Black Christmas (2019)
The original Black Christmas is up there as one of the original slashing flicks out there. It’s also particularly old. As it turns out, someone decided it needed a remake - kind of. Look, every good remake can’t just be a carbon copy of the original - art reflects the times, and there’s no point in simply just retreading an identical story. The story needs to be made one’s own. Of course, the times can bring with it some shifts in perspective that won’t be everyone’s cup of tea, but there’s really only one way to find out, and I’ve been out of the slasher field for a while, so let’s see what happens. In a complete farse of seasonal planning, tonight we check out Black Christmas - from 2019.
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