Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Los Angeles Times

    How 'Black Christmas' became a 'fiercely feminist' slasher movie for the #MeToo era

    by Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times Dec 13, 2019 4 minutes

    A few years after Donald Trump's election coincided with the birth of the #MeToo movement and mere months after the appointment of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, director Sophia Takal set out to write a horror movie about being a woman in 2019.

    "I just felt tapped into a lot of the rage that women felt and also a lot of the camaraderie that we felt with one another," she said. "I wanted to make a movie that wasn't about women being pitted against each other but finding strength through one another."

    The resultant film, Universal's "Black Christmas" remake, turns the 1974 horror cult classic on its head by exploring the adversarial relationship between fraternity and sorority members at

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Los Angeles Times

    Los Angeles Times6 min readCrime & Violence
    UCLA’s Top Cop, Accused Of Security Lapse, Faces Calls To Step Aside. He Defends His Actions
    LOS ANGELES — The UCLA police chief is facing growing scrutiny for what three sources told the Los Angeles Times was a string of serious security lapses before a mob attacked a pro-Palestinian student encampment this week. But the chief, John Thomas,
    Los Angeles Times2 min read
    Bay Bridge To Be Relit, With Twice The Lights
    In the decade after they went up, the 25,000 LED lights illuminating the western side of the Bay Bridge endured a brutal pounding. “It’s the salty air, the wind, the fog, the rain, the 24-7 vibrations on the bridge, lightning strikes, car grit and gr
    Los Angeles Times3 min readCrime & Violence
    Before Mob Attack, UCLA Police Chief Was Ordered To Create Security Plan But Didn’t, Sources Say
    LOS ANGELES — On the morning before a mob attacked a pro-Palestinian student encampment at UCLA, campus Police Chief John Thomas assured university leadership that he could mobilize law enforcement “in minutes” — a miscalculation from the three hours

    Related Books & Audiobooks