We interview Black Christmas director Sophia Takal about the remake's female empowerment angle, collaborating with Blumhouse, and more.

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Blumhouse has turned to a familiar face with Sophia Takal (Blumhouse TV's Into the Dark) set to direct a remake of Black Christmas, based on Bob Clark's classic 1974 slasher movie. Per Blumhouse's plot description, "Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. One by one, sorority girls on campus are being killed by an unknown stalker. But the killer is about to discover that this generation’s young women aren’t willing to become hapless victims as they mount a fight to the finish." Imogen Poots (Green Room) is set to star alongside Aleyse Shannon (Charmed), …