The remake of Black Christmas is getting a home video debut on March 17th whether you wanted it to or not, with details now released on what we can expect from its Blu-ray.
The plot follows college girl Riley, who has not yet fully recovered from being sexually assaulted by a frat boy three years previously and going unbelieved after reporting the crime. While dealing with everyday campus misogyny both spiteful and clueless, she and her friends are first cyber-stalked and then attacked in their sorority house by a masked killer.
The disc’s extras feature standard inclusions of a commentary by director Sophia Takal and star Imogen Poots, deleted and extended scenes that doubtless re-incorporate the swearing and violence that were cut out to allow the film a PG-13 rating, and an alternate ending, the differences of which have not been specified. Featurettes are The (Re)Making of a Cult Classic, focusing on what to keep and what to alter when updating a well-regarded film; Welcome to Mu Kappa Epsilon, likely a look at each of the story’s featured young women; and You Messed With the Wrong Sisters, probably a look at the girls fighting back against their oppressors, be they of the murderous or chauvinistic variety.
Released in 1974, the original Black Christmas is a home invasion classic now celebrated as a proto-slasher that introduced many of the tropes of the subgenre before it even existed, while 2006’s first remake embraced the concept’s lunacy with festive and wintry themed kills and a ludicrous backstory for its killer.
This version of Black Christmas was given a little to differentiate it from others of its ilk.
Published: Jan 17, 2020 02:46 pm