Black Christmas (2019)

Black Christmas review: Woke slasher remake is an unholy, unscary mess

Led by writer / director Sophia Takal (“Always Shine,” “Into the Dark: New Year, New You”) and co-writer April Wolfe, “Black Christmas” is a PG-13 horror film for general audiences—it never really needed to be R-rated, especially since the 2006 “Black Christmas” remake is gory enough for two movies—that follows realistic characters who are trapped in a genuinely disturbing situation. So while not everything works in “Black Christmas,” the stuff that does is ultimately what matters most.

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