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Needless and unnecessary are two words that have little meaning in Hollywood, especially when you're talking sequels or remakes. Case in point: Black Christmas, the revisionist version of the 1974 horror thriller largely thought to be the proto-slasher movie (this was four years before the first Halloween installment). The original, from director Bob Clark, is still considered a masterpiece of tension, understatement, innovative camera perspective, economic efficiency (a polite way of saying "ultra-low budget"), and killing off pretty young girls in grisly ways without any cumbersome exposition regarding the psychopath's motives. This, by the way, from the same Bob Clark who would soon bring us the beloved Porky's franchise as well as Black Christmas's polar opposite, the sweetly nostalgic classic A Christmas Story. Anyway, as needless and unnecessary as this remake is, it certainly delivers the goods on 21st-century slasher conventions as the sorority sisters of Alpha Kappa are picked off during Christmas break in ever more gruesome fashion. There's nothing wrong with all of this, particularly for fans of impalements, crushed skulls, ripped-out eyeballs, and some good old-fashioned Christmas cookie cannibalism. Writer-director Glen Morgan, who earned his own credibility as co-creator of the Final Destination series and the interesting 2003 remake of Willard adds a few clever visual homages to the original along with the amped-up extreme gore. Clark's device (was he the first to use it?) of creepy, mouth-breathing phone calls from killer to victim remains intact and creepy. He also resurrects Andrea Martin, one of the then-unknown actor victims who, now famous, plays the prim housemother. Another addition, which may not be so welcome to purists of the genre, is a load of exposition and backstory for the killer. Disturbing as these flashback set pieces are, they're also somewhat distracting to the foreboding tone. But you get what you pay for, and lots of people are going to pay dearly to dream of the shocking frights another Black Christmas will bring. --Ted Fry
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Absolute trash in every department and should never have been re-made.The 1974 version with Olivia Hussey and Keir Dullea was a far more exciting film and much tighter. The fact that the viewer DIDN'T see everything that was going to happen or knew who was responsible and had to guess a lot of what was going on and who was responsible for what added a lot to the films impact. Also the films actors COULD act unlike anyone in this film? They may call themselves actors but that for me at least is where their talent starts and ends!Kate Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Lacey Chabert and Co. need to go back to Acting School and learn the basics of their trade if they're thinking of making a career out of it?!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Black Christmas (2006) is a remake of Bob Clarke's 1974 horror movie Black Christmas. The movie involves about group of sorority girls and her mother who are to spent their christmas in a house that belonged to a demented serial killer known as Billy Lenz.
The remake is more bloodier than the original. This features bloody stabbings, dismembering, decapitating, devouring, eye-gougings and many more. And even eye eatings and flesh being cooked for dinner. I don't know what has been on BBFC's mind when they rated this "15". The violence isn't the only problem there's fair amount of sex and strong language. So be prepared to be ready what you are gonna watch you either like it or get grossed out.
The cast is awesome tough
Katie Cassidy (Harper's Island, A nightmare on elm street 2010)
Kristen Cloke (Final Destination)
Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Final Destination 3)
Michelle Trachtenberg (Buffy)
Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls)
Crystal Lowe (Final Destination 3, Wrong Turn 2)
I would reccomend this for fans of splatter and gore films and indeed for horror fans. Great to watch on christmas eve!
Result 4/5= Go and buy it if youre into horror
The remake is more bloodier than the original. This features bloody stabbings, dismembering, decapitating, devouring, eye-gougings and many more. And even eye eatings and flesh being cooked for dinner. I don't know what has been on BBFC's mind when they rated this "15". The violence isn't the only problem there's fair amount of sex and strong language. So be prepared to be ready what you are gonna watch you either like it or get grossed out.
The cast is awesome tough
Katie Cassidy (Harper's Island, A nightmare on elm street 2010)
Kristen Cloke (Final Destination)
Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Final Destination 3)
Michelle Trachtenberg (Buffy)
Lacey Chabert (Mean Girls)
Crystal Lowe (Final Destination 3, Wrong Turn 2)
I would reccomend this for fans of splatter and gore films and indeed for horror fans. Great to watch on christmas eve!
Result 4/5= Go and buy it if youre into horror
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I just recently saw this movie, after reading a lot of negative
comments about this movie. I can say this movie is absolutly not as bad
as they say. Firstly you can not compare it to the original. Where the
original showed no gore and was creepy, this one is more entertaining and
gory!! Okay it is CHEESY, but it is hell of fun!!
Don't expect a solid story like SAW, but just open your minds and enjoy the ride to a fun slasher flick done 80's style.
Just bare in mind that the UK version is different to US version.
At least one murder is completely different and the end is also different!
So if you liked the movie, you maybe interested at giving a look at the American version! Enjoy!
comments about this movie. I can say this movie is absolutly not as bad
as they say. Firstly you can not compare it to the original. Where the
original showed no gore and was creepy, this one is more entertaining and
gory!! Okay it is CHEESY, but it is hell of fun!!
Don't expect a solid story like SAW, but just open your minds and enjoy the ride to a fun slasher flick done 80's style.
Just bare in mind that the UK version is different to US version.
At least one murder is completely different and the end is also different!
So if you liked the movie, you maybe interested at giving a look at the American version! Enjoy!
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"..TOP REMAKE WITH A TWISTED STORY.."
This is a brilliant remake of a classic horror tale, the story is pretty messed up and plays out well with a hot young and talented group of girls all getting picked off one at a... Read more
Published 1 month ago by S. Drury
good
i realy liked this dvd all the family did i like these sort of films this has gone in my collection
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Paul A. Dance
Enjoyable
I wasn't sure what to expect when I read the reviews etc, but I decided to buy it anyway, and I must say, it was an enjoyable film. Worth the money.
Published 7 months ago by Steve
Well at least the women are hot
Black Christmas essentially follows the story of the original, whilst adding some very unnecessary characters and replacing atmosphere with gore. Read more
Published 10 months ago by West25
not as good as original!
i seen the original one years ago and i remember that one bein much more scarier. this one however aint to bad. Read more
Published 12 months ago by zombie1
Remakes
I have to say that the remake of this 70s slasher classic was better than i thought it would be BUT it was far to gruesome and reminded me of the Saw films! Read more
Published 19 months ago by KT
Not for me
Another Hollywood remake. This movie has nothing in common with the original black christmas apart from the name. It has a strange plot and I just dnt like it. Read more
Published 19 months ago by G. J. Coyle
Very good extremely brutal sorority slasher
In this fantastic remake of Black Christmas, the director sets a totally deranged serial killer after a sorority of girls staying at the his childhood home which has now become a... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Benminx
Black Christmas (2006) re-make
It's going to be a black Christmas at the Alpha Kappa Gamma sorority house, where a group of young women have been snowed in for the holidays ... Read more
Published on 25 May 2010 by Ghost
Typical cheesey slasher
Not a bad film but a very typical cheesey slasher remake.
As usual it has the pysco killer, the pretty girls and running up stairs when they should be out the door! Read more
As usual it has the pysco killer, the pretty girls and running up stairs when they should be out the door! Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2010 by S. Jones
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