Featuring special guest Matt Yost (@mattyost_)!

CW: BLACK CHRISTMAS includes violent language including threats of rape and assault toward women. We discuss this as an element of the movie.

BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) established many of the tropes and techniques that would lay the groundwork for HALLOWEEN (1978), A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET (1984) – most modern horror cinema, actually. What's more, it's actually still quite scary!

Though it benefits from your expectations of holiday-themed horror, BLACK CHRISTMAS also features some provocative feminist signaling that places responsibility for the systemic perpetuation of violence against women at the feet of – who else? – the men best positioned to prevent it.

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Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters.