tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717875266905215662.post7777560517723589589..comments2016-06-22T17:21:30.235-07:00Comments on The Cinema of Estrangement: Black ChristmasAl Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03251435271776441569noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717875266905215662.post-18026463530220034022011-04-17T16:13:52.619-07:002011-04-17T16:13:52.619-07:00I also found this to be one of the more suspensefu...I also found this to be one of the more suspenseful films I have watched in a long time, meaning that I was actually shrieking and covering my eyes because the music and camera movement created such an intense feeling. And I was relieved in the end when the killer was revealed to still be alive, because I feel like that kind of punchline is key to any good scary story and so many popular scary movies tend to have some kind of resolution- instead, this one just left you with the bone-chilling knowledge that a psycho is still in the house and a sorority sister is innocently asleep! I also agree that this film had an interesting under-the-radar type of comment on feminism. While I do think most of the women were still unnecessarily and unrealistically whiny and often stupid, it was probably a big step to put abortion in the storyline like that and to have the woman "win" the argument so to speak, since she ends up supposedly living to make the choice herself. The film's stance on abortion, however, might still be wishywashy since they didn't hesitate to make the male role so aggressively anti-abortion.emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02870902339032331584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-717875266905215662.post-78182778860649544582011-04-16T11:39:40.161-07:002011-04-16T11:39:40.161-07:00I have to agree with this movie being one of my fa...I have to agree with this movie being one of my favorite horror films as well. I watched this in the comfort of my room on netflix, and I have to admit that it actually creeped me out a little bit because of the suspense. The suspense is what made it great though since you never really knew what the killer might do next. I feel like the phone call horror is a little over done nowadays, but for back then- this was probably perfect. I thought Jess's boyfriend was the killer too but I was a little upset that we never truly found out who the killer was. I hate not knowing all the facts of things, kinda like how I hate when murder mysteries go unsolved. The final scene where she is sleeping in her bed and the camera pans around the house was probably the scariest for me. With the lights off in my room watching the movie, I totally thought the killer might creep out of the corner and try to kill her. But the fact that we see the final shot of the older woman and Claire(?) in the rocking chair with the plastic over her face was the ultimate creep out moment for. I really really enjoyed this movie though and it's probably the best scary movie I've seen in the class.Jessica Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04533007800315666532noreply@blogger.com