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It’s Me, Billy: Black Christmas Revisited
Published by BearManor Media, 2022. 299 pages.
By Paul Downey & David Hastings

Black Christmas is a film that should have so much more attention than it usually gets. I know it’s a fan favorite, but it just seems like that it should be brought up and referred to, anytime the horror genre from the early ‘70s, or the slasher sub-genre is being discussed.

Thankfully, we have this wonderful book by Paul Downey and David Hastings that delves a lot deeper into the film. There is a ton of interviews with both the cast and crew, with articles and references about the movie, from the initial release, original review quotes, and a lot more. We get to read about the origin of where the initial idea came from, originally called Stop Me!, and how it transitioned into a screenplay. For a story that is really shrouded in mystery, specifically who “Billy” is, it does a good job giving readers more details but really without spoiling anything.

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Black Christmas is one of those early horror films that made a huge impact, though it seems to get lost in the shadow of another big title that came out 4 years after Bob Clark’s ground-breaking film. But now you can learn even more about this film and why it is important in our horror film history. Author Paul Downey & David Hastings give us It’s Me Billy: Black Christmas Revisited, a 320-page volume going into the history and discussion of the film’s themes and characters, with interviews with the cast and crew. The book not only covers the original, but the remakes as well.

Published by BearManor Media this Feb., you can get it either in either a hardcover edition ($43 only from BearManor’s site), or in Softcover ($33). I know I’ll be adding this to my library as well, and know that once I dig into it, I’ll be revisiting the classic film once again!

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Book Review: It’s Me Billy – Black Christmas Revisited

Any Black Christmas Fans?