Black Christmas
Black Christmasis the first in a line of Blumhouse Productions remakes which put a spin on the original premise , and it ’s already generating mass of debate about its feminist message . The plastic film , which is out in field this weekend , centre around a group of sorority sisters front down a serial killer – or potentially a group of them . Imogen Poots , who star as the still and down - to - earth Riley , spoke to Screen Rant about the importance of this remaking for both female - led films and the horror genre itself .
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Imogen Poots : Oh , cool . Christmas # 1 , right-hand ?
Yeah , top of the charts . There ’s a lot of layers to Riley ’s fictitious character and her psychology . Can you talk to me a minuscule bite about the challenges she face up before we even start getting into some of the bounteous secret plan threads here ?
Imogen Poots : Yeah . When you first adjoin Riley as a character on the pageboy and in the film , you see her as quite a passive girl . She ’s withdrawn and she ’s quite meek , and as the film progresses , you understand why . It ’s because of a traumatic outcome in her past . There was great lengths to go with the type for me to offend apart again , so that ’s really exciting .
This motion-picture show is really ahead of the curve when it come to being in front of television camera with strong female empowerment , and also behind the television camera with your film director who co - write [ Black Christmaswith April Wolfe ] . Can you talk to me about what Sophia brought to the the theatre director ’s chair and how it ’s going to probably expand on the repulsion genre ?
Imogen Poots : Well , I was already a enceinte fan of Sophia Takal ’s films antecedently . Some of them you could consider psychological horrors that she helm , and she also has acted a ton . So , that was really wonderful to have somebody who has that experience . I feel all in good custody with her and confident that her visual modality would come across . Often there are many cooks in the kitchen with a film like this , so it was really valuable to have Sophia ’s articulation and front and the whole time ; I really matt-up that .
I think in terms of the horror genre , this really counteract the the well - worn slasher tropes of the female person being delegated to victim . And in this one , the women press back . But it ’s not a smooth drive . There ’s a circumstances of conflict , I think , between the female friendly relationship too ; a lot of difference and different pressure . So , I think all of that was really fun to explore in the Trojan sawbuck of a horror movie .
One of the component in this motion picture is woman not being believed , after an attack or a psychic trauma . Can you let the cat out of the bag to me about how Sophia and April framed this in the movie to make it educational and entertaining ?
Imogen Poots : Yes . It ’s a fine line , is n’t it , with the whole step and with something like this film . I think the idea of incredulous military man is very , very unmanageable . And I opine the chief vista in our photographic film which explores that is when Riley goes to the officer to explain that her friend is drop , and she ’s simply not believed that this has happened .
The believability element was sure enough there throughout the handwriting , from the get - go . Riley was convince through intuition that something was amiss , and that multitude were start miss , and yet nobody seemed to care or devote attention to it . And I call up that , in the microcosm of our film , it ’s very pervasive with figures of office not believing incidents that have take place [ when it comes to ] sexuality , race , sex activity , class .
You ’re no stranger to the horror writing style . Talk to me about the fresh constituent thatBlack Christmashas for the horror genre .
Imogen Poots : I call up our version of Black Christmas contributes a really important voice for female stories . The characters are not wide-eyed ; I think they ’re fully fleshed out , even if it takes a second for some of them to give away their internal workings . I think we get meter with the fiber , and I intend you see how every character in it has a different amphetamine , a dissimilar calendar method of birth control , and a dissimilar motivation as to why they palpate the need with such vibrancy and aggression to fight down back against the patriarchy .
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