Episode 87 - Ho Ho Ho, She Didn't Know
Grave Discussions
English - December 21, 2019 12:45 - 44 minutes - 60.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsTV & Film Arts horror cinema Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Episode 86 - A Present from Billy
Next Episode: Episode 88 - 2019: The Year's Best Fears
Now a holiday classic, the 1974 cult stalker-slasher "Black Christmas" gave the horror world Billy, a sorority sister killer whose frantic voice disturbed audiences. Sophia Takal's innovative PG-13 re-imagining bears the same name but subverts the typically vague, moody atmosphere of the original with a direct examination of male privilege and female empowerment. Is Takal's "Black Christmas" a vital product of its time or simply a brash attempt at using a famous name for relevance? Though it likely won't escape 2019 without being swathed with controversy, Barnabas and Samael use the penultimate episode of the year to break down the film and determine if it is, in fact, naughty or nice!