Black Christmas

Black Christmas (2019)

Slay, girls.

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

Date of release
2019-12-11
TMDB
4.5 / 10 (627)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Director
Sophia Takal

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Black Christmas
  • Filmed in: New Zealand

Black Christmas is a 2019 slasher film directed by Sophia Takal, and written by Takal and April Wolfe. Part of the Black Christmas series, it is the loose second remake of the 1974 film, after the 2006 film, and follows a group of 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.

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 through his studio Blumhouse Productions, alongside Adam Hendricks from the studio Divide/Conquer and Ben Cosgrove. In addition, Greg Gilreath and Zac Locke, also from Divide/Conquer, served as executive producers for the project.

Sophia Takal was announced as the film's director, having previously worked with Blum on his Into the Dark series for Hulu, while Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Brittany O'Grady, Lily Donoghue and Caleb Eberhardt were cast in the starring roles. Also that month, Cary Elwes was added to the cast.

Director Takal worked extensively to make this vision of Black Christmas as feminist as she could, stating in an interview: "I wanted to make a movie where instead of feeling objectified or watched from a distance, the audience felt seen". It is the first Black Christmas film in which Bob Clark was not involved in the production process, as Clark had died in 2007.

Unlike the previous two versions of Black Christmas, the remake was rated 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, although she was ready to fully commit to using the higher R rating if the ratings board would not grant the PG-13 rating.

Production began in New Zealand on June 23, 2019. Principal photography occurred for 27 days around Dunedin and Oamaru, with the University of Otago providing the setting. Filming concluded on July 31, 2019.

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