This Christmas season, Adrian and Dion return to the Winter Wonderland of Christmas trauma with the Black Christmas remakes: Black Christmas (2006) and Black Christmas (2019). Bob Clark’s 1974 film is a horror classic, so what could go wrong when these films remake it? Grab your eggnog, and get ready for plenty of Christmas decorations and confusing choices (cannibalism? message movie?). Adrian and Dion won’t be dreaming of a "Black Christmas," but, oh, the nightmares.
Chapters:
0:00:12 - Welcome to Cult Film School
0:02:42 - Why the Black Christmas Remakes?!?
0:05:01 - Black Christmas (2006): IMDb Plot Summary
0:05:44 - Black Christmas (1974): IMDb Plot Summary
0:07:01 - Black Christmas (2006): Similarities to the Original 1974 Film?
0:09:14 - Black Christmas (2006): Differences from the Original 1974 Film?
0:11:37 - “The Weinstein Touch,” or, How Bob and Harvey Weinstein Interfered in the 2006 Production
0:18:55 - The Gifts of Black Christmas (2006)
0:21:16 - The “Sort-Of” Mystery in Black Christmas (2006)
0:24:39 - The Problems with “Agnes” and the Backstory in Black Christmas (2006)
0:29:31 - The Alternate Endings of Black Christmas (2006)
0:34:07 - Black Christmas (2006): Tagline
0:36:32 - Black Christmas (2019): IMDb Plot Summary
0:37:40 - Black Christmas (2019): Similarities to the Original 1974 Film?
0:41:01 - Black Christmas (2019): Differences from the Original 1974 Film?
0:42:02 - Sophia Takal’s Always Shine (2016): A Director on the Rise?
0:44:57 - Production History of Black Christmas (2019)
0:46:51 - The Many Problems with the “Message-Movie” Black Christmas (2019)
0:52:49 - Black Christmas (2019) and its Presentation of Female and Male Characters
0:56:50 - Black Christmas (2019) as Public Service Announcement
0:59:51 - Black Christmas (2019): Alpha Males and Beta Males
1:03:42 - The Ideological “Message” of Black Christmas (2019)
1:07:16 - Black Christmas (2019): Tagline
1:09:29 - The Blackest of Christmases: A Christmas Carol of Contrasts
1:12:09 - Next Episode Preview
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