Black Christmas (2019 film)

Black Christmas
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySophia Takal
Screenplay by
  • Sophia Takal
  • April Wolfe
Based onBlack Christmas
by A. Roy Moore
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyMark Schwartzbard
Edited by
Music by
  • Will Blair
  • Brooke Blair
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • December 13, 2019 (2019-12-13) (United States)
Running time
92 minutes
Countries
  • United States
  • New Zealand
  • Canada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million
Box office$18.5 million

Black Christmas is a 2019 slasher film directed by Sophia Takal, and written by Takal and April Wolfe. Part of the Black Christmas series, it is the loose second remake of the 1974 Canadian film of the same name, after the 2006 film and follows a group of sorority sisters at Hawthorne College as they are preyed upon by an unknown stalker. The film stars Imogen Poots, Aleyse Shannon, Lily Donoghue, Brittany O'Grady, Caleb Eberhardt, and Cary Elwes.

Development of the project began in June 2019, when Jason Blum announced that he would produce the film through his studio Blumhouse Productions. Sophia Takal signed as director and co-writer with principal photography beginning soon after, lasting for 27 days in Otago.

Black Christmas was theatrically released in the United States on December 13, 2019, by Universal Pictures, coinciding with Friday the 13th. The film received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, criticizing its deviation from the original film's story, the overt political messages, and its PG-13 rating, although critics praised Poots' performance and deemed it an improvement over the 2006 film. It had grossed $18 million worldwide on a $5 million budget, becoming a box office disappointment.