The entire finished product feels like it was just rushed out into theaters as quick as possible.

| Original Score: F | Mar 26, 2020

Watching it, I went from bored to confused to occasionally intrigued, but never entertained or scared.

| Dec 31, 2019

For all its political positioning and explorations of institutional violence, the thing that makes Black Christmas most endearing is the strength of its sisterhood.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 19, 2019

Despite its desperate efforts to justify the homicides, there's nothing remotely innovative or even goofily satirical about it.

| Original Score: 0/4 | Dec 18, 2019

At its best, "Black Christmas" is a smart alternative to slasher horror, and Takal provides a needed voice in the current conversation. Her message is clear, but her execution needs some work.

| Original Score: C+ | Dec 17, 2019

It has plenty of ideas, but falls short in delivering the scares.

| Original Score: C+ | Dec 17, 2019

Takal and Wolfe distinguish their film with an in-your-face fury aimed at contemporary campus culture's negligent approach to sexual assault and the ways in which women are forced to deal in its aftermath.

| Dec 16, 2019

Fans of the original ... might not love writer-director Sophia Takal's take, but Black Christmas is a fun film that gets its kicks out of literally smashing the patriarchy.

| Dec 14, 2019

It's angry - righteously, deservedly, properly enraged about what one gender in particular has had to put up with for way too long.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 14, 2019

Female empowerment is the game of the day, and watching these ladies take charge of their lives, their emotions, their bodies and their futures is as empowering as it is flat-out terrific.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 14, 2019

Takal and Wolfe craft a smart, deliciously terrifying feature that's poignant, timely and, for better or worse, timeless.

| Dec 13, 2019

It's done a little bit too straight for my taste... I was also a little uncomfortable with how flatly it laid out its arguments.

| Dec 13, 2019

The final half-hour brings ludicrous supernatural developments, some astonishing leaps in deduction from Riley and the least dramatic unmasking in screen history.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 13, 2019

[Director Sophia] Takal and co-writer April Wolfe have crafted a smart slasher that lays all its cards on the table, and it absolutely rules.

| Dec 13, 2019

A feminist horror flick that lacks nuance in its feminism and thrills in its horror. But it should be applauded for reinterpreting rather than just retreading the original.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 13, 2019

[Black Christmas] mostly feels personal and urgent thanks to some atmospheric scare scenes and some sharp dialogue that reflect the world outside the movie theater in ways that most other studio-distributed horror films don't.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 13, 2019

The idea of a lady-avengers update on all those classic horror tropes is sort of delicious; unfortunately, it's undone in the end by a nonsensical script...

| Original Score: C+ | Dec 13, 2019

Blended brilliantly, this remake of Black Christmas makes for holiday horror that's a tantalizing and terrifying treat.

| Dec 13, 2019

Throwing every single talking point of the movement into a clumsy script that overwhelms both the horror and the narrative makes for a cinematic lump of coal that poor Imogen Poots can't save, no matter how hard she tries.

| Original Score: D | Dec 13, 2019

If you're intrigued to hear that Riki Lindhome of Garfunkel and Oates has refashioned "Up on the Housetop" into a jaw-dropping rape-culture callout, this is the movie for you.

| Dec 13, 2019