Why Black Christmas Works — And the Remakes Don’t

Black Christmas is one of my favorite horror movies—those other two. SPONSORED BY HENSON SHAVING: http://hensonshaving.com/PrincessWeekes

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
02:00 Housekeeping
03:53 The 70s
10:15 Slasher Origins
16:10 Black Christmas 1974
27:18 Black Christmas 2006
37:34 Halloween Tangent
43:10 Black Christmas 2019
1:04:00 Credits

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Films featured: Black Christmas 1974/2006/ 2019, Halloween 1978/2007/2018, Willard 1971/2003, Hellraiser, Blood and Black Lace, Psycho, Trick r Treat

Sources Used:

*Scream With Me: Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism (1968-1980)* by Eleanor Johnson

*The Anatomy of Fear* by Chris Vander Kaay, Kathleen Fernandez-Vander Kaay

*I Spit on Your Celluloid: The History of Women Directing Horror Movies* by Heidi Honeycutt

“[WHY WERE THERE SO MANY SERIAL KILLERS BETWEEN 1970 AND 2000 — AND WHERE DID THEY GO](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/serial-killers-1970s-2000s-murders-1121705/)?” *Rolling Stone*.

"Fairy Tales for the Apocalypse": Wes Craven on the Horror Film Christopher Sharrett and Wes Craven

"You're All Doomed!" A Socioeconomic Analysis of Slasher Films by KARA M. KVARAN

“Her Body, Himself: Gender in the Slasher Film” Carol J. Clover* Grant, Barry Keith. The Dread of Difference: Gender and the Horror Film (Texas Film and Media Studies Series)

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PBS Readers Book Club: https://youtu.be/cpLhR2pWGk4?si=PhDCAKCp__QjOs2e

I've Been Meaning to Watch That: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2r7e9qsISPXfGVEMKyOD9L?si=p-S4tDf8TAOVAxCXm0EexA

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