Black Christmas (2019) 🎄🔪

“The remake that tried to say something… and said nothing.”

🎬 Let’s Start by Showing Y’all the Trailers, Shall We?

Since this is a Universal film, Y’all know what that means? Cue the Universal Logo!

⚠️ Content Warning

This movie deals with assault themes, cult imagery, and violence.
It’s also… incredibly messy in how it handles those topics.


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Non-Spoiler Plot Overview 🎄🕯️

A group of sorority girls at Hawthorne College realize something dark is happening on campus during winter break. A masked stalker is killing women, the frat house across the street is acting weird, and a revenge-fueled conspiracy begins unfolding.

This remake throws out basically everything from the 1974 classic and replaces it with a plot about:

A cult

Black magic

A supernatural force

Social commentary that whacks you over the head like a frying pan


It tries to be a modern feminist slasher but ends up being neither scary nor meaningful — just confused.


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Character Rundown 🧑‍🎓👀

Riley (Imogen Poots)

The Final Girl™, and honestly the only legit good performance here. She carries the emotional weight the script refuses to earn.

Kris (Aleyse Shannon)

Her entire personality is “activism,” but written in the most cartoonishly one-note way possible.

The Frat Boys

These guys are villains in the same way Diet Coke is cola — technically true, but flat, boring, and not what you remembered.

The Masked Killers

If you were hoping for a creepy Billy or Agnes connection like the originals… sorry.
You get magic black goo instead.


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Pacing / Episode Flow ❄️🚶‍♀️

The film moves FAST but not in a good way.
It’s like the movie is sprinting toward “THE MESSAGE” instead of letting scenes breathe or horror build.

Moments that should be suspenseful instead feel rushed, half-baked, and edited like a YouTube reaction video.


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Pros 🌟

Imogen Poots gives a legitimately strong performance

A few cool shots in the snow

The idea of “taking back the night” could have worked with a better script

Short runtime (trust me, this is a blessing)



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Cons ❌

NOT scary

NOT tense

NOT faithful to the original

Heavy-handed messaging that needed subtlety

The supernatural twist feels like it came from a completely different movie

PG-13 kills feel neutered

Characters feel like stereotypes instead of people


This movie wanted to be Get Out meets a slasher… but it forgot to be an actual slasher.


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Final Thoughts 🎁

Black Christmas 2019 is one of those bizarre reboots where every decision feels like the opposite of what made the original iconic.
Instead of atmosphere and dread, it goes for:

College cult

Black magic

Possessed frat boys

Symbolism written in ALL CAPS


It tries SO HARD to make a statement that it forgets to make a movie.

Is it the worst Christmas horror film ever?
…Not the worst ever, but it’s definitely bottom-tier.

Rating: 3/10


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Spoiler Warning 🔔

Okay, y’all — spoilers ahead. Let’s dive into why this movie goes completely off the rails.


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Spoilers 🎄🩸 (Full Detail, No Bullet Points)

So the movie opens with a sorority girl being stalked and killed, but the scene is so PG-13 sanitized that it feels like watching a CW promo. From there, the film jumps straight into a plot about Riley’s trauma and the frat boys who dismissed her. That could have been strong material… if the movie didn’t immediately throw in a black magic cult running the campus.

As the girls start getting attacked one by one, they discover that the fraternity’s founder’s bust produces a supernatural black goo. If this goo gets smeared on a frat boy’s forehead, he becomes supernaturally strong and starts murdering women because “tradition.” Yes, really.

Things escalate into a full-on cult ritual where the frat boys chase the sorority sisters through the house like zombies while chanting. Riley confronts the cult leader, who basically monologues about male superiority while glowing like a cursed nightlight. There’s a fight scene where it feels like the movie forgets it’s supposed to be scary and suddenly tries to become a superhero showdown.

The big finale involves Riley smashing the magical patriarch statue, causing every possessed dude to instantly lose their powers and collapse. The sorority house burns. Everyone walks into the snow dramatically. Roll credits.

It’s weird. It’s messy. And it absolutely does not feel like Black Christmas.