Ep. 63: Black Christmas (1974) - Oh Horrific Night...

Published: Dec. 24, 2019, 10 a.m.

Happy Holidays! This week, your favorite ghouls discuss the one that REALLY started it all... 1974's Canadian classic: BLACK CHRISTMAS! That's right, the OG final girl slasher that STILL doesn't get enough credit. Topics of discussion: Women\u2019s Reproductive Rights, Feminism, & Final Girls, Possible Anti-Feminist Themes in Black Christmas, house and home imagery and meaning, and the Black Pill.\n\n---\n\nThanks to Lily LeBlanc for our theme song: www.lilythecomposer.com\n\n---\n\nResources:\n\nBlack Christmas (1974) Wikipedia\nhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Christmas_(1974_film) \n\n12 Surprising Facts About Black Christmas by Matthew Jackson\nhttps://mentalfloss.com/article/568067/black-christmas-horror-movie-facts \n\nThe Quad: \u2018Black Christmas\u2019 remake to regift feminism to horror genre 45 years later BY RYAN WU\nhttps://dailybruin.com/2019/07/01/the-quad-black-christmas-remake-to-regift-feminism-to-horror-genre-45-years-later/ \n\nWomen In Horror Series: \u201cBlack Christmas\u201d by Kelcis Mattson\nhttps://medium.com/@wewillbethestars/women-in-horror-series-black-christmas-92b50051a9fc \n\nBlack Christmas reminds us that nothing is sacred by Zack Handlen\nhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/film.avclub.com/black-christmas-reminds-us-that-nothing-is-sacred-1798275044/amp \n \nSkip Die Hard this year. Black Christmas is the cynical 2017 holiday movie alternative By Aja Romano\nhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/culture/2016/12/22/13872376/skip-die-hard-watch-black-christmas \n\n\u2018BLACK CHRISTMAS\u2019: THE GROUNDBREAKING 1974 SLASHER FILM THAT PAVED THE WAY FOR \u2018HALLOWEEN\u2019\nhttps://dangerousminds.net/comments/black_christmas_the_groundbreaking_1974_slasher_film_that_paved_the_way_for \n\nThe sexism is coming from inside the house: Patriarchal perspective in Black Christmas by cdionio\nhttps://visualculture.blog.ryerson.ca/the-sexism-is-coming-from-inside-the-house-patriarchal-perspective-in-black-christmas/ \n\n40 THOUGHTS I HAD WHILE WATCHING BLACK CHRISTMAS by Carly Lane\nhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.syfy.com/syfywire/40-thoughts-i-had-while-watching-black-christmas%3famp \n\nBest Decades in Horror: The 1970s by Jon Espino\nhttps://www.theyoungfolks.com/film/111218/best-decades-in-horror-the-1970s/ \n\nBlack Christmas Review by GODDESSESANDMONSTERS\nhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/goddessesandmonsters.com/2017/12/25/black-christmas-1974/amp/ \n\nBlack Christmas (1974):: Do You See What I See?\nhttps://www.kindertrauma.com/black-christmas-1974-do-you-see-what-i-see/ \n\nBlack Christmas and Gender Roles in the 1970s Slasher Film by Lenore Hipsher \nhttps://www.thetunnelsmagazine.com/hipsheracademicblackchristmas \n\nBlack Christmas, a grueling art-piece of male aggression & female power by Jason Scott\nhttps://bsidesbadlands.com/black-christmas-1974-womanhood-essay/ \n\nBlack Christmas & the Horror of Being Female in a Patriarchal Society by ashleymaniw\nhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/anatomyofascream.wordpress.com/2018/11/26/black-christmas-the-horror-of-being-female-in-a-patriarchal-society/amp/ \n\nMore than horror, Black Christmas is the quintessential Canadian story by Justine Smith\nhttps://www.google.com/amp/s/nationalpost.com/entertainment/movies/more-than-horror-black-christmas-is-the-quintessential-canadian-story/amp \n\nTHE PRO-SEX SLASHER: TALKING BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974) by Horrorhomeroom Podcast\nhttp://www.horrorhomeroom.com/the-pro-sex-slasher-talking-black-christmas-1974/ \n\nIncels & The Black Pill Wikipedia\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel#%22Black_pill%22