Nothing says “holiday cheer” like Roe v. Wade? If you like big-eyeballed psychos using sneaky feet in the attic and sorority sisters clinging to sanity and survival, then you'll love this full movie reaction to Black Christmas!
Not really. If you look at most slasher films, they don't really borrow anything from Black Christmas precisely because it wasn't that successful. By the time the slasher movie genre started, no one even remembered Black Christmas. Halloween is actually the film that most slasher movies emulated.
@@bn.4399 That's a myth. John Carpenter had no ties to Black Christmas. Carpenter himself said that those rumors were "bull***t." First of all, John Carpenter didn't create Halloween. Producer Irwin Yablans came up with the story, originally called "The Babysitter Murders," and then later changed the name to Halloween after deciding to set the story on Halloween. John Carpenter was hired to direct and co-write the script with Debra Hill, but the story wasn't even his. Carpenter did say he'd seen Black Christmas, but that it was also the kind of movie he did not want to make.
@@jadeandjesse5908 Without the edge? Hardly. Halloween has a much more polished look even though it was shot on a smaller budget, but the suspense is more relentless. In Black Christmas, Billy's presence is only felt in the sorority house, but in Halloween, Michael's presence is felt everywhere.
I always forget how good Margot Kidder is in this movie as Barb, she really gets at the sadness at the heart of this apparently bitchy and jaded character. And that little flicker of fear when Billy threatens her on the phone. If you haven't seen the original SUPERMAN films, those might be good to react to (at least the first two), and she's wonderful in them.
@@micksplace I don't mind Annette O'Toole as Lana. The problem with Superman III, is one of the cardinal sins of movies: a comedy that isn't funny. With Superman IV it was produced by Cannon Films in the midst of a financial crisis, so you have this weird attempt at a blockbuster film, but made on a shoestring budget.
19:30 The murderer is Billy and he's imitating different voices over the phone. From the phone calls you can sort of piece his backstory together. He was probably a psycho even as a kid and is hinted to have molested and murdered his sister Agnes out of jealousy and after his parents found out he was committed to an asylum for years before breaking out and going to the sorority house. He's so insane he thinks the girls are all Agnes and that's why he's killing them.
The thing is it was so much better and braver to not tell Billy's back story. I was listening to a guy talk about horror films and what makes a killer a lot scarier is if you can't understand him, he can't be wrapped up neat with a bow saying 'well he was just a nutjob', I liked it a lot better when they didn't try to tell us what caused Billy or Michael Myers or any of them. Of course in real life I think most people like that had something horrific in their childhoods or they're brain damaged or something.
About why the police didn't check the whole house. If you listen carefully to the dialogue near the end, the lieutenant said something about the Crime Scene Unit being on their way. This is actually proper police procedure. It's the police officers job to secure the crime scene, keep people from entering and possibly disturbing evidence. They aren't supposed to go searching the whole house, that's the CSU's job. The police cordon off the area and then stand guard, that's it. And in small towns, CSUs would have to be called in from a neighboring larger community, which would increase the time it takes for them to arrive. As for leaving Jess in her bed while taking Claire's father to the hospital after he passed out? That I can't tell you. You would think they'd take her to the hospital as well, given that her bed is located in AN ACTIVE CRIME SCENE. I guess the film makers just wanted to up the tension when we see the trap door to the attic begin to open. Billy's not just climbing down to escape police custody, he's (possibly) coming to finish Jess off. Likely killing her in her sleep and then making another phone call from the House Mother's room (he makes a call after every murder, so this makes sense). As for the girls in the sorority house not behaving "intelligently" regarding the events happening? THEY DON'T KNOW THAT THEY'RE IN A HORROR MOVIE! WE DO! Sidney Prescott even knows that she's in a horror movie (or at least that a psycho is living out his horror movie fantasy with her as the victim) and can thus act intelligently. There were no news reports of an escaped lunatic. There was no urban legend about the house being "cursed" or "haunted" (like in "Friday The 13th"). All they knew was that one of their sorority sisters had gone missing. They had no idea of when or where. So it actually is fairly reasonable for them to be that "stupid". From THEIR perspective of course. Anyway, I LOVE your reactions and I look forward to seeing more.
Why the girl wanted abortion? The dude really loved her, he took the news she's pregnant as fantastic news. What's the problem then? Girls don't like that, weirdly? He wants the baby, yet Jess wants to break up with him? Lmao, is she stupid? Just like that, she wants to kill her child AND break the guy's heart. Like he said, she's selfish.
Thank you! I was getting frustrated with her getting mad at the girls and the cops for not being more serious with the situation. By the time the carolers come to the door the whole town doesn’t know their is a killer in town. They just know Clair is missing and the little girl is missing.
This is one of my fav slashers, even more than the OG Halloween. It's def not perfect, but I find it much creepier we don't see the killer, know nothing about him nor his motive. He just *is* plus having the credits be only the phone ringing is genius. As someone who works on the phone, it's *much* creepier personally. It plays with your expectations with the usual slasher tropes; you'd expect the "innocent" girl to be the survivor, but nope! And the fact Roe v. Wade was passed the year prior this film's release. If you're curious on the remakes, tread lightly, because to put it frankly; they're both terrible for different reasons. And this is still more progressive *almost 50 years ago* Fun fact, the lead Olivia Hussey said in an interview she met Steve Martin and he said she starred in one of his fav movies. She thought it was Romeo & Juliet back at 1968, but he meant Black Christmas and he saw it 27 times LOL They *were* going to make a sequel starring Jess, but it didn't fall through
I still need Alanda to watch the 2019 film. This is a need. The 2006 film is so unbelievably hate-filled and vile and sexist and sickening. The 2019 film was filled with ill-advised choices but it was nothing like the 2006 film.
@@femmefataleattraction there could have been a good movie within the 2019 film (with some heavy rewrites) but they barely had any time to make it apparently and you can really tell. They also straight up stole sequences from better movies (like the infamous jump scare in the Exorcist III) and did them worse. I agree that the 2006 one is really regressive and gross. Don’t know what the obsession with eyeball trauma and incest was all about. It was apparently subject to heavy rewrites and producer meddling, including making them film all those fake death scenes from the trailer. The original vision for the 2006 film sounded VERY different
@@femmefataleattraction also if we’re gonna do a feminist take with a Jordan Peterson-esque villain type then can we get it in a well-done film that explores these themes properly? They keep failing at this. It didn’t work in Don’t Worry Darling, or The Craft: Legacy or in Black Christmas 2019. And it’s starting to make the threat of right wing ideologues thing look like a bit of a joke with these cartoony depictions of misogynists that don’t capture the real insidious threat of Peterson and his ilk.
If we dabbing into Canadian Horror may I recommend: My Bloody Valentine (1981), Ginger Snaps (2000), and Terror Train (1980) which actually has our homegirl Jamie Lee Curtis 💖💅🏻
I recently watched this for the first time and I gotta say I was geniuinely creeped out by this 70s horror gem. The first phone call totally set the tone for me with the disgusting sounds and and dialogue, but my blood immediately ran cold when his voice suddenly shifts to an eerily calm monotone and says, "I'm going to kill you" before hanging up. Absolute CHILLS. I wish more horror movies today had moments like that.
One of the scariest movie endings of all time. Ps: those cops were Still very dumb for Not putting her in a hotel or taking her to her parents. Would You really be able to sleep in a place where everyone you knew was Murdered, even If the killer was "caught"? (Nope) PPS: I also realized she would be murder suspect number 1 (Everyone else is dead and she even admits to killing her boyfriend). The cops should've at least taken her in and held her until she was Cleared. Which ironically would've saved her life.
Love this movie so much. Creepy as hell! It makes me paranoid because I have to double check every window and door right after I watch it. I, thankfully, don't have an attic.
This was shot on the same street where my dad grew up as a kid! His parents were still living there when this movie was being filmed. Don't bother with the remakes. the first one is an over the top (yet poor) recreation and the second is just an *in name* sequel. Freaky fact: Billy was the inspiration for Michael Meyers.
Depravity and frustration is the best description for the film. Thank you for watching! Absolutely the inspiration for all the killer and stalker movies and the final girls of the 70s, 80s, and 90s. It also came out the same year as Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Sally and Jessie are the original final girls.
Margot Kidder played Lois Lane opposite Christopher Reeve in the Superman Franchise and she also appeared in The Amityville Horror (1979) and Brian DePalma's Horror Thriller, Sisters (1972)
Girl passes out after surviving traumatic experience: Leave her alone in the dark. Old Guy passes out: Everyone gets together to take him to a hospital.
“in true seventies fashion, that was a relentless depiction of deranged realism” LOL FOR REAL! wait until u get around to alice sweet alice- or even taxi driver
@@bn.4399 It's amazing. It gets you into this extremely weird guy's extremely weird head extremely well. And it's got some bits in it, I guarantee you'll know, you just don't know this is where they're from. Hopefully Alanda will watch it and show you what we're talking about!
I'm glad you got this one in! I love this proto-slasher and early women's horror. Aside from Psycho and Peeping Tom, Black Christmas is one of the first slashers. Notice that the tropes aren't quite there yet, still you can see how this movie influenced Halloween. In this women's horror classic Jess had two monsters to slay -- the one in her life and the one unseen, and if what Peter did to that piano was any foreshadowing, Jess handled business just in time! For more early women's horror/thrillers check out (if you haven't already) Rosemary's Baby (1968), Stepford Wives (1975), Coma (1978) and as an add on, Candyman (1992) though that one straddles both race and gender. If you add these to your viewing list, maybe save them for Womens' History Month.
You probably already know this, but the fantabulous reactor Zzavid gave you a really big shout out on one of his recent videos. A collaboration reaction with the two of you would be beyond amazing!
This movie is easily one of my favorite pillars of the slasher genre. Also, out of all the titles you've picked for your movies I think this one is my favorite! Love your content as always!
I'm so sad you didn't like this one. It's one of my very favorite films. So scary, realistic and unnerving. And I find it very darkly funny. Also, it's pro-feminist/abortion story and critique of the police were so ahead of their time.
Definitely gotta recommend Silent Night, Deadly Night for a more typical Xmas themed slasher. Either the original or the sequel works (since it recaps the entire first movie throughout).
I'm watching Silent night Deadly Night this weekend (and Black Christmas next weekend) at a local cinema. First time watching on the big screen and super excited. Black christmas gets a rewatch pretty often but this is first time seeing Silent Night since I was a little kid. I remember the tobogganing scene and not much else.
Silent Night, Deadly Night is one of our Christmas traditions! We (my husband, my mom and I) watch it every year. It's so OTT silly and wild and the bonus for me is seeing all the toys in the store scenes. I was a kid when it first came out so I either had or wanted or just remember so many of the amazing toys. It was a good time to be a child- fantastic toys and minimal supervision. We quote the movie a lot. "PUNISH!!"
Skip it and go right to Silent Night, Deadly Night 2. The first movie is basically cut down to 30 minutes and put at the start of the movie. And then it’s some of the best B movie schlock goodness for the rest of the film.
The closest thing to a sequel you would get, would have been Halloween. Carpenter actually was thinking of doing a sequel to this movie because he loved it so much, that's how Halloween originally started. I believe originally it was going to center around teenage babysitters on Halloween, with the same killer running around offing them. You may enjoy the 2019 blumhouse remake. I didn't mind it, but I know it got a lot of flack for being "too woke" which to me just meant they didn't like how the men were portrayed, as if the original was any better in that aspect. I really enjoy the original and loved your reaction to this, as always.
@@lee210294 The 2019 remake was a bit on the boring side, but it was okay. Honestly, I didn't think it was going to be great anyway. I'm not sure why they called it Black Christmas. The 06 was so focused on gore, I felt like it was a waste of a remake to me. Also, giving Billy a motive for how grossly insane he is, ruined his character for me.
@@joshuahamilton2441 In the original script, Billy wasn't supposed to be the killer, Agnes was. It could have been a cool twist but they fucked that up. Regarding the gore, yes, it was too much, too excessive and too over the top, but if you watch the movie keeping in mind that it's trashy and campy and violent, it's actually quite entertaining, especially because the cast does a great job.
I liked 2019, but it was a bad “Black Christmas” like it was a good movie. Misogyny being like a disease. It was interesting. And the Christmas song scene was top notch. However I don’t think it should have been called Black Christmas. It felt like they only named it that so they would get financing. Cause as a remake of this movie it was horrible. Standing on its own with a different name it would be fantastic. 2006 was a remake(mentioned Billy/Agnes) it was a bad movie, but also has its charms. Mainly the cast. Katie Cassidy,Mary-Elizabeth Winstead, Michelle Tractenberg, Lacey Chalbert. Watch 2006 for no other reason then the cast is top notch. They are just surrounded by gory, shitty questionable trash.
I was suggested by the lovely youtube algorithm bc I love horror movies and im very happy to have continued to keep watching more and more . Keep up the great reaction vids!! & This movie the original “Black Christmas” is definitely one of my favorite horror movies and one of the true progenitors of slashers subgenre. FUN FACT: The director of the film, Bob Clarke, less than 10 years later , would stick with Christmas as a theme and direct the now seminal classics “A Christmas Story” (the way he frames scenes , color tones, movements are recognizable in both in similar fashions once youve seen both films.)
Thanks for this. One of my favourites! Filmed here in Toronto. My boyfriend and I are going to a screening of it next weekend. Its my first time seeing it on the big screen so we're super excited. (It's on at the Revue for any of you locals!)
P.s. Canadians have gotten way smarter in the last 45 years. Also I love how much you hated Peter and I'm going to have to fight shouting "Impregnator!" at the screen every time he's onscreen. Jess deserved better from start to finish. (Fun fact, - Phil, the housemate with glasses, is Andrea Martin who's a comedy legend. She has a role in the (awful) 2006 remake as the housemother, so keep your eye out if you ever watch it.
Unfortunately, that list doesn't include "Misery (1990)" but maybe one day, if she can get past the "foot scene." Spoiler alert: the foot doesn't get chopped off (in the movie version).
Heyas Alanda! When I saw it was this movie, I thought to myself, "oh, she's not going to be happy with this one!" As requested, here are a few off-the-beaten path suggestions for ya: Gremlins (1984; produced by Spielberg also is set in Christmas!) Arachnophobia (1990; somewhat similar vibe to Tremors. Also produced by Spielberg.) Death Becomes Her (1992; a dark comedy with Goldie Hawn, Meryl Streep, & Bruce Willis.)
What I "love" with that first phonecall is the fact that it goes so far over the top that you're probably chuckling a bit awkwardly because it just keeps GOING... only for him to hit you with that very flat, serious "I'm going to kill you" at the very end. It hits you *hard* with the mood whiplash in the best way!
Classic. I think the creepiest part of this movie was at the end when the police left Jess asleep alone in the house with all of the lights on and the killer still lurking…LMAO, that’s unsettling at best.
This film is what really sparked slasher movies such as HALLOWEEN. Halloween was actually meant to be a sequel when Billy would have got caught at the end and returned stalked and killed a different set of sorority girls along with Jess. This movie was actually inspired by murders that occurred during the holiday season in Canada in 1969 and 1970.
I read that too, it wasn’t supposed to be a sequel just the guys idea was similar, what inspired Michael and Halloween was John’s trip to a mental institution when he was a kid it was a field trip
@@LA_HA Bob Clarke says he discussed his sequel concept for Black Christmas with John Carpenter. Clarke's idea was that the killer escapes an asylum and kills babysitters. But John Carpenter swears he never had this conversation and came up with Halloween on his own. Regardless, Carpenter took cues from Black Christmas. The type of camera work, a Sheriff as a tertiary character, a focus on female characters, etc.
@@ryanjacobson2508 Really? I could've sworn I read that JC said he did speak with BC. However, the female lead, the sheriff, and camera work were done in earlier movies. The US has sheriffs for small towns more than police and marshals so that's not copying anything. One of the producers (Yablans) came up with calling it "Halloween," not JC...as the story has been told. But, both could be traced to earlier works, and if we want to track back, we could probably go back to literary works in the horror genre. And BC said himself that Carpenter didn't steal anything for Halloween from him. That's direct from him. Of course, that could be professional courtesy, modesty, knowing they both borrowed from earlier masters, or because they had a brief convo and he didn't think it was similar enough for comparison. Or something else, a combo, or whatever. haha The story can be found online in many interviews with all involved, so I'm not sure what else to say about it
This is a minor thing, but it makes Peter (Jess' boyfriend) come off as even worse: the film mostly has actors who were more or less the right age for their characters - the sorority sisters are presumably in their late teens or early twenties, the actresses were in their early to mid-twenties, and the actor playing Clare's boyfriend was 25 - but Peter's actor, Keir Dullea, was pushing 40. There is a long tradition of young characters in film being played by significantly older actors, so it's possible that he's meant to be in his twenties or something, but he's the only student to be played by someone over 30, he's been in the conservatory for at least eight years and nobody actually says how old he's meant to be, and that makes me think that the character might be the same age as his actor. That would add a whole new layer of fuckery to Peter's behaviour, considering Olivia Hussey was 22 when she shot this and Dullea was 37.
Every time I see someone discover this movie, I'm so thrilled. For the love of all that is good, stay away from the remakes! They don't hold a candle to this one. Oh, and the original When A Stranger Calls (1979) is a great companion to this movie!
In case you're curious, Exorcist 3 is the true sequel to The Exorcist. It was film adaptation of the original novel's sequel, so feel free to skip Exorcist 2.
@@VerneditheSnail I didn't trash it. Blatty had no creative involvement in it, so I don't consider it legitimate. A matter of personal taste perhaps, but one most people seem to agree with. No one stopping you from the liking The Heretic, so I wouldn't get upset over it.
Hope your holiday was great Alanda. Enjoyed watching another reaction. Hey everybody, to help her with the algorithm: watch the whole video through & don't fast forward through any of it, like, comment, and share if you can. She deserves to get noticed more, she's such a sweetheart. It's always fun watching her reactions.
While not perfect, this is absolutely one of my favorite horror movies hands down. It just always a good watch. Olivia Hussey does such a great job. Personally I really don't like the remakes, there are two, but maybe you might prefer them? First remakes follows more closely the horror troupes and is your standard 2000s slasher, and the newer remake is have the women fight back more, but the ending really ruins it. but maybe down the road you can check them out.
I completely agree with what you said about the newest remake. It was pretty good until the end ruined it. It went from women coming out of trauma to fight back against how they are treated, to a message that supports toxic feminist values. The moment the main character apologized to her friend, rather than her friend doing the apologizing I was livid!
@@CJ-qw4og I mean I was livid at the start when her friend was pushing her to go out and face her rapiest in the frat sing a long thing. I'm like "GURL, YOU FAUX SUPPORTER!!! You don't get to decide how people will handle their trauma and just force them to do things because YOU think your'e above it!" and the whole fight in the kitchen with the main character's boyfriend with the same girl was so mind-numbing....we really had to bring up the whole "All men are evil and suck" debate and with how women just expect all men to take whatever dumb stuff they spout at them with the whole "If you don't act like that then why are you getting so upset?" The whole movie was tone death XD. The supernatural stuff at the end just destroyed it further lol. Like you realize in order to give them a male character who they accepted, they had to create a guy character who was a complete chivalrous doormat to them? (the one guy who was sparred. Forget the name, as its obvious I don't care to remember any of them). Its the same as that scene in the modern Charles Angles where that one massage dude said like "I won't touch you without my consent" my eyes just rolled to the back of my skull and down my asshole.
@@CJ-qw4og the Slumber Party Massacre remake this year covered trauma wayyyy better and even had a nice message about victim blaming from SA that I didn't expect, it's not as on the nose as the shitty attempt 2019 did.
@@dusthymn8187 I haven’t seen the remake but now I have to check it out. I know the story behind the first one and saw it. The story being that a women wanted to make it but it would only be picked up if there was a certain level of specialized nudity. And obviously that it was supposed to represent women being victimized by men and their phallic objects
Fun fact: Before he died, Elvis Presley said Black Christmas was his favorite horror movie. Apparently, Elvis loved Black Christmas. Every Christmas Eve, Elvis and his family, would sit in his screening room and watch Black Christmas together. To this day, his family watch the movie as a tradition in his memory.
Elvis Presley died in August 1977. This movie was released in 1974 (1975 in most of the U.S.?) Meaning if Elvis was such a fan, he would've only seen this for Christmas Eve 1975 & 1976. Just two years. Not really a tradition.
That song was "Bye, Baby Bunting," a very old English lullaby. It's also what the Governor whistled in TWD. Never saw this one before, but while I can definitely appreciate it as genuine horror, I'm not in a hurry to see it because I don't enjoy movies in which so many characters are stupid like they're having some kind of a contest.
You have so fast become my favourite horror reactor! The first time that I watched Black Christmas I felt the same as you. Kind of frustrated by the movie and especially the ending. I grew up in the era of the big, grand killer reveal and I wanted a full explanation. I wanted to know what happens to Jess. In re-watches I grew to love it and realized that it is actually a far more chilling story leaving it that point. It leaves you feeling cold and empty and chilled. And it's one of those movies that the more you watch it the more that you notice different things and clues etc. John Carpenter was a big fan of Black Christmas and he borrowed various aspects of it when he made Halloween. Like seeing things from the killers POV etc. He did so with Bob Clark's full blessing. If you did want more context about the killer Billy there is actually a backstory. If you listen closely he essentially tells you his backstory in the phone calls. He does four different voices. His own, his mother and father and sister Agnes. He also makes sounds like a baby crying. In his sisters voice he cries and screams and begs "No Billy! No!". In his parents voices he says things like "Filthy Billy. I know what you did Billy. Where's the baby? Where Agnes? You left Billy alone with Agnes?!". In his own voice he mostly says disgusting, threatening, crazy things. And at one point he cries and begs Jess to stop him. To help him. Like he's having a lucid moment where he realizes how messed up what he's doing is. Bob Clark who directed it said that Billy abused his little sister, and was abused himself, and probably killed his parents. And that he probably locked his sister up in a basement for five or six years and she likely escaped. Hence why he refers to the girls he is terrorising as Agnes. And he clearly did something to her baby. Who is possibly his baby too if he'd been abusing her. Something that I thought was pretty cool was that our final girl Jess was pretty feminist for the time. This was filmed in 1974 while the women's liberation movement was still in it's early stages and women's rights were being strongly debated and challenged. Jess in the movie is stating very strongly and confidently, I don't want to be anyone's wife. I don't want to be anyone's mother. It's my body. My choice. I'm not giving up all of my professional hopes and dreams to be a housewife and pop out babies. That was pretty bold for the time. Even when her boyfriend starts acting slightly threatening to her regarding the abortion she totally keeps her cool and refuses to flinch or let him see her look scared of him. Apparently the director was very passionate about equal rights for everyone. He was deliberately making a point. I also liked that (unlike a lot of sorority type horror stuff that followed) they didn't reduce the girls to being male gaze entertainment. Running around in their underwear for no reason and having perfect hair and makeup etc. Or being the mean girl, airheaded or spoiled stereotype.
Do Gremlins! Even if it's a re-watch, perfect December movie mixed with the spookies. Side note I've been struggling a lot lately and I absolutely love you're reactions girl, brings some brightness when much needed. Keep it up! 🖤🖤
The true story in which the trope “the call is coming from inside the house” is from, is pretty gruesome and sad af. It’s the story of Janett Christman (March 1950)
So glad you watched it. I love your reactions. And this is a classic. I watch it every Christmas along with the classic christmas movies(non horror lol). I’m from Canada and it’s a Canadian film so it’s very off to most people but I love it. Jess is one of my favourite final girls even though her fate is left ambiguous(I’m scared that she died too). Love your reactions 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
May I suggest another horror movie I think was done the same year called, "The Legend of Hell House", starring Roddy Mc Dowell, (he played Cornelius in The original Planet of the Apes). That movie has a creepiness to it that keeps you on the edge of your seat through most of the movie.
I just love your reaction. Only recently found your channel but am binge-watching it now, it may take some time. This is one of my favorite (of many) slkasher-type horror movies though I am not crazy about the remakes. Anyway: Kudos to you!, many thanks and keep 'em coming. P.S. "Pretend it's not the '70s don't go in there!" is just brilliant. I'll add it to my little book of quotable&witty things you have a knack of coming up with quite spontaneously 😉👏
Omg you are the leading lady survivor. Tbh I was obsessed when I saw this movie, but now I want a movie where you time travel into some horror shit and dismantle it all. This movie actually inspired so many horror, tropes, from the call coming from inside the house to having video footage in the perspective of the murderer so it’s really awesome but I loved your analysis and am now a subscriber ❤
“Please, Please, Please; Pretend it’s not the 70’s…. don’t go in there!” That is the greatest, spontaneous, statement you have ever made yet!!!! That made me chuckle, LOUD!!! Thank you for the belly laugh!
What I love about this film is that is completely goes against the sex=death virgin=survivor trope that Halloween would go on to codify into the genre. Not only does Jess have sex, she’s having an abortion. This came out right around the same time as Roe v Wade and I really think Billy (and Peter, the creepy cop and the weird guys that come to the house to hunt the killer ) represent men as threat. Not every man, but any man could be “Billy”. The 2019 remake has nothing to do with this one story-wise but it did try to keep the progressive/feminist lens of the 74 film. It fails to do this well though. What a mess
The biggest clue to the surprise of this movie comes with the fact that they continually show the house. I mean it's obvious he lived there all along he knows everything about that house.
Black Xmas (2006) is bonkers. It’s like the Scream 3 of the BC movies. Super camp, lots of mean girls drinking wine and taking snipes at each other and maximalist Christmas decor. I love it. The first half is a great campy bitchfest and the second half is crazy and full of gore. It loses it in the second half but I’ll still watch it for the first half anytime. They go in a very different direction with Billy and Agnes in this one. It gets weird AF. I’d love to see you react to it cause you’d be like 👀
Such a great use of the Christmas Holiday too- during this time of year people are always leaving to visit family/shop and we all naturally expect not to hear from then for a while (especially on a college setting). Perfect oppourtunity for a crazy man to snatch you and no one would suspect a thing.
This movie was in production while Roe v Wade was being decided, and this reaction came out while the supreme court was hearing arguments about overturning it.
Rewatching Peter’s tantrum each time, I become more and more of an old crotchety musician. DO YOU *wheeze* HAVE ANY IDEA *wheeze* HOW MUCH TIME IT TAKES *wheeze* AND HOW MUCH MONEY IT COSTS *wheeze* TO BUILD *wheeze* AND TRANSPORT *wheeze* A GRAND FUCKING PIA- and then I faint.
You should really watch the 2019 one. No one has done a reaction to it, and i feel like you're one of the people who would really enjoy and appreciate it.
Watching you discover these classic horror films has brought me so much joy in the midst of some "pretty bleak" times. As a huge horror fan, your reactions take me back to simpler times. lol FYI you need to make "A Moomoo and Moonshine Moment" into a t-shirt asap. I'll be one of the first to purchase.,
You're hilarious. New favorite reaction channel! If you're still doing Christmas horror there's always Gremlins from 1984 and I want to say The Blob from 1988 is as well. At least I remember snow at some point. Check them out.
the ending gets me so sad because throughout the movie billy only called the house every time he killed a girl. even in the beginning, he calls the house and later a 13-year-old was already dead so it leaves off on this super morbid note because we don't know if he already killed Jess in her sleep or not
If you are looking for another slice of super-creepy gloom, then a personal fave of mine is The Changeling (1980). Very influential but not very well known. Chicago has never looked more decrepit.
Trivia: originally the producers wanted an ending where the killer was revealed to be Claire's boyfriend who would say 'Don't tell them what we did' before killing Jess. The director refused.
Honestly, this movie aged so well. It has such a big and varied cast of women. It came out in 1974, and a character is talking about having an abortion!
Seeing your reaction to this movie is hilarious. i cant wait for you to hear the Scream 4 killers's motive... (Plz no spoilers for the others who'll comment, lets not ruin it for Alanda)
the 2006 remake is an underatted 200s slasher with the coziest setting atmosphere i've ever seen in a horror movie. Worth a watch, plus it has a stacked female ensemble.
You may want to add the name of it is. Black Xmas because it will not show up if you look up. Black Christmas only two to show up are this one an the 2019 reboot. Look up the definitions of remake and reboot Black Christmas 2019. Is a reboot literally by definition not a remake.
There were some other famous people you missed in the movie. Jess....she played Juliet in the 1960s version of Romeo and Juliet. The high school I went to the English teachers show that version, that's how I recognized her. Jess' crazy boyfriend. Well, he played the astronaut Dave Bowman 2001: A Space Odyssey and it's sequel 2010: The Year We Make Contact. The other crazy guy that made it to the end of the movie, I remember him from an early 80s Chuck Norris movie, The Octagon (about ninjas). He was also in the 70s remake of Invasion of The Body Snatchers and in the 80s movie the original Porky's. Hint hint...movies for you to see-2001, 2010, The Octagon, Porky's, Invasion The movie...you had me laughing big time with your comments about the movie. well...that's basically how Canadian horror films were in the 70s and 80s...lol
My favorite story Olivia Hussey (the definitive pre-Danes film Juliet) had about this movie was when she met Steve Martin. He said, “You were in one of my favorite films of all time!” She said, “Oh, Romeo and Juliet?” And he said, “No, Black Christmas, I saw it 27 times!”
