Black Christmas(2019)
2019 · Sophia Takal · 92 min
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.
Horror · Mystery
4.6616 votes
TMDB score
2/5
Intensity
1/5
Gore
2/5
Stays with you
How Black Christmas scares
It opens like a familiar campus slasher, all quiet dorm halls and a stalker in the shadows, then shifts gears midway into something closer to a conspiracy thriller with a strange, ritualistic edge. The scares lean on sudden jolts and chase-and-hide tension rather than long creeping dread, and the violence is kept fairly restrained and bloodless for the genre. By the end it turns into more of an angry, empowerment-driven fight-back story than a straight fright-fest, so it lands more as tense and pointed than truly haunting. Good for viewers who want a slasher with a message and some jump scares, not something that will stick with you for days.
On The Horror Database's 0–5 scare profile, Black Christmas rates psychological 3/5, visceral 3/5, gore 1/5, lingering effect 2/5, and overall intensity 2/5.
- Psychological: 3 of 5
- Visceral: 3 of 5
- Gore: 1 of 5
- Lingering: 2 of 5
- Intensity: 2 of 5
Slow burn vs Jump scares: 55 of 100 — balanced
Supernatural vs Real-world: 30 of 100 — leans Supernatural
Fun-scary vs Disturbing: 40 of 100 — leans Fun-scary
Intensity over runtime
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A slow-building campus thriller that gradually escalates into a loud, action-heavy final stretch.
Intensity across the runtime, 0 to 100: 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5.
How scary is Black Christmas?
On The Horror Database's 0–5 intensity scale, Black Christmas rates 2/5 — moderately scary, balancing creeping dread with well-placed shocks. It works on both fronts, unsettling the mind while going for the body. Expect it to be restrained with gore and fun-first. Some of it will follow you to bed, but it lets go within a day or so.
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