Quartile rating: 4.5/10 · 1 rating
A group of sorority pledges are stalked by a stranger during their Christmas break. That is until the young women discover that the killer is part of an underground campus conspiracy.
The 2019 remake of Black Christmas is widely criticized for squandering its premise. The plot starts as a serviceable slasher but derails into an incoherent supernatural/conspiracy direction that most viewers found unsatisfying. The acting is passable but unremarkable across the board. Cinematography is competent but generic, lacking any distinctive visual identity. While the film attempts to inject modern social commentary, it does so in a heavy-handed way that feels more formulaic than truly novel, and the PG-13 rating further defangs what should be a tense horror experience. The ending in particular is a weak point — the reveal of the cult conspiracy is muddled and the resolution feels rushed and unearned, earning it a well-below-average score in that category.