Apparently all of the characters were meant to be ‘mean girl’ stereotypes to stop audiences from guessing which one would be the survivor, which is a hilarious line of reasoning because not only is it a tacit admission that the film has no other way of keeping its audience invested in its characters, but it also occurs in a remake of a film that also chose to subvert the final girl trope, but did it by making the characters actually relatable and grounded
Black Christmas (2006) is the result of Halloween asking the original Black Christmas if it could copy its homework, Black Christmas saying yes but only if Halloween changed some of the answers, and Halloween actually getting more questions right because of it. Now Black Christmas is trying to copy Halloween’s already vaguely copied homework.
Matt, your problem is blatantly obvious: you're not wearing ANY red and green! Sure you have the santa hat, but if your attire isn't a garish red and green pattern, you'll never stay warm! Everyone knows this!
Watching these Black Christmas videos in the southern hemisphere, where it is actually cold outside rn, and always obscenely hot at Christmas time, adds an extra layer of hilarious-ness
Sarah Levy It was for the bit where he dresses up in a suit to make fun of the Maupin thinking that wearing suits and the rest of the ‘respectable political pundit’ aesthetic is working class, right?
I'm psyked for next week, Sophia Takal has written/directed some incredible movies about relationships between women (Into the Dark: New Year, New Me is one of my favorite horror movies).
Is the heating on in where you film, because you might not have hypothermia. You might be near as seasonally appropriate fire. For the Christmas that is now.
Alternate theory - You have been teleported to Australia and are hence experiencing Summer Christmas. Possibly something something Tall Man Spheres or whatever
Sad to see so many people in my city suffering from the later stages of hypothermia. Especially because it is now currently Christmastime, which is meant to be a time of joy.
"a rare liver disease" uh excuse me movie it isn't that rare and it is treatable. evidence: i had jaundice as a baby and i no longer have jaundice after it was treated
@@justincoleman3805 i get that's probably what they meant but oh my god there are like, four hundred better ways to put that into a script. (for me it was minor malnutrition due to some issues i had with properly taking in food as an infant)
I've been catching up on old Scaredy Cats videos and I recognize that intro theme, but I think in a more high-pitched voice type thing, like a siren call, and I just can't remember from where... but... there's something. Gah. It's crushing my brain.
2006 was such a bleak, miserable time for horror movies. So many were built around shock value, even as a sucker for torture porn I just found it boring, numbing, and unpleasant. I'll never forget how much The Descent impressed me by making me expect more wallowing in the dregs, then delivering so much more.
I feel like the original film was targeting a female audience, preying on common fears that women experienced at the time. The 2006 movie feels as if it has a problem with women, making them caddy, and mocking them with the second killer twist.
I live in the southwest of america and a couple of weeks ago it was 110F (or 40+C for canucks) and i still feel for you. Plz dont wear sweaters in christmastime.
Hi Matt! Love ya! Pls review Ice Cream Man! I watched it last week on prime and thought of you the whole time! if you haven't seen it, you are in for a treat
Eeeeeeeek! I'm so excited for you to see 2019. I don't know anybody else who's seen or talked about it, but I found it a breath of fresh air and ridiculous fun when it was in theaters, but I'm wondering if it actually holds up. (It was also the first version I saw)
Okay but neonatal jaundice is super common even in healthy babies that were carried to term. And also you are going to give the child treatment based on what's causing the issue, not let them run around cosplaying as a teletubby for their entire life.
And even the townie having a somewhat antagonistic relationship with the sorority wouldn't be bad... like you know "My whole town kinda sucks and it's just a party haven for you really really privileged people." It could make the townie a good red herring.
Lacey Chabert, Michelle Trachtenburg, both of whom I love, Katie Cassidy (excellent in Supernatural, terrible - TERRIBLE! - in Arrow), and that looked like Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who is fucking incredible. God I hate when movies waste actors - the talent but also the... likeability? Charm? Charisma? Whatever word(s) you prefer - like that. It doesn't even have to be *good*, just don't be bad. Be interesting, be silly, be stupid but fun-stupid like "Con Air" not stupid-stupid like "Man of Steel" (or, apparently, Black X-Mas).
To be fair the killer was called Billy in interviews by cast and crew when the original came out. Also probably should have included a trigger warning for CSA and incest given the specific circumstances under which Billy's sister-daughter was conceived.
I'm pretty sure I watched this. I don't remember most the character. Just Andrea Martin, I didn't see who was in it before watching, so I screamed. Then she didn't do anything so I cried. The dude that was the sister I was very confused and thought she was Billy which is actually a better movie. Yeah the eyeball eating that's unforgettable.
I have a fondness for this movie, I watched it because I'm a fans of Michelle Trachtenberg and Lacey Chabert and found their character perfectly likeable. I don't much like the movie as a horror movies, but the cozy vibe of the slice of slice scenes separate from all the killing I enjoyed.
don't worry you grew enough of a five o clock shadow for the shave to not feel uncanny. an even if it was, it's better than looking like an evil version of yourself from an alternate dimension
The only thing I know about this movie is that the Pink Ranger from Power Rangers SPD plays a stripper. After watching this video that is still the only thing that has stuck with me.
I haven't seen this movie but at least conceptually, I'm totally here for movies randomly switching up the casts' gender. Not as a trans plotline, but say, the next Mission Impossible, the main character is the same (he/him cis male) but is played by an equivalent female actress; never mentioned or acknowledged in universe, just a casting decision. Casting should be 'merit based' after all, not identity politics hah
7:55 To be fair, whenever someone gets suffocated by a plastic bag in a movie or show, I always wonder why they can't just rip it. I think if I was that desperate, and used my teeth and/or nails, I could rip it. It's one thing if they're tied up, or if their hands are occupied I guess, but I'd think in the latter case you'd drop whatever else you were doing and try to rip it open before you ran out of air.
"Eating eyeballs"
Me, preconditioned by years of Thought Slime: Oh man, here it comes
Right?? What a wrench that such a perfect opportunity couldn't get used.
It’s Pavlovian, isn’t it.
Glad I'm not alone. Felt a little let down when Matt started on the next bit.
Yeah, I had this reaction too.
We did not make it... to the Eyeball Zone.
Matt I think some of the christmas snow landed on your face and is melting because it's super wet
Apparently all of the characters were meant to be ‘mean girl’ stereotypes to stop audiences from guessing which one would be the survivor, which is a hilarious line of reasoning because not only is it a tacit admission that the film has no other way of keeping its audience invested in its characters, but it also occurs in a remake of a film that also chose to subvert the final girl trope, but did it by making the characters actually relatable and grounded
Matt: "Eating the eyeballs"
Me: "Oh shit, Oculon is coming"
....
Me: "Oh right, wrong channel"
That's a worrying level of commitment to doing bits, but frankly, I'm here for it.
His weapon is a garbage bag?
you could say it's GARBAGE DAY
Black Christmas (2006) is the result of Halloween asking the original Black Christmas if it could copy its homework, Black Christmas saying yes but only if Halloween changed some of the answers, and Halloween actually getting more questions right because of it. Now Black Christmas is trying to copy Halloween’s already vaguely copied homework.
Matt, your problem is blatantly obvious: you're not wearing ANY red and green! Sure you have the santa hat, but if your attire isn't a garish red and green pattern, you'll never stay warm! Everyone knows this!
He needs to show that he truly believes in the Christmas Spirit, and then he will be saved!
Shaving the beard is probably related to continued hypothermia symptoms. I prescribe more scarves to cover sensitive exposed facial areas.
Watching these Black Christmas videos in the southern hemisphere, where it is actually cold outside rn, and always obscenely hot at Christmas time, adds an extra layer of hilarious-ness
I love your bonkers bits, please never stop
Maybe it's not hypothermia. Maybe you just forgot you moved to Australia in your delusional hypothermic state from last week?
Australia doesn't exist, globehead
@@robbaldwin2402 nah it does. It's just on the other side of the disk
@@od3910 "Other side of the disk". I hope you realise how ridiculous you sound.
@@robbaldwin2402 Austrailia totally exists, you SJW. The spotlight just shines on it at different times. It can't be everywhere at once.
rip scaredy cats, they died doing what they love, over-committing to a bit.
Killer was eating eye balls.
Me waits for eyeball zone even though Mr. Slime does it on other channel at end of vids.
You are torturing yourself for this Phantasm is a Summer Movie bit and i am HERE FOR IT
It's been 15 years Matt, you can't get her back... Christmas is over...
Now that it’s Arbor Day, I cant wait for all the Arbor Day scary movies.
I miss the beard. But the bit was *definitely* worth it.
Sarah Levy It was for the bit where he dresses up in a suit to make fun of the Maupin thinking that wearing suits and the rest of the ‘respectable political pundit’ aesthetic is working class, right?
@@naikigutierrez4279 I believe so!
I'm psyked for next week, Sophia Takal has written/directed some incredible movies about relationships between women (Into the Dark: New Year, New Me is one of my favorite horror movies).
Aaaand I just watched it and I can safely say you are in for a treat. it's no wonder the critics hated it, it was very unapologetically feminist
She may be incredible when it comes to relationships between women but her horror directing skills are awful.
@@VasManHorrorLivesMatter I've seen your comments before and can safely say we like different kinds of horror so why don't we just agree to disagree
"he's gonna get ya... With his garbage bag" this is the funniest fucking thing to me
"I don't really understand what his motivation was for eating the eyeballs."
Must have escaped THE EYEBALL ZONE
Is the heating on in where you film, because you might not have hypothermia. You might be near as seasonally appropriate fire. For the Christmas that is now.
Have you tried a mug of hot coco
Alternate theory - You have been teleported to Australia and are hence experiencing Summer Christmas. Possibly something something Tall Man Spheres or whatever
@Kal Reynolds exactly, so christmas isn't actually over, and thus the big twist is that Black Christmas was actually a Phantasm movie all along!
Sad to see so many people in my city suffering from the later stages of hypothermia. Especially because it is now currently Christmastime, which is meant to be a time of joy.
"a rare liver disease" uh excuse me movie it isn't that rare and it is treatable. evidence: i had jaundice as a baby and i no longer have jaundice after it was treated
But it’s not jaundice. Jaundice is a side effect of the unnamed disease.
@@justincoleman3805 i get that's probably what they meant but oh my god there are like, four hundred better ways to put that into a script. (for me it was minor malnutrition due to some issues i had with properly taking in food as an infant)
I'm just glad to know I wasn't alone in expecting the Eyeball Zone.
Cannot wait for Matt's take on the 2019 version
I've been catching up on old Scaredy Cats videos and I recognize that intro theme, but I think in a more high-pitched voice type thing, like a siren call, and I just can't remember from where... but... there's something. Gah. It's crushing my brain.
I can't believe you spent additional time in layers, to explain hypothermia just to extend the joke. Very cool
I needed this today.
I think the camera guy was the only person with ling hair around when they came up with the daughter twist.
According to Thought Slime I had hypothermia for 13 years before I came out of the closet
2006 was such a bleak, miserable time for horror movies. So many were built around shock value, even as a sucker for torture porn I just found it boring, numbing, and unpleasant. I'll never forget how much The Descent impressed me by making me expect more wallowing in the dregs, then delivering so much more.
Also Final Destination 3, the host, hills have eyes remake and pan's Labyrinth were all solid 2006 releases but yeah the rest was utter dreck.
Now that Black Friday is out of the way, how about Christmas the 13th?
I feel like the original film was targeting a female audience, preying on common fears that women experienced at the time. The 2006 movie feels as if it has a problem with women, making them caddy, and mocking them with the second killer twist.
This movie is the same age as my car and works just as well.
I live in the southwest of america and a couple of weeks ago it was 110F (or 40+C for canucks) and i still feel for you. Plz dont wear sweaters in christmastime.
Hi Matt! Love ya! Pls review Ice Cream Man! I watched it last week on prime and thought of you the whole time! if you haven't seen it, you are in for a treat
Eeeeeeeek! I'm so excited for you to see 2019. I don't know anybody else who's seen or talked about it, but I found it a breath of fresh air and ridiculous fun when it was in theaters, but I'm wondering if it actually holds up. (It was also the first version I saw)
Watching the snowflakes disappear behind your shoulder is like visual asmr. Oddly satisfying.
The spooky Christmas lights are so good though! I actually think the bag thing is scary as fuck
The bit that keeps on worsening lmao. Stay strong Matthaniel.
Smooth Matt makes me viscerally uncomfy
Scaredy Matt? More like Sweaty Matt
God, I love your videos, my homie
Ok... Seeing you without a beard freaks me out more then this movie ever could.
The 'christmas time arc' of scaredy cats makes me really uncomfortable and worried for main character matt
Please don't freeze before next week, I'm curious what 15 years has done for the remake
Please stay hydrated
It's that Scaredy Matt! He's so hot right now.
At 7:08 I half expected an Eyeball Zone. It's a Pavlovian response I guess?😆
Mildred holy shit this warm clothes bit is so funny.
Shaven Matt scares me. Shaven Matt has nothing to hide, and I find that intimidating. Bring back bearded Matt
Look: how he glistens.
A majestic sheen.
Mildreads "Hypothermia" bit is right out of "I think you should leave"
Dear Matt, please don't give yourself heatstroke for the sake of a bit, I'm worried about you.
The Weinsteins 😳
Matt you're still my favorite!
Okay but neonatal jaundice is super common even in healthy babies that were carried to term.
And also you are going to give the child treatment based on what's causing the issue, not let them run around cosplaying as a teletubby for their entire life.
Jaundice isn't that rare even. My daughter had jaundice
It’s not jaundice. It’s an unnamed disease with similar symptoms.
i had jaundice when i was born, i was just in the hospital under lamps for a couple of days.
that austin powers joke was so dumb, I love it
You know, a local townie who knows the dark secret of the sorority house isn't an inherently bad idea... maybe don't make that person awful.
And even the townie having a somewhat antagonistic relationship with the sorority wouldn't be bad... like you know "My whole town kinda sucks and it's just a party haven for you really really privileged people." It could make the townie a good red herring.
I for one love insane Christmas thoughtslime
he's so cold to the point that even with all of the clothing he's sweating
Thank you for making that goatee go away! Did Grumbletum enjoy sending it into the void through which all our likes/comments fall into?
Maaaatt stoooop, please don't give yourself heat stroke
man, you´re sweating a lot in this one, the hypothermia must really be getting to ya huh. Stay warm! xx
Maybe the thinking was "Well if David Lynch can make the set dresser the main antagonist on accident, why can't we use the camera guy?"
I loved the review and I keep saying anything will compared the 1974(loved it and still do).
What is it with the mid-2000 films and jaundicey murderers? Sin City did it too.
Lacey Chabert, Michelle Trachtenburg, both of whom I love, Katie Cassidy (excellent in Supernatural, terrible - TERRIBLE! - in Arrow), and that looked like Mary Elizabeth Winstead, who is fucking incredible.
God I hate when movies waste actors - the talent but also the... likeability? Charm? Charisma? Whatever word(s) you prefer - like that. It doesn't even have to be *good*, just don't be bad. Be interesting, be silly, be stupid but fun-stupid like "Con Air" not stupid-stupid like "Man of Steel" (or, apparently, Black X-Mas).
Oh dear he's gonna put on more layers next episode isnt he?
You said eyeballs so much for a moment thought we were on the other channel.
Was expecting eyeball zone 😂
To be fair the killer was called Billy in interviews by cast and crew when the original came out. Also probably should have included a trigger warning for CSA and incest given the specific circumstances under which Billy's sister-daughter was conceived.
I'm pretty sure I watched this. I don't remember most the character. Just Andrea Martin, I didn't see who was in it before watching, so I screamed. Then she didn't do anything so I cried. The dude that was the sister I was very confused and thought she was Billy which is actually a better movie. Yeah the eyeball eating that's unforgettable.
I have a fondness for this movie, I watched it because I'm a fans of Michelle Trachtenberg and Lacey Chabert and found their character perfectly likeable. I don't much like the movie as a horror movies, but the cozy vibe of the slice of slice scenes separate from all the killing I enjoyed.
"I think I've figured it out! ...
I have hypothermia!" (LuL)^2
don't worry you grew enough of a five o clock shadow for the shave to not feel uncanny. an even if it was, it's better than looking like an evil version of yourself from an alternate dimension
Thank you
"Fuck you! Don't watch this!" is my favorite movie rec of the year
The killer just tried to get into Eyeball Zone! That is not how you do it.
I saw this movie when it came out. Even though I was a 16 year-old horror hound, I still hated it.
MATT STOP WE'RE WORRIED
Therapist: "Smooth Matt isn't real."
This video: "Happy holidays Scaredy Cas..."
This remake was so baaad. 😢
Luckily, there's another remake! And it's...uh...DIFFERENT!
Hilariously absurd, as always. But Matt, how about horror _writing_ ? Any thoughts?
Why do I want to know if they used real snow?
The only thing I know about this movie is that the Pink Ranger from Power Rangers SPD plays a stripper. After watching this video that is still the only thing that has stuck with me.
I haven't seen this movie but at least conceptually, I'm totally here for movies randomly switching up the casts' gender. Not as a trans plotline, but say, the next Mission Impossible, the main character is the same (he/him cis male) but is played by an equivalent female actress; never mentioned or acknowledged in universe, just a casting decision. Casting should be 'merit based' after all, not identity politics hah
WOOO more SCAREDY MATT
Oh dear goodness Scardy-Matt why hurt urself like this D:
Matt: [ cool review words ] eyeballs
Me: oh god oh fuck
Matt: [ more cool review words ]
Me:
Me: o-oh, right
Hey Sweattycats, its me sweattymatt
bfbfjfjhfhd I'm laughing my ass off
you start talking abt eyeballs & I've been trained to expect a cutaway
Your hypothermic confusion is so bad that you removed your beautiful beard
Studio Notes: the Movie
7:48 "I'm the Trash Man! I come out, I throw trash all over the ring! And then, I start eatin' garbage!"
7:55 To be fair, whenever someone gets suffocated by a plastic bag in a movie or show, I always wonder why they can't just rip it. I think if I was that desperate, and used my teeth and/or nails, I could rip it. It's one thing if they're tied up, or if their hands are occupied I guess, but I'd think in the latter case you'd drop whatever else you were doing and try to rip it open before you ran out of air.
Even looks good beardless