Seriously, just the idea of a remake of the 1974 horror classic "Black Christmas" was already laughable in itself. I mean, was this remake really needed? The original movie was largely sufficient. But still, I decided to give it a shot, hoping that it would be somewhat entertaining. Except that Glen Morgan gave birth to a terribly bland and boring horror movie, and to a horribly bad remake of "Black Christmas". The acting was mediocre, and each of the actors failed to give a slightly compelling performance. The directing doesn't even try to have some creativity and its weakness does a huge disservice to the murder scenes, which, I have to recognize, benefit from pretty solid gore FX, and they could have been more enjoyable if Glen Morgan's directing wasn't as dull. As for the characters, without any surprise, they're not even slightly interesting and have very little backstory, and the screenplay isn't much better, caring more about giving an unnecessary and unoriginal backstory to its killers, destroying any cloud of mystery that could surround them. So as you guessed, that movie was a bad movie and a terrible remake: if you wanna get really scared, go for the original movie. If you're a gorehound, well, seek another movie, because this movie won't satisfy you.

This flick blows! I've just watched 2 crappy "thrillers" back to back; this and A cure for Wellness... Even if u take it with a grain of salt and try to justify some of the over the top stuff, it just doesn't work DO NOT WATCH (Regardless of how much u enjoy horror/suspense films)

This movie is pretty much wall to wall gore, in marked contrast to the original. Yet I found myself really involved in its pacing, in the cinematography and even the lighting. It's not a slapdash affair.After the critical and financial failure of this film, Bob Clark began work on a sequel to the original with Olivia Hussey and John Saxon reprising their roles of Jess and Lt. Ken Fuller. Jess would have been the new house mother in this version, but Clark died before it could get made.Despite the pain that it took to make the film, I really think it's worth watching. It shouldn't take over for the original, but it's worth your time this holiday season.

Cast list sounds good. Katie Cassidy is very much in demand with me, what with TAKEN, MELROSE PLACE and MONTE CARLO. Michelle Trachtenberg is the darling Dawn from quintessential favorite BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, so this one I had to see. I knew that being a horror movie, it was going to get gory, but OK, I got myself the DVD.Big mistake.Let me count the ways.(1) While Katie Cassidy's character Kelli takes a while to get going (it seemed like a lost cause during the first half), Mary Elizabeth Winstead, the surprise of this movie, is underemployed. Michelle Trachtenberg peaked as Dawn, and in ICE PRINCESS, and just like Lacey PARTY OF FIVE Chabert should never have grown up. (2) It is overpopulated with a cast of what seems like thousands popping up out of the woodwork. They do, however, only exist to be killed off. (3) As characters are killed off right, left, front and center, who the freaking hell cares about them? There is no audience* involvement as we couldn't care less about these characters existing solely to be killed off.(*I am not repeat NOT talking about the kind of "audience" that finds a pornographic thrill out of spattering gore - you guys are lower than dogs and shouldn't have children) (4) This movie is not scary. It only manages to be offensive. It is poorly executed in its way over the top super-violent approach. (5) It is dumb. Well, d-uh! It is for a dumb market, but really, it is dumb, playing only to the type who can slap their knees and go chortle-chortle fit to wet themselves as a young girl gets her eyes poked out.I am not against showing a terrorized little bunny cowering in a corner as some dark hideous force bears down upon her. As a writer of several stories, sort of like movies in my mind, I would delve into psychological horror and the stuff I would have running amok on the screen would scare you lot silly. It would offend a great many of you. But it wouldn't be such an abattoir, and my heroine is somebody who is an absolute joy to behold, and she's somebody to root for as she scrambles for a way out. Granted, I cannot share this with IMDb, that is my tragedy stuck out in a dead part of the world, but these Hollywood people are in a position to produce better quality work AND YET THEY FOCUS ON SUCH MINDLESS DRIVEL as this heartless remake reveling in what I find disgusting in an offensive way.To me, a horror movie should evoke the response of wanting to grab the pretty heroine and shield her from that unspeakable evil. Yeah, old school, I suppose, but a better school, I proudly insist. You lot revel in the delight of seeing her carved up. My score of 1 -10* especially reflects that with what they had here, something much better could have been made. I fully understand that there are lots of people out there who are quite happy with this kind of stuff. Which is why the world is in such a sad and sorry state. *in the interest of being fair, I've upped it to 3 - 10A life really isn't worth two cents to you if this is your guilty pleasure. Think about that. Your poor children...