its university setting , as embodied by corroborate graphic symbol like Marty’s"beta - male"boyfriend , Nate ( Simon Mead),Professor Gelson ( Cary Elwes ) , and the members of a sodality that may or may not be behind all this baneful mayhem to begin with . Indeed , the film ’s trailer might even be a bit spoilery , considering it produce Gelson and the other gentleman’s gentleman here look like they ’re hangdog of doing , well , somethingbad . Hopefully , Black Christmaswill have a few more surprises up its sleeve that are n’t bug here .
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