Black Christmas 2019 - The Cinema Snob & Nostalgia Critic 

"Telling strangers to do better while dead bolting their old closet full of skeletons" is such a perfect description of why I hate Twitter activism

So with them burning the Frat alive at the end, does that mean that our supposed heroes have a higher body count than our supposed slashers?

They did it, they finally did it. Cancel Culture wrote a Slasher Film.

2006 Remake: I'm the worst remake to a Christmas-Horror classic. 2019 Remake: Hold my black ooze

I was so confused when I caught the last half hour or so of this movie on TV last Christmas. I was like, "Wait, isn't this supposed to be Black Christmas? The movie where the woman is killed with the plastic bag and her body is left in the attic? Wasn't that movie really grounded and scary?" I thought maybe there was a mistake with my TV guide, and the Black Christmas title was being displayed over an unrelated movie. But, nope. This mess actually has the utter gall to exist under the Black Christmas name. It's almost surreal how bad and dumb it is.

Yeah, this is making the 2006 version look more like a faithful adaptation than this one hour Twitter argument that is too cowardly to show a drop of blood.

I love it when these guys do crossovers Brad's cynicism plays well off of Doug's exuberance

Black Christmas (2019) is the one of the worst horror movies of all time!

Sometimes I wonder if this isn't just a parody of what people think feminism is.

This is fanfiction levels of writing. The authors can't have their self-insert character being worse that the villains, so the villains are defeated with ease. And any pretence of horror is gone. Even if you want to have your Big Heroes moment, at least show the killers as a threat.

Part of me thinks there should be a drinking game where someone takes a shot every time the phrase "toxic masculinity" is spoken... But then I realize those playing would die of alcohol poisoning before the review was even over!

This movie is like someone wrote a satirical comedy making fun of the idea super woke and politically correct pg-13 slashers and the studio took that script and made it like it was supposed to be a straight up horror movie. The tonal whiplash of the concept and the execution is ridiculous

Laura's diva cup joke was AMAZING!

True story I saw this movie in theaters and half way through I walked out and got my money back the manager laughed saying I wasn't the first one to ask for money back

congratulations blum house, if your goal was to make people stop hating the 2006 black Christmas then you at least managed to succeed at that.

I'm a woman and I thought this movie was more damaging then it thinks it is. Rape revenge movies can be poignant like the original "I Spit on your Grave", but this movie was what misogynists think feminism is all about. There is no subtlety to it.

This movie wasn't a fever dream?!?!??!

It's always awesome to see these two together go after something a whole fanbase hates. 😁

The sad thing is with some better (or any) character development, better dialogue, some gore, and removing the supernatural element, this could be good. College assault is scary and peer pressure and group think can be scary and be useful in creating scary villains.

This is legitimately one of the most infuriating remakes in recent history for exactly the reasons detailed in this review, all the more so because there actually IS a great idea in the film - a slasher movie from the perspective of a rape victim trying to reclaim her self worth - and this completely pisses that away by treating everyone as less than a one dimensional caricature (with the Kris character being the absolute worst and a sterling example of why some white writers really shouldn't try to write Black characters). Say what one will about them, but at least the remakes of "Suspiria" and "Child's Play" understood the core of what made the originals work while forging their own paths, especially "Suspiria". Imogene Poots deserved better, Cary Elwes is right where he deserves to be for Bobby Wobbly. Also, everyone at the end is going to jail for murder. Some "inspiring" ending that was.

“You know what this reminds me of?” “Rock-a-Doodle.” “What? NO!”

2:12 "You know what this is reminding me of?" "Rock-a-doodle." "What?! No!" Hahaha, I love that part.

Sad part is, this premise COULD make for a good foundation for a horror film. Also there’s some solid actors in here as well. But this movie is so hamfisted and lacking in subtlety that it kills whatever message the film was trying to say.

Sequel pitch: When the characters are inevitably arrested, we find out there's a police cult who worships Derek Chauvin, and says super problematic things like: Justice is colorblind, law and order, etc...

About ten years ago I had the opportunity to meet Keir Dullea. He was appearing at the theatre where I worked for a Q & A for a screening of 2001. I got to speak to him one on one briefly and tried not to be a gushing fanboy. It was a thrill to meet him and even remind him that HAL was initially conceived to be a female named Athena. It was only later that I neglected to tell him that he was in the scariest film I have ever seen. Yes, even scarier than The Exorcist. Black Christmas crawls under my skin unlike any other horror film, except for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. But meeting someone who worked personally with Kubrick superseded everything else. He was very nice and even autographed a 2001 book for me. It's my favourite memory of the theatre. A remake of horror films has never made any sense to me. The good ones are made worse, and the bad ones lose a certain charm that make them fun---sometimes.

This film isn't just cringe-inducing Is cut-your-wrists-in-despair-inducing.

This film is actually great cause it gives feminist a chance to feel the same way Christians do when watching pureflix movies

If I were to describe Black Christmas 2019 in two words, it would be "Poe's law".

Ever since this film came out, I’ve never referred to this movie without quotation marks. Because, as bad and shameless as the 2006 Black X-Mas remake was (tasteless, shameless, pandering by filling the cast with hot girls, an awful 3rd act twist, taking away all the mystery from the killer), you can at least see how it connects to the original. I can understand someone trying to defend it, especially after this 100 minute Twitter post. And at least it was rated R. Tell me: has there EVER been a movie that was downgraded to a PG-13 that actually made more money and got a broader audience? I’m sure it had to have happened at some point because they keep doing this and continue failing and failing at it. “Black Christmas” is the absolute WORST-not worst Christmas movie, but it certainly deserves to be up there with Deck The Halls, Christmas With the Kranks, and Surviving Christmas-but it’s the movie that will hold the distinction of being the most unwatchably atrocious slasher film and one of the Top 10 worst horror films of the last 20 years (exclusively counting theatrical releases) and one of the most misandrist movies ever made. Even worse than the LAST equally sexist remake Charlie’s Angels

I got the feeling they were going for the misogyny exhibited in Silence of the Lambs, but thought the audience was too stupid to pick up on subtlety. So they bashed you over the head with it

I believe this was written as a satire but the director took it 100% seriously and no one was capable to contradict her.

I would love to see how these chicks explain to the cops why the hell there is a burning frat house full of dead students😂🤣

23:07 - Somehow the random girl power scene in Avengers Endgame doesn’t seem as cringe anymore.

Jesus, this makes Cats look like the better 2019 horror film. And Ghostbusters 2016 look subtle.

Fun to see Brad and Doug in the same place at the same time, when a couple of years ago I thought that they were the same person.

23:07 - 23:11 OMG I can't breathe! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This movie was indeed preachy.

Fun fact: Sophia Takal, who did the 2019 Black Christmas remake, DID want to do a remake of I Spit On Your Grave, but did this instead... Thank God she didn't get her hands on I Spit On Your Grave...

Chris is the most self righteous, preachy, holier than thou character I have ever seen. Take her out of the movie and work the script a bit, and you could really make a decent horror film dealing with college rape culture.

This movie probably made more misogynists than anything else. Just having to watch the trailer made me want to see the main characters die slasherly.

I'm a woman .... I could only get through the 1st 15 min of this movie....and I've watched alot of shitty movies all the way through ! Now I find out you don't even see the deaths wtf?! Dumb .. thanks for reviewing so we didn't have to! 😜😜😜

The male feminist in this movie is actually _extremely_ realistic. That is the awkwardness a man terrified of accidentally saying anything offensive. :L

Omg, you are adorable Brad! Happy upcoming Birthday to ya and I'm glad your health is doing better.

Some people who choose not to think too hard grouse at the idea that somewhere there are feminists loving this movie and it was all their fault it ever happened. That's a stupid assumption. Caring about an issue makes seeing it handled badly sickening. Being pandered to, poorly, on the insulting presumption that a quick buck can be made on an issue that weighs heavily on your life is sickening.

Great review from 2 of my favorite movie reviewers. "You're 40. You're 40 too. You're 40 and wearing a fucking bunny suit" 😂😂

I do enjoy the team-up reviews. Thank you for the early Christmas gift!

It was very nice being able to meet y’all again this year at C2E2 and when you guys have a chance to watch the red riding hood movie I gave y’all I’d love to hear thoughts on it 💙💙

Holy Santa Christ it’s a Cinema snob & Nostalgia critic Crossover! Merry Christmas Doug & Brad.🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️☃️🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻🎅🏻

A PG-13 horror movie is like a porno without the sex. 🤣

I became a patron to watch this.. Been a fan for years Brad just haven't been able to afford until now

I happened to finally watch this film last week. I did not know whether to laugh or not cry throughout. Spoiler. You know a film really has a message when the villain’s plan is to take over the world by killing off a few mildly annoying student activists.

Appreciated the nod to “The Exorcist III”, tho. Not all great scares need be bloody.

Here's the thing. The movie of a female taking revenge the serial killer route for men who raped and or wrong them has been done not only before. But also BETTER. I Spit On Your Grave is a movie that is empowering because she takes back her agency and her strength being a woman out smarting and killing her rapist by being a woman. Using her feminity and the ways she is a woman (sexually and other wise) to her advantage. Like a bad ass. She becomes what all victims of these terrible crimes want to be. Whole; strong, and you get back a small bit of what was taken from you. This movie doesn't want their woman to be strong they want them to think their strong where if they were even in the same situation as I Spit on Your Grave I don't think they'd be able to do anything. Because they're not strong their saying their strong. That doesn't make you a strong person

Brad, Doug and Rob as Santa Christ. What's not to love?

The French-Belgian Dodgeball Horror movie, Girls with Balls, is actually a great horror film about sisterhood and fighting back against murderous rapists!

Man Doug is, taller than Brad. I really hate, PG-13 horror movies. It was funny to me when Brad cut Laura off, when she was about to give her opinion about Black Christmas. Doug-You're 40! Brad-We're both 40. Doug-You're wearing a, fucking bunny suit!

Oh god, even when this was "announced" and then saw the shitty trailer, it just made me cringe and made me love the original movie again and go "you know......the 2006 has problems but it has some great stuff as well"; god almighty this movie is infuriating and it just again makes me love the original movie and 80's college movies as well(also, did they blackmail Cary Elwes to be in this movie?) This movie is literally a left-leaning version of PureFlix, and comparing this movie to I Spit on your Grave is an insult to I Spit on your Grave because at least that movie had the balls to go all out and not bullshit anything (Plus, using the movies dumb logic with that scene of the cat licking up the EVIL PATRIARCHY OOZE does it mean the cat is now EVIL AND PART OF THE PATRIARCHY? And they never answer that one question, so much potential on that one plotline that they don't look into it)

Towards the end of this review, I found myself thinking "Wait, isn't this called Black _Christmas?"_ Was there even anything Christmas related in here? I think I saw a Christmas tree in one scene. That must count for something, right?

I love when you two get together... and also riffing on a holiday movie? The best present!!

Whenever I hear about a horror movie that might interest me, the moment I find out it is rated PG-13, I usually lose interest.

Critic: Why'd ya take the job? Snob: It's across from Auntie Ann's Me: OH. HELL. YEAH.😂😋👌

I'm surprised no one edited the Postal Dude's lines into this movies petition scene yet. You'd think 2019's best comedy would get that kind of recognition ;) But for reals, it's *stunning* how much better the prior remake is in comparison.

Every time Brad says 'What? No,NO!', a snob gets its' wings.

It's so rare to see Cary Elwes speak in a British accent.

Somehow seeing the Nostalgia Critic and Cinema Snob do a review together seems like so much fun everytime.

Watched this on HBO today, just to see if it was as bad as this review. Jesus Harold Jingleheimer Christ, you weren’t kidding. Thinking about it though, maybe this was trying to update teen character cliches, so the audience won’t mind seeing their deaths. In the 80s, slasher film teenagers were primarily drunken materialistic spoiled brats who were mainly just trying to get in each other’s pants. In the 90s, they were cynical pop culture junkies who were convinced they were too cool for school. And now, the characters are over opinionated, under experienced, addicted to causes as hobbies, and more a hashtag than a human.

I remember when PG13 had balls.

Funny thing, when I saw this in theatre for a friend. It was literally just him and I in the theatre. Like the image they used.

Judas was cancelled for kissing Christ without his consent. I have to admit, I lost it there 🤣🤣... Jesus was also probably still somewhat buzzed from the wine from the Last Supper. I vote for removing Judas from Da Vinci's Last Supper painting.

This movie was actually helpful, at least I learned what a Diva cup is. 😊

Always love seeing you guys collab

This movie feels like it was made by people who hate activists, men, Christmas, and the horror genre.

Now I need to rewatch the remake. Cinematic classic.

Props on the "Christmas Evil" ad. Best Christmas movie ever. But, yeah, this movie was a bucket load of preachy ass.

This movie seems about as subtle and painful as a baseball bat to the face. I mean there is nothing wrong with a political message in a story as long as it is done right, I mean some really good stories came about because of the political message in it, but they also knew how to tell a good story and were able to put the political message into the story in a way that works.

Wow, they actually did a Rape Squad remake where you'd rather root for the rapists.

Now I'm a progressive. I believe Black Lives Matter, trans rights are human rights, abortion is health care, etc. And I do think political messages in horror films can work if the movie is good. This movie, however, is not. In fact, it's part of a current trend of movies and TV shows that try way too hard to show how woke they are. If there's one thing I can't stand, it's people trying too damn hard.

You just know this movie fails at being a slasher movie, let alone a remake of a horror classic when Kris turns out to be the worst, most obnoxious, hypocritical, and objectively horrible person in the entire cast yet she wasn't even meant to be a part of the movie's epic over the top death scenes (not that there's any) like most slasher movies would do. Also speaking of Kris, it sucks that there was actually an event where a school had a group of student "activists" petitioning for a damn boulder to be removed out of the school compound (just because they deemed it to be racist) and somehow managed to do it, but not before spending $40,000.

Oh God, the cat at the end licking the ooze is gonna become the evil cat from Cats & Dogs.

(Parodying the Cinema Snob's *"SLEEPAWAY CAMP 3"* review) 7:03 Why would Cary Elwes said yes to this film? He was in *"The Jungle Book"* (1994), *"TWISTER",* *"ROBIN HOOD: Men In* *Tights",* two *"SAW"* films, *"DRACULA"* (1992), *"A Christmas Carol"* (2009), and *"LIAR LIAR",* the 1997 comedy film with Jim Carrey. Hell, he was Wesley in *"The Princess Bride"!*

After so many Pureflix movies, doing a SJW slasher movie is a curious change.

I almost saw it in theaters but my cousin cancelled. So I saw what I actually wanted to see; Jumanji: The Next Level

"They were going to put up Albert Einstein, but they haven't looked through all of his old tweets to see if he's passed the purity test" LOL

I👏loved👏this👏review!!!👏 Great to see Snob and Critic and Santa Christ again-- let's me know Christmas is coming even though we don't get snow anymore! (I remember 2ft of snow as a kid and now barely a flurry...well now I am off to watch the 2006 remake)

Wow, this movie is horrible. Good thing the review itself isn't, it was worth the wait! Brad and Doug must have balls of steel to get through this movie again, you have my deepest respects.

every time I hear "Hawthorn" in this movie I hope that Pierce/Cornelius would be the main villain of the movie. could you imagine?

Did that sorority house only have one entrance? You'd think it had a back door.

Would be an actually good movie if it was a self-aware R-rated self-parody with plenty of over the top gore and kills and craziness. If it was a hyper violent dark horror comedy. Where the men are over the top misogynists and the women were over the top feminists and it was actually deliberate and self-aware for the sake of comedy.

So is Cinema snob really short or is nostalga critic freakishly tall??

There’s been a lot of god awful political films of late, but this one makes me want to go out and take a shit in a ballot box

FINALLY! I’ve been waiting for this one.

This films was clearly written by a pureflixer who wanted to make a horror film after also reading twitter. it's so painfully unentertaining

I was looking forward to this remake review. but i was not expecting doug funny to be here, i just came from his channel!. we did not deserve this thnak you Snob and happy birthday and christmas.

The movie was preaching so much it forgot to actually scare the viewers.

Growing up in a house where we didn’t watch R-Rated films, I loved getting my PG13 Slashers

The last joke about being forty just cracked me up

I also thought, if this film just straight went for it in a "I spit on your grave" manner, this could have been an awesome movie.

And somewhere Seth Rogan said, “Hold my joint”

Killer in Scream 3 was Sidney's half brother and the one from Scream 4 was Sidney's distant cousins

“Don’t take my word for it. Just ask this scientist. ‘Well,-‘ He’ll tell you one animal invariably eats another.”