You know when someone asks if you’ve seen their favourite movie and say you seen “parts of it” because you don’t want to seem like a total pop culture pariah? Yeah, we do too—and we hate ourselves for it! That’s why every other week, we’ve vowed to watch at least one movie we’ve put off, ignored, rejected or just plain-out forgotten about. Join us as recount the popping of our cinematic cherries, complete with awkward, over-analytical details!
BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)
DATE RELEASED: October 11, 1974
DATE WATCHED: November 2011
WHY NOW? As the Charlie Brown tune (and Royal Tenebaums soundtrack highlight) goes, Christmastime is here. And yet again, I feel like a horrible horror fangirl for never having seen this yuletide-themed slasher.
WHY NOT THEN? I wasn't even on my 15-year-old's mom's mind (and even if I was, she wouldn't have seen it anyway -- she hates everything horror). Then, after I was born and old enough to choose my own movies at the videostore, I could never get her or my dad to watch it with me. Meanwhile, they made me rewatch It's a Wonderful Life year after year after year after year ...
EXPECTATIONS
- Classic, stalk-and-slash kills all done from inside a 1970s sorority house on Christmas Eve.
- Cameos from Canadian stars that I recognize but couldn't name on command.
- Lots of establishing shots of the University of Toronto campus.
- The original Lois Lane successfully fending for herself, sans Superman.
- Something to do with a dead girl in a rocking chair.
WHAT I ACTUALLY GOT
