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As they dart across rooms carpeted in blood, suspense ratchets up higher.
In other moments, their warm gaze communicates a world of history shared between sorority sisters.
Years after her rape, which too few people believe happened, Riley refuses to remain silent.
Much of the films delight is in the ensemble setup.
The characters inBlack Christmasare intimately interwoven; they cook together, study together, handle DivaCups together.
Their bodies and personalities spill across one anothers spaces.
Nonetheless, their shared sense of sharp humor makes the horrors that come later feel all the more galling.
When the sorority members become the targets of an unknown killer, Riley cant look away.
And when she observes an especially disturbing fraternity ritual, she senses something even more nefarious is afoot.
Black Christmasis filled with tension thereafter, even if it lacks bona fide many scares.
Maybe nothing more than a simple proclamation: Its sheer terror.
