I'm Salutations, welcome to Pod Mortem.

I'm Renee Hunter Vasquez, joined as always by my co-host, my husband, and my brother.

Hi, I'm John Paul Vasquez.

Hi, I'm Travis Hunter.

This week, we're recording live

from No. 6 Belmont Street discussing the 1974 classic horror slasher, Black Christmas. This film was

directed by Bob Clark and written by Roy Moore. Despite receiving mixed reviews at the time of its

release, Black Christmas has gone on to earn its place among horror's most beloved films. The film is an influential staple to the slasher subgenre, inspiring

many films that came after it. Perhaps the most notable of these films is John Carpenter's

Halloween. So, what did you guys think of Black Christmas the first time you saw it? I think the first

time I seen it was at your parents' house. Really? Oh, really? I didn't know you hadn't seen it before. I never even knew this was a movie. Wow. Like at all. So that was last Christmas, right? Yeah. Yeah, I think so. Wow. I do like the movie. It's got problems for me, but I like it. It's really, it's, I can see where other

movies, you know, were inspired by this. Absolutely. Because it does do a lot that I, I'm like,

oh shit, that's where they must have got this from. You know what I mean? Creepy calls, you know,

people in the house. You don't know whatever? Creepy calls, you know, people in the

house. You don't know whatever or whatnot and all that. But it's, it's really good. I did enjoy this

movie. Like I said, I've got some issues with it. But overall, I think this is a really good movie,

solid movie. I totally agree. I think that it's interesting that you hadn't seen it before.

Something, I don't know,

I know this movie has, the film definitely has cult status, but I feel like it's kind of underappreciated.

I totally agree. You know, and it's part of it is because I think a lot of the elements that a lot of

people took from it, they kind of did it better. Well, because they had something to build on. Exactly. So, I mean, you look at Halloween and you're like, man, this is fucking perfect. But this movie kind of walked so Halloween could run. 100%. But no, I remember the first time we watched it when we were kids, this is a running theme on this show we probably

shouldn't have been watching it no we definitely should not have been watching it but i remember the

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