Black Christmas

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Black Christmas

PG-13

Released Dec 13, 2019

1h 32m

Holiday

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays as students travel home to spend time with their families. But as Riley and her sorority sisters prepare to deck the halls with seasonal parties, a mysterious cloaked figure starts to leave a bloody trail throughout the campus. Refusing to become hapless victims, Riley and her friends decide to band together and fight back against the psychotic Christmas killer.

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Critics Consensus

Better than the 2006 remake yet not as sharp as the original, this Black Christmas stabs at timely feminist themes but mostly hits on familiar pulp.

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Chris Stuckmann

ChrisStuckmann.com

The entire finished product feels like it was just rushed out into theaters as quick as possible.

Rated: F

Mar 26, 2020

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Mark Kermode

Kermode & Mayo's Film Review

Watching it, I went from bored to confused to occasionally intrigued, but never entertained or scared.

Dec 31, 2019

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Matthew Monagle

Austin Chronicle

For all its political positioning and explorations of institutional violence, the thing that makes Black Christmas most endearing is the strength of its sisterhood.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 19, 2019

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Bryce Hanson

Horror Movie Talk

This was a fun movie that genuinely tried to be some thing new. It’s not terrible, and is a little bit better than average.

Rated: 6/10

Aug 12, 2025

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Paul Lê

Tales from the Paulside

To say Black Christmas is delicate with its concept would be a fib. This is a movie where there is no subtext whatsoever.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 20, 2023

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Greg Carlson

Vague Visages

Smartly, Takal doesn’t always do away with the most obviously “expendable” characters...

Jun 5, 2023

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Skeletoress

Trailer gave away all the good parts, the rest was ridiculous. A bit predictable and kind of a depiction of the far extremes when it comes to masculinity and feminism.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/18/20

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Angie D

Typical, generic college movie, but with a nice twist at the end.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/18/20

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Sherry S

It was ok. I like it

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/20

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Shantell

Decent horror movie. Weird twist. Teen movie

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/20

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krissy

It’s started good but the ending was uninteresting and played with the idea of magic

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/20

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First L

I thought this was a family movie turns out it’s not. I still had fun watching it

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/11/20

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Sophia Takal

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Riley

Aleyse Shannon

Kris

Lily Donoghue

Marty

Brittany O'Grady

Jesse

Caleb Eberhardt

Landon

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Synopsis

Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays as students travel home to spend time with their families. But as Riley and her sorority sisters prepare to deck the halls with seasonal parties, a mysterious cloaked figure starts to leave a bloody trail throughout the campus. Refusing to become hapless victims, Riley and her friends decide to band together and fight back against the psychotic Christmas killer.

Director: Sophia Takal
Producer: Jason Blum, Ben Cosgrove, Adam Hendricks, Brigitte Berman
Screenwriter: Sophia Takal, April Wolfe
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Universal Pictures, Divide/Conquer, Blumhouse Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Violence|Language|Drinking|Thematic Content|Sexual Assault|Sexual Material|Terror)
Genre: Holiday, Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 13, 2019, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 13, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.4M
Runtime: 1h 32m
Aspect Ratio: Digital 2.39:1

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