Ep. 63: Black Christmas (1974) - Oh Horrific Night...

Happy Holidays! This week, your favorite ghouls discuss the one that REALLY started it all... 1974's Canadian classic: BLACK CHRISTMAS! That's right, the OG final girl slasher that STILL doesn't get enough credit. Topics of discussion: Women’s Reproductive Rights, Feminism, & Final Girls, Possible Anti-Feminist Themes in Black Christmas, house and home imagery and meaning, and the Black Pill.

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Thanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com

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Resources:

Black Christmas (1974) Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Christmas_(1974_film)

12 Surprising Facts About Black Christmas by Matthew Jackson
https://mentalfloss.com/article/568067/black-christmas-horror-movie-facts

The Quad: ‘Black Christmas’ remake to regift feminism to horror genre 45 years later BY RYAN WU
https://dailybruin.com/2019/07/01/the-quad-black-christmas-remake-to-regift-feminism-to-horror-genre-45-years-later/

Women In Horror Series: “Black Christmas” by Kelcis Mattson
https://medium.com/@wewillbethestars/women-in-horror-series-black-christmas-92b50051a9fc

Black Christmas reminds us that nothing is sacred by Zack Handlen
https://www.google.com/amp/s/film.avclub.com/black-christmas-reminds-us-that-nothing-is-sacred-1798275044/amp

Skip Die Hard this year. Black Christmas is the cynical 2017 holiday movie alternative By Aja Romano
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/culture/2016/12/22/13872376/skip-die-hard-watch-black-christmas

‘BLACK CHRISTMAS’: THE GROUNDBREAKING 1974 SLASHER FILM THAT PAVED THE WAY FOR ‘HALLOWEEN’
https://dangerousminds.net/comments/black_christmas_the_groundbreaking_1974_slasher_film_that_paved_the_way_for

The sexism is coming from inside the house: Patriarchal perspective in Black Christmas by cdionio
https://visualculture.blog.ryerson.ca/the-sexism-is-coming-from-inside-the-house-patriarchal-perspective-in-black-christmas/

40 THOUGHTS I HAD WHILE WATCHING BLACK CHRISTMAS by Carly Lane
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.syfy.com/syfywire/40-thoughts-i-had-while-watching-black-christmas%3famp

Best Decades in Horror: The 1970s by Jon Espino
https://www.theyoungfolks.com/film/111218/best-decades-in-horror-the-1970s/

Black Christmas Review by GODDESSESANDMONSTERS
https://www.google.com/amp/s/goddessesandmonsters.com/2017/12/25/black-christmas-1974/amp/

Black Christmas (1974):: Do You See What I See?
https://www.kindertrauma.com/black-christmas-1974-do-you-see-what-i-see/

Black Christmas and Gender Roles in the 1970s Slasher Film by Lenore Hipsher
https://www.thetunnelsmagazine.com/hipsheracademicblackchristmas

Black Christmas, a grueling art-piece of male aggression & female power by Jason Scott
https://bsidesbadlands.com/black-christmas-1974-womanhood-essay/

Black Christmas & the Horror of Being Female in a Patriarchal Society by ashleymaniw
https://www.google.com/amp/s/anatomyofascream.wordpress.com/2018/11/26/black-christmas-the-horror-of-being-female-in-a-patriarchal-society/amp/

More than horror, Black Christmas is the quintessential Canadian story by Justine Smith
https://www.google.com/amp/s/nationalpost.com/entertainment/movies/more-than-horror-black-christmas-is-the-quintessential-canadian-story/amp

THE PRO-SEX SLASHER: TALKING BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) by Horrorhomeroom Podcast
http://www.horrorhomeroom.com/the-pro-sex-slasher-talking-black-christmas-1974/

Incels & The Black Pill Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel#%22Black_pill%22