About this episode

Michael DiGiovanni and Jeff discuss the 1974 cult classic Black Christmas and its classification as a Christmas movie.

CFJ founding member Michael DiGiovanni is home for the holidays filling in for Evan for this episode as he and Jeff watch the 1974 cult classic Black Christmas. Listen as the fellas determine if this qualifies as a Christmas movie, discuss the films influence and try to properly pronouce Hussey.

People in this episode

Hosts: Michael DiGiovanni, Jeff

Topics covered

• Christmas movies
• cult classics
• film influence
• holiday themes
• film reviews

Keywords

• Black Christmas
• 1974 film
• cult classic
• Christmas movie
• film discussion
• Michael DiGiovanni
• Jeff

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Black Christmas

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