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- This is Halloween,
the night when all the creepy
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things are supposed
to stalk the earth.
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- Halloween and horror films,
to me, go hand in hand.
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They are one,
they are married,
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they are united and that's it.
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- The last thing in the world
I thought I would do
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is another "Halloween" movie.
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- Happy Halloween, Michael.
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- Every major holiday
that we celebrate...
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Has some sort
of bloodshed underneath it.
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[dramatic music]
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- We love the holidays,
but we dread the holidays.
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- Happy Thanksgiving, Grandma.
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- Holidays are exhausting.
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[tense music]
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- It's Christmas I hate most.
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- So there's something
very forbidden and cathartic
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about watching
everybody get chopped up.
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- Merry Christmas.
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- All holidays tend to feel
like bull[bleep] after a while.
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- Ah!
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- To take it over
and to completely
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desecrate it
with a horror movie...
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- Happy Father's Day.
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- ...is always kind of nice.
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- Punish!
- No!
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[eerie music]
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♪
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- [screams]
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- Holidays are
usually the time we get
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together with our families.
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- Tra la la la la!
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- For better...
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- Bless you heart,
I was afraid you weren't coming.
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- Or worse.
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- Grandpa is nothing
but a crazy old fool.
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- But even if you get
along with your relatives,
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holidays can be stressful.
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[loud bang]
- Ah!
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- Passive aggressive behavior.
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- Careful, kids,
remember that your Aunt Sarah
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likes everything to be
clean and perfect and that's why
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she makes so much food
that you can't pronounce.
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- Forced cheerfulness.
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♪ Season to be jolly
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- Heavy drinking.
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- Where's the nog,
I need to get merry.
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- They're typical parts
of the holiday experience.
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All that tension
needs to be released.
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Enter the holiday
horror film...
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Bringing our wildest
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homicidal holiday
fantasies to life.
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- It's juxtaposing what
gives us great comfort
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with something
that terrorizes us.
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- Ah!
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It's a very simple equation...
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♪ Happy birthday
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- That is effectively
executed in many films.
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♪ To me
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- Trick or treat!
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- For horror fans,
Halloween is the happiest
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holiday of the year,
but it wasn't until 1978 that
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filmmakers combined
its inherent spookiness
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with graphic murders.
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John Carpenter's "Halloween"
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set the standard
for slasher films.
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It's been imitated many times,
but rarely equaled.
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"Halloween's" success kicked
off a wave of the festive
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fright films that
continues to this day.
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Of course,
after "Halloween," people
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started realizing that
it was a pretty good
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gimmick to market a horror
movie around a holiday.
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[eerie music]
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- Like what's Valentine's Day?
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Okay, let's
do "My Bloody Valentine."
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There's New Year's Eve,
let's just do "New Year's Evil."
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- Happy New Year!
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- Ahhh!
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- Holiday horror
never went away,
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but it returned to center
stage with the revival
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of the franchise
that started it all.
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"Halloween," 2018,
was a massive hit that
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brought Jamie Lee Curtis
back to the role that
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made her a star.
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What was it like playing
Laurie Strode 40 years later?
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- Well, it was just--it
honored all of it, it honored
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the trauma, it honored the thing
that I've always wondered about
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about these movies, which
is what happens to these people.
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There's a lot of stuff
that happens, but then what
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happens to the people
that survived afterwards?
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- David Gordon Green's
reboot made the bold choice
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of ignoring all nine
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"Halloween" sequels
and remakes.
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- What made the first
film scary, and what made
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Michael Myers scary,
you didn't know who he was.
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All you knew is he killed
his sister, you don't know why.
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You know, let's go back
to that pure dread that came
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with Halloween
and let's go back
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to that singular strong
final girl
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that took him on, and let's
see what she's like 40 years
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later, and she's, you know,
she's--she's kinda messed up.
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- From a clinical perspective,
Doctor, would you say
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that Laurie strode has
lost her [bleep]ing marbles?
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- There are many
ways for tragedy
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and violence to change a victim.
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- She's still very deeply
affected by what happened,
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but she's also a survivor
and she's ready for anything.
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- Laurie lives in the woods,
she is a sure shot,
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she practices every day
on these dummies, and she's
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an end of days prepper,
ready for Michael Myers
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because she knows Michael's
gonna come back.
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Sometime someplace,
she will be prepared.
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- Girl is as hard as can be.
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The trauma
of what she went through,
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you see it in her life down
to the way she built her house.
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Everything is wrapped up.
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This safety and the way
that she interacts with
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her daughter,
and her daughter's daughter.
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- If the way I raised
your mother means that she
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hates me,
but that she's prepared
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for the horrors
of this world, then...
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I can live with that.
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- We didn't see that
journey fully, but we know it.
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- The opening sequences
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with Michael Myers
in the insane asylum.
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- There he is.
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- Go right there
with some of the most
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chilling stuff in any
Halloween picture ever.
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- It is so beautiful,
the checkerboard floor,
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those other people
out on the yard,
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that strange man having a fit,
the dog barking.
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- I love the fact they
brought back Nick Castle,
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the original actor to play
The Shape in the asylum
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scenes at the start,
I thought that was really great.
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- He's being transferred and,
of course, he commandeers
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the bus through acts
of incredible violence, and...
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- He gets out.
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- So now you've set up
a woman who's been
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waiting and he comes back.
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[eerie music swells]
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[boot thuds]
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- This movie finally
gave us that moment
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of Michael Myers going
around on Halloween,
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walking around
the neighborhood,
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children bumping into him.
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Just walking
through the house.
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[eerie music]
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[woman gasps]
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- Spectacular--it's spectacular.
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- After considerable mayhem,
Laurie, her daughter,
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and her granddaughter
have a final showdown
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with the unstoppable fiend.
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- Michael's here,
get downstairs.
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Go, baby, go!
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- Michael seems certain
to win, but this is a film
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about a woman who turns
the tables on her abuser.
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[gunshot blasts]
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- She successfully traps him...
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[gate slams]
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- And, actually, has trained her
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daughter to do so as well,
which I thought was really cool
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because she plays
the damsel in distress
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to the last moment.
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- I can't do it!
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Gotcha.
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[gunshot blasts]
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[thud]
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- Happy Halloween, Michael.
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- Were you surprised that
it resonated the way it did,
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that it was
such a cultural milestone?
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- As we were
launching the 2018 movie,
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it was right in the center
of the Me Too movement,
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and so women taking power
and speaking truth to power,
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voicing their experiences as
trauma victims, was echoing all
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over the world when we released
that movie, a movie about
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a woman taking power from her
trauma against her oppressor.
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- Goodbye, Michael.
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- So I think there
was this spectacular
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confluence of life
and evolution of women,
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and Laurie Strode coming
to grips with Michael Myers.
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- Today, horror
and holidays go hand in hand,
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but it wasn't always that way.
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In 1974,
one movie started it all.
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- Hello?
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[man screaming]
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- Hello?
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[man screaming]
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♪
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- Christmas, it's the most
wonderful time of the year.
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- Good morning, Merry Christmas.
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[laughter]
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- A time of joy, unmarred
by the dark side of life.
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[dramatic musical sting]
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- So they say.
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- People forget that
Christmas used to be
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a very spooky holiday,
that people used to get
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together and tell ghost
stories on Christmas.
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Only recently, over the last
few decades, has it been turned
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into this very glossy,
shiny, family oriented event.
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- So, it should not have
come as a surprise when
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Bob Clark Combined Christmas
with graphic murders
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and launched
a new style of horror.
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[glass shattering]
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- I think
Bob Clark's "Black Christmas"
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is ground zero
for holiday horror.
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I mean,
Bob Clark was a genius,
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the guy created,
of course, "Deathdream,"
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"Children Shouldn't Play
with Dead Things."
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He takes the POV from
Mario Bava's "Bay of Blood,"
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he applies the holiday
to it, basically
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starts a slasher film
with "Black Christmas."
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- On a snowy Christmas Eve,
a serial killer breaks
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into the attic
of a sorority house.
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He terrorizes
the women downstairs
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with disturbing phone calls.
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[creepy laughter on phone]
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- They're so raw, those
phone calls are so intense.
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- Let me lick your pretty,
pink, [bleep].
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- That's so insane,
I don't even feel like
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anyone would
put that in a movie now.
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- Pretty, pink, [bleep].
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- Even though I feel like,
as a society,
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we've gotten more vulgar, those
phone calls just still shock.
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- I'm going to kill you.
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- Then he murders them
one by one.
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- Ahhh!
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- And that is where
a lot of the slashers
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take their root,
and the idea that we can do
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it at Christmas time just brings
this whole 'nother level to it.
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[carollers singing]
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- It makes it all shiny,
and beautiful, and pretty,
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and then the blood feels
that much more bloody.
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[dramatic music]
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- [giggles]
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- Bob Clark knows that to make
us fear for the characters,
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we have
to care about them first.
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- I thought the characters
felt so real, and that was my
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favorite thing about it,
just, it felt like a real group
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of friends, enemies, you know,
just a real group of women.
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- Oh, come on, this is
a sorority house, not a convent.
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- Margot Kidder,
and Keir Dullea,
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and Olivia Hussey
and Andrea Martin,
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the cast really made that
movie something really special.
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- Oh, why don't you
go find a wall socket
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and stick your tongue in it,
that'll give you a charge.
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- As her friends disappear,
the film's heroine, Jess,
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grapples with her decision
to have an abortion.
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- You don't want it.
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- No.
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- It's a bold plotline for a
film made the year after
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Roe v. Wade,
the Supreme Court ruling
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protecting a
woman's right to choose.
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By making her disapproving
boyfriend a suspect...
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- Peter, Jesus,
you scared the hell out of me.
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- The abortion debate becomes
part of the murder mystery.
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- You selfish bitch.
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You're talking about
killing our baby as though
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you were having a wart removed.
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- Now can you see why
I didn't want to tell you?
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- And you're like, "Oh my god,
her boyfriend is now
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stalking and killing
her because she wouldn't
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have his baby..."
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[glass shatters]
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- ...because she
feels like she's too
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young and she wants
to finish college.
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- Retrospectively, we
look at "Black Christmas"
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and it's very progressive.
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- You can't ask me to drop
everything I've been working
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for and give up all my ambitions
because your plans have changed.
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- There's a lot going
on with these characters that is
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reflective
of what was happening
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in the early '70s for women.
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- Clark's direction was
just as forward thinking.
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- Hey!
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- Introducing many
of the stylistic
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tropes that
define the slasher genre,
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baiting the audience
with a whodunit mystery.
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- You think it's my fault,
don't you?
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- Staging a series
of brutal murders,
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each more
outlandish than the last.
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[chainsaw rumbling]
- Ahhhh!
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- And having
the killer hide inside
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the house with his victims.
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[phone ringing]
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- Taunting them by telephone.
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- The caller is in the house,
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the calls
are coming from the house.
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[dramatic music]
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- And this is kind of one
of the first great examples
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of the subjective camera
in a slasher movie.
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But it's something that critics
jumped on later on, in "Friday
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the 13th," they really attacked
it because they were saying,
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"Oh, it's putting you
in the killer's point of view,
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it's attacking women,
and it's misogynist."
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No, at least in the beginning,
that's not the point.
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The point is,
you never see the face,
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that's what's so scary.
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You have no idea what this guy
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looks like,
all you see is his eye.
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[dramatic musical sting]
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- Jess is the only survivor
of the massacre,
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making her one of the first
final girls in horror.
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She confronts her
boyfriend and kills him.
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But unlike "Halloween"
and other slashers to come,
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there's no cathartic victory.
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The police,
assuming the murders are over,
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leave her asleep in the house,
then the phone rings.
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[phone ringing]
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- Because her boyfriend
was not the killer,
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and the cops are wrong,
and they didn't get him, and now
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she's probably going to die
because of their incompetence.
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[phone ringing]
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[eerie music]
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- And it's written that way
deliberately to infuriate us.
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We're supposed to see
how society leaves
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this woman vulnerable.
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[phone ringing]
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- As those credits are
rolling and you just hear
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that phone ringing,
and ringing, and ringing,
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it's supposed to leave
you uneasy,
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like even after the credits
stop, you know, you're like,
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"Okay, am I safe now?"
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You know,
and you don't know.
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- And we weren't safe
because "Black Christmas"
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led to "Halloween" and the
slasher glut of the 80s.
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- Ahhh!
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- Agghh!
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- Ahh!
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- Perhaps in penance,
the next holiday film
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Bob Clark directed was
"A Christmas Story,"
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a film as warm and fuzzy
as "Black Christmas" is cold
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and creepy, but even that
film featured a bad Santa.
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- Ho, ho, ho.
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- Ahhh!
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- Sinister Santas were
soon to become fixtures
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in the landscape
of holiday horror.
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- Naughty!
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[dramatic music]
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- Chris Kringle,
Father Christmas, Saint Nick,
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Santa Claus,
we know him by many names.
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He's a jolly old elf.
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- Merry Christmas!
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- But in horror,
even Santa has a dark side.
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- If you
think about Santa Claus,
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the whole thing is creepy.
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There's a man coming into
your house, down your chimney
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to bring you gifts, and you
feed him, it's low-key grooming.
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- I want you to remember
to stay good boys and girls.
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Now if you do this,
I'll make sure you get
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good presents from me
every year.
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- It's weird.
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- Sinister Santas have
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popped up in movies
for decades.
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- Ahh!
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- The most notorious remains
"Silent Night, Deadly Night"
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from 1984.
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00:17:03,761 --> 00:17:07,243
- If you've
seen all the slashers,
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you're a little taken aback
by "Silent Night, Deadly Night."
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- Ahh!
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- The idea of putting on
a Santa Claus suit and going
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out and killing, taking horror
to that level, it's brutal.
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00:17:22,519 --> 00:17:25,218
- The movie begins as
young Billy watches a man
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dressed as Santa Claus
murder his parents.
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00:17:27,872 --> 00:17:29,178
- No! No!
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[tires squealing]
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[gunshots]
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- No!
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- Billy grows up and gets
a job at a toy store.
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When he's forced to dress
as Santa Claus for Christmas,
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he has a psychotic break.
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- You remember what Santa Claus
does on Christmas Eve, don't ya?
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- Where are ya,
you little bastard?!
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- Yeah, I know what he does.
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- He starts killing
everyone he deems naughty.
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- Punish.
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[glass shatters]
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Punish!
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Punish.
- Ahhh!
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00:18:11,525 --> 00:18:14,702
- People who don't understand
the concept of slasher movies,
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to them, it's all violent porno,
as far as they're concerned,
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because they just don't get it,
and most of the films that they
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made a big deal about,
I wish they were closer to what
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they think they were,
I wish they were that strong.
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- Mm-hmm.
- "Silent Night, Deadly Night"
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is [bleep]ed up
for a horror film fan.
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[eerie piano music]
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00:18:37,681 --> 00:18:41,120
- The film's desecration
of Christmas caused a scandal.
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00:18:41,163 --> 00:18:44,166
Protests by angry parents
and religious groups led
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to the film being pulled
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from theaters
after only a week.
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But the figure
of a sinister Santa
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has been around for centuries.
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Europeans grow up haunted
by stories of Krampus,
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St. Nick's
sinister doppelganger.
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The film "Krampus"
brought him to suburban
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America and satirized
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the commercialization
of Christmas.
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00:19:12,629 --> 00:19:13,587
- I was getting a little bit
more cynical
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about the holidays,
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00:19:15,415 --> 00:19:18,200
and I think it was an effort
to sort of try and turn the tide
401
00:19:18,244 --> 00:19:21,682
inside of myself and rediscover
the magic of Christmas,
402
00:19:21,725 --> 00:19:24,380
even if it
was through a horror story.
403
00:19:24,424 --> 00:19:27,296
- "Krampus" begins like
a family relationship comedy.
404
00:19:27,340 --> 00:19:29,211
- Merry Christmas!
405
00:19:29,255 --> 00:19:31,257
- Move it, we don't have to keep
the traffic jam going now.
406
00:19:31,300 --> 00:19:32,432
- Oh, let me help you.
407
00:19:32,475 --> 00:19:34,085
[thud]
408
00:19:34,129 --> 00:19:38,177
- Two families are getting
together for Christmas.
409
00:19:38,220 --> 00:19:40,396
They're very different
types of families.
410
00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,442
- Well, I just thought
you guys might like a break
411
00:19:42,485 --> 00:19:44,226
from macaroni
and cheese with hotdogs.
412
00:19:44,270 --> 00:19:45,662
- Yeah, okay.
413
00:19:45,706 --> 00:19:47,447
- They don't necessarily
get along and they don't
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00:19:47,490 --> 00:19:49,492
share a lot
of the same worldviews.
415
00:19:49,536 --> 00:19:52,843
- Honey, we said no gun
talk at the dinner table.
416
00:19:52,887 --> 00:19:54,976
- This family needs
a little gun talk whether
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00:19:55,019 --> 00:19:57,065
it's at the dinner
table or anywhere else.
418
00:19:57,108 --> 00:19:58,893
- I think it was really
fun that the family was
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00:19:58,936 --> 00:20:01,025
kind of dysfunctional
'cause it kind of reminded
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00:20:01,069 --> 00:20:04,203
me of every Christmas
dinner out there where
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00:20:04,246 --> 00:20:05,769
you invite the cousins
you don't like...
422
00:20:05,813 --> 00:20:07,249
- [belches]
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00:20:07,293 --> 00:20:08,903
- The uncle you never see.
424
00:20:08,946 --> 00:20:10,731
- Ha ha,
that's my boy!
425
00:20:10,774 --> 00:20:12,385
- It sure is.
426
00:20:12,428 --> 00:20:15,126
- Adam Scott,
Toni Collette, David Koechner,
427
00:20:15,170 --> 00:20:16,867
the late great Conchata Ferrell.
428
00:20:16,911 --> 00:20:19,348
- Looks like Martha Stewart
threw up in here.
429
00:20:19,392 --> 00:20:23,309
- Allison Tolman, these are
all actors that you almost
430
00:20:23,352 --> 00:20:25,833
would expect to see in "National
Lampoon's Christmas Vacation"
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00:20:25,876 --> 00:20:28,009
or something like that.
432
00:20:28,052 --> 00:20:31,186
- The center of the story
is young Max, played by
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00:20:31,230 --> 00:20:33,232
Emjay Anthony,
who is struggling
434
00:20:33,275 --> 00:20:36,235
not to lose faith
in Christmas.
435
00:20:36,278 --> 00:20:38,454
- He's trying to desperately
hold on to the family.
436
00:20:38,498 --> 00:20:40,326
He misses his big sister,
you know,
437
00:20:40,369 --> 00:20:43,111
he wants to actually have good
things happen for his family.
438
00:20:43,154 --> 00:20:44,982
- Wait, mom, aren't we
gonna watch Charlie Brown?
439
00:20:45,026 --> 00:20:46,680
- And the second
he gives up...
440
00:20:46,723 --> 00:20:48,159
- I just wanted to Christmas
to be like it used to be,
441
00:20:48,203 --> 00:20:51,380
but forget it, I hate Christmas,
I hate all of you.
442
00:20:51,424 --> 00:20:54,905
- The Krampus is like,
"Yep, you messed up now."
443
00:20:58,039 --> 00:21:00,911
- Krampus is
a shadow of St. Nicholas.
444
00:21:00,955 --> 00:21:04,741
He represents everything
that Santa Claus isn't and he's
445
00:21:04,785 --> 00:21:09,093
dispatched to punish
non-believers on the holiday.
446
00:21:09,137 --> 00:21:13,359
- And so, power goes out,
then their daughter goes
447
00:21:13,402 --> 00:21:15,448
to see her boyfriend,
now she's missing.
448
00:21:15,491 --> 00:21:16,927
Something is happening,
449
00:21:16,971 --> 00:21:18,668
something monstrous
is out there.
450
00:21:18,712 --> 00:21:22,368
- I've hunted a lot of game
in my day, those are hooves.
451
00:21:22,411 --> 00:21:24,326
- The house starts
getting attacked by all
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00:21:24,370 --> 00:21:26,285
manner of Krampus minions.
453
00:21:28,287 --> 00:21:29,984
- Ahhh!
454
00:21:32,116 --> 00:21:34,902
- Oh sh--
455
00:21:34,945 --> 00:21:38,819
- From these trollish,
dwarfish, horrors,
456
00:21:38,862 --> 00:21:40,560
gingerbread men...
457
00:21:42,997 --> 00:21:46,783
...beautifully, creepy,
sinister clown snake.
458
00:21:46,827 --> 00:21:48,394
- Come on.
459
00:21:48,437 --> 00:21:49,830
[roars]
460
00:21:49,873 --> 00:21:51,614
- Shoot it,
Tom, shoot it!
461
00:21:51,658 --> 00:21:54,487
- So this whole family
that normally doesn't like
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00:21:54,530 --> 00:21:58,142
each other, is forced
to come together, put aside
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00:21:58,186 --> 00:22:02,582
their differences, and overcome
Krampus and his minions.
464
00:22:02,625 --> 00:22:04,410
- Shepherd's gotta protect
his flock.
465
00:22:06,586 --> 00:22:09,415
[monster roaring]
466
00:22:09,458 --> 00:22:11,155
- Like many Christmas tales,
467
00:22:11,199 --> 00:22:13,201
everyone learns
a valuable lesson...
468
00:22:13,244 --> 00:22:16,160
- I'm sorry.
469
00:22:16,204 --> 00:22:17,771
- The hard way.
470
00:22:17,814 --> 00:22:19,642
- Noooo!
471
00:22:19,686 --> 00:22:23,385
[dramatic music]
472
00:22:23,429 --> 00:22:25,344
- Ahh, ahhh!
473
00:22:25,387 --> 00:22:28,390
- It's a very personal
statement for myself,
474
00:22:28,434 --> 00:22:31,088
just how hard it is
to maintain optimism
475
00:22:31,132 --> 00:22:34,483
and a belief in the goodness
of human beings when
476
00:22:34,527 --> 00:22:37,399
you're confronted
with the opposite every time you
477
00:22:37,443 --> 00:22:39,227
wake up in the morning
and turn on the news.
478
00:22:39,270 --> 00:22:41,838
- Merry Christmas, Max.
479
00:22:41,882 --> 00:22:46,277
- I do think it's kind
of a good family horror movie.
480
00:22:46,321 --> 00:22:48,889
I was so happy to be in it.
481
00:22:48,932 --> 00:22:51,892
I felt like, "[bleep] yes, this
is awesome, this is awesome,"
482
00:22:51,935 --> 00:22:56,505
and I thought this is
going to just blow people away.
483
00:22:56,549 --> 00:22:58,899
[monsters shriek]
484
00:23:01,075 --> 00:23:05,427
- Holiday partyers
are literally blown away
485
00:23:05,471 --> 00:23:08,299
in two famous slashers
from the Great White North.
486
00:23:08,343 --> 00:23:10,650
[eerie music]
487
00:23:13,522 --> 00:23:15,176
- Two of the most memorable
holiday slashers came
488
00:23:15,219 --> 00:23:18,440
out of Canada
in the early 1980s.
489
00:23:18,484 --> 00:23:21,922
The first was "Terror Train"
starring Jamie Lee Curtis,
490
00:23:21,965 --> 00:23:24,098
two years after "Halloween."
491
00:23:24,141 --> 00:23:25,447
Can you tell me the plot
of "Terror Train?"
492
00:23:25,491 --> 00:23:27,449
- "Terror Train" is
a bunch of college kids,
493
00:23:27,493 --> 00:23:30,496
New Year's Eve,
taking a train for a party
494
00:23:30,539 --> 00:23:33,020
on the train,
and a bad guy shows up.
495
00:23:33,063 --> 00:23:36,197
- On New Year's Eve
of their senior year,
496
00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,068
a group of pre-meds gather
497
00:23:38,112 --> 00:23:39,809
for an ill-fated
costume party.
498
00:23:39,853 --> 00:23:42,072
- Happy New Year!
499
00:23:43,378 --> 00:23:45,336
- Three years earlier,
they played a cruel
500
00:23:45,380 --> 00:23:47,774
prank on virginal young Kenny.
501
00:23:47,817 --> 00:23:49,340
- Elena?
502
00:23:49,384 --> 00:23:51,212
- Hello, Kenny.
503
00:23:51,255 --> 00:23:54,302
- Baiting him
with the promise of sex.
504
00:23:54,345 --> 00:23:58,611
- Don't be shy,
this is my first time, too.
505
00:23:58,654 --> 00:24:00,482
- Then surprising him
with a corpse.
506
00:24:00,526 --> 00:24:02,963
[dramatic music]
507
00:24:03,006 --> 00:24:05,661
- The shock drove him insane.
508
00:24:05,705 --> 00:24:08,969
- Ahh, ahh, ahhh!
509
00:24:10,971 --> 00:24:13,930
- Now he's back for revenge.
510
00:24:13,974 --> 00:24:15,497
- All aboard.
511
00:24:16,629 --> 00:24:20,850
- Early on in the film,
a character is literally killed
512
00:24:20,894 --> 00:24:22,983
in front of other people
and nobody notices because
513
00:24:23,026 --> 00:24:24,854
everybody's in costume,
everybody's drunk,
514
00:24:24,898 --> 00:24:28,336
everybody's having a good time,
and he's the joker so
515
00:24:28,379 --> 00:24:30,599
they're like, "Ha ha,
funny joke, dying."
516
00:24:30,643 --> 00:24:33,297
And the killer assumes
this person's identity
517
00:24:33,341 --> 00:24:34,995
by wearing their costume.
518
00:24:35,038 --> 00:24:36,779
Nobody notices that
all of a sudden he's
519
00:24:36,823 --> 00:24:38,955
taller or doesn't speak.
520
00:24:38,999 --> 00:24:42,829
- We're at
the station with a sword.
521
00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:47,094
- And that's the key
essence of the film.
522
00:24:47,137 --> 00:24:51,098
It's--it's a revenge slasher
about someone that you never
523
00:24:51,141 --> 00:24:53,187
used to pay attention
to except to make fun of,
524
00:24:53,230 --> 00:24:54,797
and now you're still
not paying attention
525
00:24:54,841 --> 00:24:57,278
to them,
and they're gonna kill you.
526
00:24:59,410 --> 00:25:01,543
- In "Terror Train,"
appearances
527
00:25:01,587 --> 00:25:04,241
aren't just deceiving,
they're deadly.
528
00:25:04,285 --> 00:25:05,982
Beneath their surface beauty,
529
00:25:06,026 --> 00:25:08,071
the students
are callous brats,
530
00:25:08,115 --> 00:25:09,986
reeking of unearned privilege.
531
00:25:10,030 --> 00:25:11,466
- Mo and I worked
in an emergency
532
00:25:11,510 --> 00:25:13,033
gynecological ward.
533
00:25:13,076 --> 00:25:14,425
- Doc won
an award.
534
00:25:14,469 --> 00:25:17,167
- Best pap smear in a
supporting role, come on.
535
00:25:17,211 --> 00:25:19,343
- The killer mocks
their superficiality
536
00:25:19,387 --> 00:25:23,522
by disguising himself
with the masks of his victims.
537
00:25:23,565 --> 00:25:25,959
- It adds
to the paranoia because
538
00:25:26,002 --> 00:25:29,049
your sweetheart might be
in the gorilla suit one minute,
539
00:25:29,092 --> 00:25:30,572
and then the next
minute you think you're
540
00:25:30,616 --> 00:25:32,922
getting a midnight kiss
and it's the killer.
541
00:25:32,966 --> 00:25:34,794
- Ahhh!
542
00:25:36,143 --> 00:25:38,493
- "Terror Train" was
shot entirely at night
543
00:25:38,537 --> 00:25:42,062
aboard an actual steam
train by John Alcott,
544
00:25:42,105 --> 00:25:44,281
the man who
photographed "The Shining"
545
00:25:44,325 --> 00:25:47,067
and "Barry Lyndon"
for director Stanley Kubrick.
546
00:25:47,110 --> 00:25:48,938
- John Alcott figured
out how to shoot in very
547
00:25:48,982 --> 00:25:51,419
low natural light.
548
00:25:51,462 --> 00:25:52,812
In "Barry Lyndon,"
he would shoot scenes
549
00:25:52,855 --> 00:25:54,596
with natural candle light,
for example,
550
00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:55,989
which was something
that people
551
00:25:56,032 --> 00:25:57,991
hadn't really seen before.
552
00:25:58,034 --> 00:26:00,515
And that got him an
Academy Award.
553
00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:02,125
Now, "Terror Train,"
in its own way,
554
00:26:02,169 --> 00:26:03,953
it's also a bit of a ground
breaker because
555
00:26:03,997 --> 00:26:06,129
they were shooting it,
you know, with this real train,
556
00:26:06,173 --> 00:26:08,741
and they had to figure out
how to light the darn thing.
557
00:26:08,784 --> 00:26:11,787
- John Alcott wired
all of the practical
558
00:26:11,831 --> 00:26:14,224
lights on the train
to a lightboard, and he would
559
00:26:14,268 --> 00:26:17,793
light the scene by dials,
that's it.
560
00:26:17,837 --> 00:26:19,578
- It's very painterly,
if you look at that film,
561
00:26:19,621 --> 00:26:21,144
almost every shot.
562
00:26:23,146 --> 00:26:24,017
I think it's
one of the most beautiful
563
00:26:24,060 --> 00:26:25,279
slasher films of the era.
564
00:26:25,322 --> 00:26:26,889
- What are your memories of it?
565
00:26:26,933 --> 00:26:30,806
- I remember that it was nights,
I remember it was cold AF,
566
00:26:30,850 --> 00:26:33,809
and I wore big hoop earrings,
and I said to them,
567
00:26:33,853 --> 00:26:37,160
"In the fight,
it would be great if he pulls
568
00:26:37,204 --> 00:26:41,295
through the hoop earring,
and like splits her ear open."
569
00:26:41,338 --> 00:26:43,123
- Ahh!
570
00:26:43,166 --> 00:26:46,256
- But it was all one take and so
how was I going to get bloody?
571
00:26:46,300 --> 00:26:50,783
So, I go under, like,
a bed or something and there
572
00:26:50,826 --> 00:26:53,133
was a pool of blood
that we had left there.
573
00:26:53,176 --> 00:26:55,135
So, when I went under there...
574
00:26:55,178 --> 00:26:56,876
- You'd do your own makeup
and come out.
575
00:26:56,919 --> 00:26:58,660
- I did my own makeup and then
come out and now it's all bloody
576
00:26:58,704 --> 00:27:01,881
and you really think like, "Wow,
he really ripped her ear apart."
577
00:27:01,924 --> 00:27:04,492
- That's third grade stuff.
578
00:27:04,535 --> 00:27:06,363
- Really?
[switchblade clicks]
579
00:27:06,407 --> 00:27:08,975
- For much of the movie,
we're led to believe that
580
00:27:09,018 --> 00:27:11,673
a magician, played
by real life illusionist
581
00:27:11,717 --> 00:27:14,284
David Copperfield,
is the killer.
582
00:27:14,328 --> 00:27:16,809
- A magician.
- Magician?
583
00:27:16,852 --> 00:27:19,072
- But in keeping
with the film's theme,
584
00:27:19,115 --> 00:27:21,335
all is not what it seems.
585
00:27:22,641 --> 00:27:27,080
- The big reveal was that
it was his female assistant,
586
00:27:27,123 --> 00:27:29,430
who was trans...
- Yeah.
587
00:27:29,473 --> 00:27:31,345
- Was ultimately the killer.
588
00:27:31,388 --> 00:27:33,956
- It brings you back
to that illusion idea,
589
00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:35,871
that he's
creating this magic trick.
590
00:27:35,915 --> 00:27:37,612
When you see the movie again,
you're kind of like,
591
00:27:37,656 --> 00:27:40,571
"It's totally Kenny,"
but because your brain is
592
00:27:40,615 --> 00:27:42,835
making assumptions,
it's not seeing that.
593
00:27:42,878 --> 00:27:44,358
It's saying, "Oh, well,
that's the magician,
594
00:27:44,401 --> 00:27:45,751
that's his assistant."
595
00:27:45,794 --> 00:27:48,710
So, you label him
or her as an assistant,
596
00:27:48,754 --> 00:27:50,712
it couldn't
possibly be the killer.
597
00:27:50,756 --> 00:27:52,192
And so, I really think
that the magic theme,
598
00:27:52,235 --> 00:27:54,411
sort of, underscored what they
599
00:27:54,455 --> 00:27:57,719
were trying to achieve
with the reveal of the killer.
600
00:27:57,763 --> 00:28:00,113
- It was you.
601
00:28:00,156 --> 00:28:04,683
- Still, seen 40 years later,
it's a controversial choice.
602
00:28:04,726 --> 00:28:08,251
- It's a version of the queer
panic subgenre that
603
00:28:08,295 --> 00:28:11,211
you [bleep]ed
with my sexuality
604
00:28:11,254 --> 00:28:12,560
in some way that made me
605
00:28:12,603 --> 00:28:14,910
question my gender identity
and kill people.
606
00:28:14,954 --> 00:28:16,738
[dramatic music]
607
00:28:16,782 --> 00:28:18,914
[train rumbling]
608
00:28:18,958 --> 00:28:20,568
[wind howling]
609
00:28:20,611 --> 00:28:21,961
[thud]
610
00:28:25,442 --> 00:28:27,140
- A year
after "Terror Train" made
611
00:28:27,183 --> 00:28:30,970
us leery of New Year's
and costume parties,
612
00:28:31,013 --> 00:28:34,147
"My Bloody Valentine" did
the same for the day of love.
613
00:28:36,453 --> 00:28:38,107
- Ahhhh!
614
00:28:38,151 --> 00:28:42,982
[dramatic music]
615
00:28:43,025 --> 00:28:45,375
- The night
of the Valentine's Day dance,
616
00:28:45,419 --> 00:28:48,596
everybody was there except
for seven miners who
617
00:28:48,639 --> 00:28:49,989
were out at the Hanniger Mine.
618
00:28:53,644 --> 00:28:55,690
- An accident
on Valentine's Day
619
00:28:55,734 --> 00:28:57,474
in a small mining town
620
00:28:57,518 --> 00:29:01,696
kills a score of men
and turns a traumatized
621
00:29:01,740 --> 00:29:04,351
survivor into
a cannibalistic serial killer.
622
00:29:06,745 --> 00:29:09,965
The town bans
Valentine's Day celebrations.
623
00:29:11,532 --> 00:29:14,187
20 years later,
a new generation decides
624
00:29:14,230 --> 00:29:16,755
it's time
to get the party started.
625
00:29:16,798 --> 00:29:19,235
- Roses are red,
violets are blue,
626
00:29:19,279 --> 00:29:22,064
one is dead and so are you?
627
00:29:22,108 --> 00:29:24,284
- Then the murders begin.
628
00:29:24,327 --> 00:29:25,676
- Mabel!
629
00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,287
[dramatic music]
630
00:29:27,330 --> 00:29:29,158
- To me,
it's the best of the Canadian
631
00:29:29,202 --> 00:29:32,118
slasher films,
partly because it commits
632
00:29:32,161 --> 00:29:34,163
to being
a Canadian slasher film.
633
00:29:34,207 --> 00:29:35,730
- Yeah, it's not like
well-to-do kids in a sorority
634
00:29:35,774 --> 00:29:37,297
house being picked off.
635
00:29:37,340 --> 00:29:39,255
- No, no,
it's in a steel mining town
636
00:29:39,299 --> 00:29:41,823
in Canada where they
have thick Canadian accents.
637
00:29:41,867 --> 00:29:43,825
- There ain't
nothing to do about it.
638
00:29:43,869 --> 00:29:44,826
- You can't have
'em both, you know?
639
00:29:44,870 --> 00:29:46,610
- I don't want
them both.
640
00:29:46,654 --> 00:29:49,875
- You'll be sorry you didn't
listen to me, you'll be sorry.
641
00:29:49,918 --> 00:29:53,052
- As the party rages,
a mysterious killer
642
00:29:53,095 --> 00:29:55,097
picks off the miners
and their girlfriends
643
00:29:55,141 --> 00:29:58,361
one by one
in creatively macabre ways.
644
00:29:58,405 --> 00:30:00,189
[heavy breathing]
645
00:30:00,233 --> 00:30:02,191
- Sylvia?
646
00:30:02,235 --> 00:30:08,981
[eerie music]
647
00:30:12,201 --> 00:30:14,073
- Like "Terror Train,"
648
00:30:14,116 --> 00:30:17,206
"My Bloody Valentine" makes
the most out of its location.
649
00:30:17,250 --> 00:30:19,469
The last half hour
of the film takes place
650
00:30:19,513 --> 00:30:22,081
deep inside an actual mine.
651
00:30:23,299 --> 00:30:26,825
- There's one way out
and that way is probably blocked
652
00:30:26,868 --> 00:30:30,263
by your
pursuing maniac in a mask.
653
00:30:30,306 --> 00:30:33,919
It's tight, it's dark,
there are no places of light
654
00:30:33,962 --> 00:30:37,139
except those that are
strung by the mining company.
655
00:30:37,183 --> 00:30:39,794
So you're completely removed
from civilization,
656
00:30:39,838 --> 00:30:41,578
and you are thrust
657
00:30:41,622 --> 00:30:44,277
into the most claustrophobic
environment possible.
658
00:30:47,062 --> 00:30:48,368
- [gasps]
659
00:30:48,411 --> 00:30:49,891
- Nowadays,
"My Bloody Valentine"
660
00:30:49,935 --> 00:30:51,023
is one of the most
significant and beloved
661
00:30:51,066 --> 00:30:53,329
of the Golden Age slasher films.
662
00:30:53,373 --> 00:30:54,983
[maniacal laughter]
663
00:30:55,027 --> 00:30:57,464
- Sarah, be my bloody Valentine.
664
00:30:57,507 --> 00:30:59,379
[laughing continues]
665
00:30:59,422 --> 00:31:01,120
- It's really just
a textbook example of how
666
00:31:01,163 --> 00:31:02,164
you pull off
one of these things.
667
00:31:02,208 --> 00:31:06,734
[maniacal laughter]
668
00:31:06,777 --> 00:31:09,258
- Some people like to head
out for the holidays,
669
00:31:09,302 --> 00:31:12,435
to get in touch with
old friends,
670
00:31:12,479 --> 00:31:15,177
or spend quality time
with dear old mom.
671
00:31:15,221 --> 00:31:17,310
- Ain't we havin' fun?
672
00:31:20,922 --> 00:31:22,358
- Well, I don't know
about the two of you,
673
00:31:22,402 --> 00:31:24,273
but I'm getting out of here.
- Wait for me.
674
00:31:24,317 --> 00:31:26,536
- Holidays are a great
time for a getaway
675
00:31:26,580 --> 00:31:29,583
with your friends...
676
00:31:29,626 --> 00:31:32,455
except in horror movies.
677
00:31:32,499 --> 00:31:36,155
Exhibit A,
1980's "Mother's Day."
678
00:31:37,896 --> 00:31:40,420
Three college friends
on a camping trip are
679
00:31:40,463 --> 00:31:42,335
kidnapped
by psychotic brothers.
680
00:31:44,598 --> 00:31:46,992
- Why don't you get the Kodak?
681
00:31:47,035 --> 00:31:49,690
- Yeah, I'll get the Kodak.
682
00:31:49,733 --> 00:31:51,083
- They subject the women
683
00:31:51,126 --> 00:31:53,172
to a night
of abuse and torture,
684
00:31:53,215 --> 00:31:55,522
all for the entertainment
of their sadistic mother.
685
00:31:55,565 --> 00:31:57,611
- My boys.
686
00:31:57,654 --> 00:32:01,876
- One woman dies,
the others escape,
687
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,531
but then they turn back.
688
00:32:04,574 --> 00:32:07,751
- We'll get those bastards.
689
00:32:07,795 --> 00:32:10,363
- These women actively said,
"We're gonna go back,
690
00:32:10,406 --> 00:32:12,626
and we're gonna hunt these
people down, and we're gonna
691
00:32:12,669 --> 00:32:14,976
kill them and get revenge for
what they did to our friend."
692
00:32:15,020 --> 00:32:16,978
That was badass,
there was a certain
693
00:32:17,022 --> 00:32:19,633
feminist element to it
that I really appreciate,
694
00:32:19,676 --> 00:32:21,983
that was unusual
for a film of that time.
695
00:32:22,027 --> 00:32:24,986
- Jackie, every way you
turned in life you got shit.
696
00:32:25,030 --> 00:32:27,989
Well, now we'll do
the fighting back for you.
697
00:32:28,033 --> 00:32:33,995
♪
698
00:32:34,039 --> 00:32:37,390
- When I was a kid, I was
obsessed with Mother's Day.
699
00:32:37,433 --> 00:32:39,914
I even screened it at
my bar mitzvah party
700
00:32:39,958 --> 00:32:42,612
with my mom in attendance.
701
00:32:42,656 --> 00:32:45,398
I had very tolerant parents.
702
00:32:45,441 --> 00:32:48,140
It's not for everyone.
703
00:32:48,183 --> 00:32:50,664
- Now take
care of the big one, Ike.
704
00:32:52,057 --> 00:32:53,928
- But look
past the sensationalism
705
00:32:53,972 --> 00:32:56,931
and you'll find a wicked
satire of pop culture.
706
00:32:56,975 --> 00:33:00,717
- Wake up, it's me, Big Bird,
and it's time to get up.
707
00:33:00,761 --> 00:33:02,719
- The mother has these
psychopathic sons who have been
708
00:33:02,763 --> 00:33:04,678
weaned on television
and so they have no way
709
00:33:04,721 --> 00:33:07,028
of distinguishing between
fantasy and reality.
710
00:33:07,072 --> 00:33:09,465
- All right, now,
it's beautiful day, see?
711
00:33:09,509 --> 00:33:12,033
You're readin' somethin'
real good.
712
00:33:12,077 --> 00:33:14,427
- Yeah, like a muscle magazine.
713
00:33:14,470 --> 00:33:18,257
- All three villains are
punished with ironic deaths.
714
00:33:18,300 --> 00:33:20,955
One brother is literally
killed by television,
715
00:33:22,783 --> 00:33:26,221
the other
gets an axe to the groin,
716
00:33:26,265 --> 00:33:29,398
and the mother meets
a uniquely maternal end.
717
00:33:29,442 --> 00:33:33,054
- No, let me be, let me be,
I'm a sick woman!
718
00:33:33,098 --> 00:33:35,404
- I wanted something
more from the mother's death.
719
00:33:35,448 --> 00:33:36,884
- Yeah.
720
00:33:36,927 --> 00:33:38,320
- Then I thought,
"Oh, my God, it's perfect,
721
00:33:38,364 --> 00:33:39,539
mother's been
suffocated by the breasts."
722
00:33:39,582 --> 00:33:41,323
- Yeah.
723
00:33:41,367 --> 00:33:43,456
- It's really what made
me see what you could
724
00:33:43,499 --> 00:33:45,066
do with a slasher film.
725
00:33:45,110 --> 00:33:46,850
I started
watching Mother's Day over,
726
00:33:46,894 --> 00:33:48,548
and over,
and over, and thinking,
727
00:33:48,591 --> 00:33:50,767
"Oh my god, you can actually
say a lot with a slasher movie."
728
00:33:52,508 --> 00:33:56,077
- "April Fool's Day"
from 1986 is another film
729
00:33:56,121 --> 00:33:59,298
about a gory getaway and,
unlike some holiday
730
00:33:59,341 --> 00:34:02,475
slashers, it takes its
title seriously.
731
00:34:02,518 --> 00:34:04,390
- We've talked about before that
I like "April Fool's Day."
732
00:34:04,433 --> 00:34:05,956
- I love
"April" for Fred Walton,
733
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,568
man, I mean, what a great film.
734
00:34:08,611 --> 00:34:11,484
- College student,
Muffy, invites her smug,
735
00:34:11,527 --> 00:34:14,574
overprivileged friends to her
family's secluded island
736
00:34:14,617 --> 00:34:16,402
for an April Fool's Day party.
737
00:34:16,445 --> 00:34:18,926
- We're gonna
spend a weekend there?
738
00:34:18,969 --> 00:34:21,189
- The pranks begin
almost immediately.
739
00:34:21,233 --> 00:34:22,886
- Well, what--what
are you scared?
740
00:34:22,930 --> 00:34:25,324
- Hey, I said give it a rest.
741
00:34:26,716 --> 00:34:28,327
- You have a fake
death at the beginning.
742
00:34:28,370 --> 00:34:30,459
You have
a guy pretending to get killed.
743
00:34:30,503 --> 00:34:31,721
- We got 'em.
744
00:34:31,765 --> 00:34:34,028
- Ha, ha, April Fools.
745
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:36,813
- It's like you're never quite
sure what's real and what's not.
746
00:34:36,857 --> 00:34:38,685
- The childish prank
is followed
747
00:34:38,728 --> 00:34:40,469
by a horrific accident.
748
00:34:40,513 --> 00:34:41,601
- Buck, look out!
749
00:34:41,644 --> 00:34:43,342
- Ahhhh!
750
00:34:43,385 --> 00:34:45,953
[crunching]
751
00:34:45,996 --> 00:34:48,521
- Ahhhh!
752
00:34:48,564 --> 00:34:50,827
- Soon it seems we're
watching a whodunnit
753
00:34:50,871 --> 00:34:53,700
slasher where the students
are picked off one by
754
00:34:53,743 --> 00:34:57,617
one with not entirely
convincing special effects.
755
00:34:57,660 --> 00:34:59,532
- There's that one scene where,
you know,
756
00:34:59,575 --> 00:35:01,751
the risky couple's in bed.
757
00:35:01,795 --> 00:35:03,318
- What is this, show and tell?
758
00:35:03,362 --> 00:35:05,146
- And she, like,
gives him a nudge and his hands
759
00:35:05,190 --> 00:35:09,150
fall over and we know
that he has been dismembered.
760
00:35:09,194 --> 00:35:10,804
- And, of course,
they don't bother to think about
761
00:35:10,847 --> 00:35:12,110
all your buddies
are getting killed off
762
00:35:12,153 --> 00:35:13,633
on April Fool's Day,
763
00:35:13,676 --> 00:35:15,243
maybe there's something
else going on here?
764
00:35:15,287 --> 00:35:18,464
[dramatic music]
765
00:35:18,507 --> 00:35:19,769
- But they're not really
the brightest bulbs
766
00:35:19,813 --> 00:35:22,163
so you let it slide.
767
00:35:22,207 --> 00:35:25,297
- The final survivors learn
that Muffy's homicidal twin,
768
00:35:25,340 --> 00:35:26,733
Buffy, is the killer.
769
00:35:26,776 --> 00:35:28,517
- No, nooo!
770
00:35:28,561 --> 00:35:31,607
- Then, in one of the most
divisive horror endings
771
00:35:31,651 --> 00:35:36,090
of all time, they discover
everybody is still alive.
772
00:35:36,134 --> 00:35:38,048
Muffy has pulled
a massive prank
773
00:35:38,092 --> 00:35:39,702
on her friends
and the audience.
774
00:35:39,746 --> 00:35:43,837
- April Fools!
775
00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:47,493
- I don't condone pranks like
that in real life because you
776
00:35:47,536 --> 00:35:50,757
really never know how someone's
gonna react to a situation.
777
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:51,932
- I love you.
778
00:35:51,975 --> 00:35:53,194
- I love you
too, babe.
779
00:35:53,238 --> 00:35:56,284
- Ahh, aggh!
780
00:35:56,328 --> 00:35:58,460
- Watching it in a film
and having it all play out
781
00:35:58,504 --> 00:36:00,723
on screen,
I think, is fantastic.
782
00:36:00,767 --> 00:36:04,031
[laughing]
783
00:36:04,074 --> 00:36:06,512
- For me,
the ending was what kept it
784
00:36:06,555 --> 00:36:08,253
from being
a classic horror film.
785
00:36:08,296 --> 00:36:10,255
- It's unfair that
people write the movie
786
00:36:10,298 --> 00:36:11,778
off because of the ending.
787
00:36:11,821 --> 00:36:13,823
- Does that negate
the whole movie, yeah.
788
00:36:13,867 --> 00:36:15,477
- That it
negates the whole film.
789
00:36:15,521 --> 00:36:19,264
Now, I really like the ending,
now I know what to expect,
790
00:36:19,307 --> 00:36:20,787
I really like the ending.
791
00:36:20,830 --> 00:36:22,963
- But is that about it
breaking its own rules?
792
00:36:23,006 --> 00:36:25,139
- Yeah, but in the case
of "April Fool's Day,"
793
00:36:25,183 --> 00:36:29,143
I think that's our failure
because, no, it's April Fools,
794
00:36:29,187 --> 00:36:31,885
it didn't happen,
that's the point.
795
00:36:31,928 --> 00:36:33,278
- They played a joke.
796
00:36:33,321 --> 00:36:35,976
- It's the point of the holiday,
"April Fool's!"
797
00:36:36,019 --> 00:36:38,283
It's clearly
marked on the label,
798
00:36:38,326 --> 00:36:42,504
it's our misunderstanding of it,
they did a perfect job.
799
00:36:42,548 --> 00:36:44,245
- Yeah, you're right,
I never even thought
800
00:36:44,289 --> 00:36:47,117
of it that way,
that's really funny.
801
00:36:47,161 --> 00:36:50,120
[laughter]
802
00:36:50,164 --> 00:36:51,948
- April Fool.
803
00:36:51,992 --> 00:36:53,123
[eerie music]
804
00:36:53,167 --> 00:36:54,995
- Happy birthday.
805
00:36:55,038 --> 00:36:58,651
- What's worse than being
murdered on your birthday?
806
00:36:58,694 --> 00:37:03,656
Endlessly reliving that day
and dying over and over again.
807
00:37:08,313 --> 00:37:09,444
- Hey!
808
00:37:09,488 --> 00:37:13,318
[tense music]
809
00:37:13,361 --> 00:37:15,450
See you soon
[bleep]hole.
810
00:37:19,976 --> 00:37:21,369
Ahhh!
811
00:37:21,413 --> 00:37:23,632
[dramatic music]
812
00:37:23,676 --> 00:37:26,592
- Holiday horror films
are often about the terror
813
00:37:26,635 --> 00:37:28,463
of facing our families.
814
00:37:30,117 --> 00:37:35,427
Christopher Landon's slasher
comedy, "Happy Death Day..."
815
00:37:35,470 --> 00:37:38,778
is about the terror
of facing ourselves.
816
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:44,174
- "Happy Death Day" is
about a very stereotypical
817
00:37:44,218 --> 00:37:47,482
mean girl sorority member
named Tree Gelbman,
818
00:37:47,526 --> 00:37:49,789
who I play, who
819
00:37:49,832 --> 00:37:53,053
kind of only cares about herself
until one day she is murdered.
820
00:37:55,360 --> 00:37:57,318
- Ahhhh!
821
00:37:59,712 --> 00:38:01,844
- But then immediately
wakes up again on the day
822
00:38:01,888 --> 00:38:03,846
of her birthday.
823
00:38:05,108 --> 00:38:07,894
And then she's thrown into,
kind of, this ongoing cycle,
824
00:38:07,937 --> 00:38:11,071
Groundhog's Day loop
of being killed again,
825
00:38:11,114 --> 00:38:13,029
and again, and again,
no matter what she does.
826
00:38:13,073 --> 00:38:19,166
[dramatic music]
827
00:38:19,209 --> 00:38:20,689
- This has gotta be,
like, the strangest
828
00:38:20,733 --> 00:38:22,517
birthday you've
ever had, huh?
829
00:38:22,561 --> 00:38:24,389
- You have no idea.
830
00:38:26,391 --> 00:38:28,044
- This being a slasher,
831
00:38:28,088 --> 00:38:30,395
the movie is filled
with spectacular kills
832
00:38:30,438 --> 00:38:32,832
committed by a silent
murder in a baby mask.
833
00:38:32,875 --> 00:38:34,790
- Ahhhh!
834
00:38:34,834 --> 00:38:36,575
[glass shatters]
835
00:38:39,055 --> 00:38:45,540
- I hate to say it, but I really
love killing people on camera.
836
00:38:45,584 --> 00:38:47,063
There's definitely a challenge
to coming up with
837
00:38:47,107 --> 00:38:49,152
unusual kills,
838
00:38:49,196 --> 00:38:54,244
but, like, it's also,
like, it's really fun
839
00:38:54,288 --> 00:38:56,899
and I've always kind
of had a funny knack for it.
840
00:38:56,943 --> 00:39:00,033
- Oh, [bleep].
841
00:39:00,076 --> 00:39:05,038
[explosion thunders,
glass shatters]
842
00:39:05,081 --> 00:39:07,388
- As Tree
is tested by the ordeal,
843
00:39:07,432 --> 00:39:10,260
her layers of defensive
snark break down...
844
00:39:10,304 --> 00:39:12,915
- Mmm, have a little,
a few calories won't kill you.
845
00:39:12,959 --> 00:39:15,701
- Revealing her
complex inner core.
846
00:39:15,744 --> 00:39:19,008
- In Hollywood,
and especially in genre
847
00:39:19,052 --> 00:39:22,098
and horror movies, so often,
women get kind of pigeonholed.
848
00:39:22,142 --> 00:39:24,884
You're either the good girl,
or you're the bad one who
849
00:39:24,927 --> 00:39:26,799
gets killed right away,
or you're the bitch,
850
00:39:26,842 --> 00:39:29,584
or you're the angel, and Tree
gets to be all of those things.
851
00:39:29,628 --> 00:39:33,588
[tense music]
852
00:39:33,632 --> 00:39:35,808
- Who are you?!
853
00:39:35,851 --> 00:39:39,377
Show your face you pussy!
854
00:39:39,420 --> 00:39:43,468
- She has this great trauma,
she lost her mom, the person she
855
00:39:43,511 --> 00:39:45,731
was closer to than anyone
else in the world,
856
00:39:45,774 --> 00:39:51,084
and she's never really
been able to process it.
857
00:39:51,127 --> 00:39:53,086
- I bet you miss her.
858
00:39:53,129 --> 00:39:55,654
- Yeah.
859
00:39:55,697 --> 00:39:57,438
You know what's funny,
you relive
860
00:39:57,482 --> 00:40:01,747
the same day
over and over again...
861
00:40:01,790 --> 00:40:04,184
you kind of start to see
who you really are.
862
00:40:04,227 --> 00:40:06,534
- If I have a jam,
or a gimmick, or whatever,
863
00:40:06,578 --> 00:40:10,625
it is bringing that grounded
emotional stuff and then jamming
864
00:40:10,669 --> 00:40:14,455
it into horror movies where they
don't belong, typically.
865
00:40:14,499 --> 00:40:17,545
Because as a horror fan,
like, I know all the tricks.
866
00:40:17,589 --> 00:40:24,683
[dramatic music]
867
00:40:24,726 --> 00:40:26,685
- Like, I've
grown up watching all
868
00:40:26,728 --> 00:40:29,470
the tricks and so it's really
fun to have this grab bag.
869
00:40:29,514 --> 00:40:31,516
- Ahhh!
870
00:40:31,559 --> 00:40:33,169
- But then know that,
like, all of that is
871
00:40:33,213 --> 00:40:34,910
going to be infused
with something that's
872
00:40:34,954 --> 00:40:37,696
really foreign to--
to these types of movies.
873
00:40:37,739 --> 00:40:39,480
- Happy birthday, baby.
874
00:40:39,524 --> 00:40:42,831
- I love the message
that the film has when it
875
00:40:42,875 --> 00:40:45,530
comes to grief and loss,
and how you have to, kind of,
876
00:40:45,573 --> 00:40:48,489
confront it and really
go through it, and spend some
877
00:40:48,533 --> 00:40:51,536
real time with that loss and
not run away from it because
878
00:40:51,579 --> 00:40:54,277
I think Tree's been running
for a really, really long time.
879
00:40:54,321 --> 00:40:56,845
[wind whistling]
880
00:40:56,889 --> 00:41:00,066
- Holiday horror films
can be cathartic releases
881
00:41:00,109 --> 00:41:01,546
of bottled up emotions...
882
00:41:01,589 --> 00:41:04,070
- Come on!
883
00:41:04,113 --> 00:41:06,681
- Or deliberate stabs
in the eye of polite society.
884
00:41:08,770 --> 00:41:10,424
Some find them offensive.
885
00:41:11,991 --> 00:41:13,993
- Merry Christmas, Frank.
886
00:41:14,036 --> 00:41:16,343
- But that's kind of
the point.
887
00:41:16,386 --> 00:41:20,042
- Good horror is all about
uncomfortable juxtapositions.
888
00:41:20,086 --> 00:41:22,305
It's about taking something
like Christmas,
889
00:41:22,349 --> 00:41:24,569
something we love
890
00:41:24,612 --> 00:41:28,268
and find comforting, and then
ruining it for everyone forever.
891
00:41:28,311 --> 00:41:30,052
[gunshot blasts]
- Ahhhh!
892
00:41:30,096 --> 00:41:32,533
- It is in the nature
of horror fiction,
893
00:41:32,577 --> 00:41:35,884
horror cinema, to be a little
bit like punk rock.
894
00:41:35,928 --> 00:41:37,756
[gunshots]
895
00:41:39,235 --> 00:41:41,890
- If you
fail to piss anyone off...
896
00:41:41,934 --> 00:41:43,892
- Die!
- Ahhhh!
897
00:41:46,373 --> 00:41:47,592
- You're
probably doing it wrong.
898
00:41:47,635 --> 00:41:49,898
- Oh, God!
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