Black Christmas (remake)
| release date | December 25 2006 |
| studio | Dimension Films |
| director | Glen Morgan |
| writer | Glen Morgan and James Wong |
| starring | Michelle Trachtenberg, Lacey Chabert, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Katie Cassidy, Andrea Martin, Jessica Harmon, Oliver Hudson |
| site | blackchristmas.com |
| trailer 1 | Trailer #1 |
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The trailer made me excited to see this, but it was a huge disappointment. Unlike the original, which is way better, the remake has no suspense or tension. All that happens is the girls go off by themselves one by one, and they die. There isn’t any chase scenes or anything. Also, in the uncut version, the girl from Buffy the Vampire Slayer gets her head chopped off because one of the killers throws a pair of ice-skates at her. They also should have left out the female killer who looks like a gorilla. Whenever she appeared on the screen I started cracking up. This movie is terrable, and even funnier to watch than the deer scene in The Ring 2.
well it was entertaing, but not good. the preview made it look better than it was.
love michelle trachtenberg, though. she should be in more movies….
I brought this dvd 2day and I enjoyed this movie!! had gore and had tons of actresses i knew about!!! This movie was quick and is terrifyingly realistic. a good movie 2 watch when christmas eve night is 2 quiet.
Well this movie wasnt that great to begin with when the first one came out and I’m not a fan of this one either sorry people
Without a doubt one of the worst films ever made. There is nothing redeemable about this hack-job. Bob Clark’s original is so wonderful, only to be spit at by this atrocity. This film’s only saving grace is watching one of the most annoying female casts in history take dirt naps, and gives you hope that one day you might be able to write/direct/act a film better than this. I can’t recommend this in any capacity. It’s not even bad-funny. There are movies out there that make you feel the physical sensation of hate… this is one of them.
honestly I loved it the cast was sexy except the weird girl and the old lady and the killers!! haha overall it was an enjoyable film!
For me is a good slasher, not th eshit it comes every month.
Good actresses, excellent demises and a very powerful set.
Not the best remake, but a good and decent one.
Let the slay ride begins!!!
This was a great slasher flick. It had tons of gore and the characters were stupid and just got killed one by one. Your typical slaher flick. But for some reason I really liked this movie though. I dont usually see horror movies take place during christmas and I think its cool. There needs to be more movies like that. Silent Night Deadly Night was another example of how they make a horror movie on christmas.
I really didn’t care for this but the redeeming factors for me were the use of color and the direction. Throughout the whole film there was a surrealism created through all those colored lights. The direction also kept up the surrealism. I would have preferred that be where the surrealism ended.
I absolutely hated that they wasted 20 minutes in the beginning with such obvious exposition. As they say in the musical Urinetown, “Nothing can ruin a show more than too much exposition.”
I don’t want to know who the killer is in the beginning. I don’t think I should know initially unless it’s a sequel.
It also just seemed rushed. I don’t have ADD, I can stand for some story and character development. In this movie each girl got like one line to define her. I don’t even think there were many stereotypes to help define them.
This movie just makes me go: ugh.
I loved it.
for me, i loved the movie. it was so sick and twisted of a slasher which there arent many out there. the only problem was that, at times, it tried to be like scream which pissed me off. for example, it try to make a who-is-the-killer thing goin on. the other thing that i didnt like about the movie wasn’t suspenseful enough. u can tell they tried to hard on that department. but other than that i loved it
I liked this movie. Yes it was quite dumb but it was fun to watch. The deaths were gory, but some could be seen from miles away. It seemed that there were to many characters with the story about billy’s family and how he escaped the mental hospital, and someone seemed to be dying every 2 minutes. But it is enjoyable to watch!
this movie really sucked because i got really fuckin confused the original is 100 xs better this ones just very bloody it wasnt worth watching for me
I thought that this was an awesome holiday slasher! To me, it’s better than the original, mostly because I saw this first, then found out about the original. I love that it takes place on Christmas Eve and the Christmas scenery and killings. I love the killer’s back-story and show that he baked Christmas cookies out of his mom’s flesh! (SWEET!) I would really love to see BLACK CHRISTMAS 2!!!
Compared to the original this is a piece of SHIT but it does haves good horror,bloody,gory and scary scenes like when the killer rips the eyes of his victims or when the tree with the eyes of the victims appears.But also theres good directing but the horrific acting was so bad except for Andrea Martin,Mary Elizabeth, Winstead Who is the best of them AND DIES WHO WAS REALLY ANNOYING)Crystal Lowe,Michelle Trachtemberg and Lacey Chabert but all the other actors and actresses sucked balls specially katie cassidy who was also really annoying that she survived the film.Thats not just the bad thing,but when you listen the music score of the film you will start laughing or your ears will bleed for such bad music score of the film.Anyway its worth the renting.
I lovewd it was nasty, bloody, and i likes the story line.
Goriest movie I have ever seen.
super movie !
Haha I love this movie so im giving it an 8 because it was scary, interesting, it had like 2 bad moments and it was just amazing
I really enjoyed this, and I think it’s incredibly underrated. The acting is fine (not great, but fine), the special effects are great and I really enjoyed the campy, over-the-top nature of the deaths and just the film in general. It took me back to the films of the ’80s.
Long Live the 1974 original Black Christmas! remake tried but could not live up to the original.
great movie loved it
flawed, kind of boring. still fun. watch the original.
It was truly gory and I did actually gag at one point which is rare for me. It was an interesting movie and I like it overall but I’m looking to see the original for comparison.
Silly sorority girls, beer bong expertise and trained flexibility in the back of SUV’s will not save you from yellow skinned cannibals. The movie isn’t mindblowing by any means, but a pleasurable watch all the same.
While nowhere as good as the original its still entertaining. I’m a hardcore slasher fan and even I am a bit judgmental when its comes to slashers. This movie is fun, has some great gore gags and its easy on the eyes. Its nothing new or mind blowing but it has some moments and as a Christmas slasher movie (something we dont have to much of) its better than most.
Black Christmas isn’t scary. Black Christmas isn’t a good movie. So why such a high rating? Simply because Black Christmas is fun. I thought the kills were awesome because they were very gory and down right hilarious. All the chicks were pretty hot and it was funny to see them get killed. All I expected from Black Christmas was to be entertained and I was. Of course, Black Christmas isn’t scary and is no where near a good movie. But even haters can’t deny it, it was fun.
I own the unrated version. I like it it is a good slasher. I’ve nnever seen the original but I heard it was good. IT could have been much creepier though and the calls fro obscene.
This movie was great! I loved it!!!!!
I must admit I enjoyed this remake! By the way, where do I get those Christmas Cookies our villain ate??? Yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OK, this version explained more than the original but seriously…. I could’ve done without the incest backstory. Was that really necessary? Yeah, it “made my skin crawl”, so I guess it’s not “on too tight”. LOL, but seriously, it was gross and needless.
bit crap TBH not as good as the original and it sorta went out there in the end not a film i will watch again
This is such trash. How it was a rating of 6 from both BD and the users is beyond me. Aside from being an insult to the original film, it’s just plain a agony to watch. I felt like Alex from a Clockwork Orange being forced to view this train wreck of a movie. Oh man, and once they go to the hospital for the climax? Fucking a! Don’t even get me started. I think this movie will turn you retarded if you aren’t prepared.
Ok… let me brace myself and try not to go nuts while thinking about this movie. Just give me one second… ok… ready? here goes. First off I will start this review by stating the obvious fact that the original Black Christmas (yes kiddies this is a remake) is one of my favorite movies of all time. If you want to know more about the original, please see my review on it. That said, this movie is kind of tough to review for a few reasons. As a remake to the original this movie fails fails fails, badly… really badly. This movie sucks and while I was watching it in the theatre I started to get nervous thinking I might lash out and throw my cinema snacks at the big screen in front of me. While I was watching this film I felt like someone with tourettes trying my hardest not to spew out profanities every two seconds. Yes folks, this movie was awful and if you happen to be a fan of the original then I beg you not see this as it may result in you commiting suicide. Now let’s try an experiment. Let’s pretend that this wasn’t a remake and let’s pretend for a second that this was just another teen slasher flick with a completely different name. If this were the case I might be inclined to enjoy it. Of course I am a big fan of the slasher genre so it’s hard for me to hate even the worst slasher film, but honestly if this wasn’t trying to be a remake it would make for a BEARABLE little slasher flick. Oh yeah but to make it BEARABLE we would also have to pretend that they didn’t make the killer all yellow looking… it just looked stupid and it didn’t need to be there. Actually… no… I can’t do this… THIS MOVIE SUCKED. DON’T SEE IT. IT’S TRASH. IT’S WORSE THAN TRASH IT’S ONE OF THE WORST PIECES OF CINEMA EVER.
This is one of my top 10 worst films EVER. Even if you ignore the fact that the original is AMAZING and this can’t even come close to it, the killers (yes, Billy’s in-bred sister comes to kill the hot sorority chicks with him) don’t look intimidating in any way whatsoever. I think what pisses me off the most is that a new generation of horror fans never even knew there was an original and now may be reluctant to see it because this one was such crap. This movie really grinds my gears.
where do you find the recipe to those damn skin cookies?
not great prefer original !!
I’ll be honest. This remake is a guilty pleasure of mine. Nothing like going back to the basic of basics.
5 minutes. That’s how long I lasted before I turned this piece of trash off. Absolutely terrible in every sense of the word.
I wish I was allowed to give this a lower rating than 2, because it deserves worse.
This movie is the most disturbing movie ive ever seen im my life! Very great and bloody movie that scared the hell out of me. Great job!
too bad everyone has to hate a remake just cause they loved the original so much. if you realize that this is not the same movie that came out 35 years ago, you’ll realize this isn’t a bad movie. sure there are better slashers, but there are also far worse.
This remake is far more entertaining than the original! In the original, the story is great, but the kills suck(And we don’t even see blood or gore!)! In the remake,yes the kills are always the same, but at least its gory!One more thing, the remake is different than the original, which is a good thing.
I’ve never seen the original, so I’m going to review it as it’s own movie, instead of from it’s original material.
Out of all the remakes of the past 6 years, this is one of my favourites. The deaths were actually quite brutal (in some ways, at least), and I thought that the acting was decent. That at least warrants 7 stars.
Terribe. Aboslutely terrible. I’m not even going to give this film the satisfaction of writing a long revi
great gory movie i liked this alot!!
I’m not going to Compare this to the Original for it’s been a few Years since I’ve seen the Original and wouldn’t make a good comparison, so I’m judging this one merely on its own accord. To put it plain and simple, this movie “Bites” and not in a good way either! The “incest” storyline was pure B.S.! Having the Killer have a Sister/Daughter help him was just Stupid! Especially when they dressed the Actor up like a Ugly Transvite looking of a Girl! I mean lets be real here, at least hire a Ugly Actress for the Role “any takers”? Also the ending didn’t make a lick of sense. This Movie was very Upsetting for I really had Higher Expectations for it, but in the end, it merely felt like getting a BlowJob and somewhere along the way, You get your Dick Bit Off! Ouch!!!
OMG! How could you not love this film. Sure it is nowhere near as scary and original as the first film, but it is so surreal and captures the the holiday well. Its funny, dark, gross, and beautiful to look at. It is completly over the top and I love it.
Terribly boring movie!!! A waste of time and money
This is no where near as good or scary as the original and a lot of it was boring but overall I liked it! The girls were great especially Katie Cassidy.(although suprised her and Mary Elizabeth didn’t switch roles)And the always lovely Lacey Chabert although not a big enough part.As the movie went the better it got.The ending rocked! Overall its just a fun gory slasher to not be taken seriously so if u like that check it out.
First of all let me just say – this isn’t the same movie as Bob Clark’s. This is a remake by name and season alone. If you love the original, then great. Don’t try to compare the movies because one will always be suprior to the other and that’s not what reviews are about. The original is a classic and the one that started of the slasher movie sub genre. Rate this movie on its own merits, not as a remake but as a completey different movie.
Right, onto the movie. I actually really enjoyed this film. I don’t watch horror to be scared (because I really don’t scare) and I don’t watch them to be disgusted. I watch horrors to have a fun little ride for an hour and a half, to have a laugh, some good kills and a serial killer that stays with you.
This movie delivers on all counts. The kills were gory and very fun, the cast was beautiful and very well matched, having a cast of leading ladies kept the tension turned up and the backstory was a nice touch. The other thing I really liked was the fact that the characters actually took sensible decision throughout the movie, and the characters were solid.
The use of the christmas lights was brilliant too, giving the whole movie a sickly red/orange glow.
I wasn’t too fussed about having two killers because it basically meant more death, which was fine by me.
Sure the film isn’t a classic and it’s not going to live on as a defining moment in horror cinema, but it is a good, fun romp and definitely worth seeing if you like your kills gory and your killers fucked up!
This movie wasn’t to good. I watched it a few times and tried not to critize but the movie and story its self was boring and lame to watch.
I really like this movie
HO HO HORRIBLE!
I am a sucker for these christmas horror films, so this one I liked. It was nothing compared to the original but was it’s own for the time it was made. Lot’s more gore than the original and lot’s more detail as to what is going on(that does take away from the suspence). Overall I enjoyed it and maybe more so because I watched it on Christmas eve. Also the DVD can be found very cheap so why not add it to you collection for those dreaded holidays.
Cant bet the Orinagal But I love Christmas Theme Horror Movie and would say this Remake is brilliant but alot of gorey in it and has a great Background story on Billy (Like Micheal Myres in Halloween Rmake 2007)overall a very gorey styish Remake on a cult classic and in years to ome this will be a very well know CULT Remake on a classic 1974 Frist Salsher Movie
fuck everyone who dissed this film i loved it, for me it is the esstential christmas movie
This film was ok. More of a eye candy movie. the best actor is a crew member so that says a lot. but it still is a entertaining film. I wish I would not watched the making of because it showed me how much of a elitist attitude Glen Morgan has.
Boring!!!
This is a great seasonal slasher!! Has a bit of everything, Scares, Gore, laughs and a seriously messed up back story for the main character. I really enjoyed Black Xmas for its campness and some genuinely toe curling moments…
Where the original is more of a suspense-driven movie, the reboot is a pure splatter-fest which shows not much respect to the 1974 version, but that’s why I probably love it. It works on a different level with a great new plot, less suspense, more tempo and more gore. Ignore the shitty dialogue, ignore some corny acting and you’ll get a pretty entertaining Xmas bloodbath!
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I liked this movie.
Boring enough said.
Try the cookies… They’re delicious…
This is a shameless remake that once again sacrifices substance for gratuitous violence and once again it fails miserably in artistic value the original contains next to no blood to achieve the shocks and most of all its point. What is it with remakes? Only occasionally do they get it right and this is definitely not one of those cases. There seems to be no point to the remake, no reason to why it should have come to be. Substance is a key in movies; this is just a shameless remake of an effective exploitation/slasher movie, without a hint of anything and I mean anything decent to save it.
The scares are boring and ineffective and definitely unremarkable and the violence is laughable and there is a definite air of laziness surrounding the effects team. Not even a death scene stands out, I for one wanted this to be good, an updated version of the original would be great for this day and age in horror exploiting the innocence of Christmas all over again, or even using it as a anti-religion statement but I’m afraid I was disappointed when it came down to it. The girls are the run of the mill kind that you find in most horror movies, not one in remarkable in any way and the acting makes you wish someone like Jamie Lee Curtis and give them all lessons on how to do it the right way. The acting could be construed as a love letter to 70s and 80s horror movies but I don’t think the director was that intelligent.
I don’t know if it is supposed to be intentionally funny but it definitely comes off that way. If viewed as a B-Movie this is a masterpiece of bad dialogue and awful effects but unfortunately so it looks like the film is taking itself seriously. Not even satire appears in this remake, how hard could it be to write a little satire? There is no analysis to be done with a film with such a lack of substance and not lack of substance in a fun and corny way, lack of substance in the worst way possible.
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1.0/10
Unremarkable in every way.
I felt dumber after watching this movie, I can say that now.
2 words:
IT SUCKS
I Took This Movie As A Joke. It Was Ridiculous, Teh Ending Was Horrible.
Awful, awful, awful, even more so once I’d seen the original one. Just bad.
THIS MOVIE IS AS GOOD AS A 10 YEAR OLD FRUITCAKE. Horrible! Why does the bad guy look like the Hulk? Why does his murderous sister/daughter look like a man at the end when she looked normal as a little girl? Why was the whole incestuous thing even necessary?! This movie is terrible. There’s not one good thing I can say about this. Just horrible. Period.
not even close to the orig, but it was a fun little kill all the teenagers movie
Stay away.
One of my favorite Christmas horror films and one of my favorite remakes.
WAY better than the original!
Sad thing is I saw this piece of shit in theaters. One of the worst movies ever!
Sad thing is I saw this piece of shit in theaters. One of the worst movies ever!
Nothin spectacular but worth a watch.
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Uuuuuugh. Disgusting in the wrong way. Points for some creepiness and some decent kills, but the acting was kind of meh and the “twist” at the end was less “oh my god” and more “so?” That being said, okay holiday movie; will be watching it again next year.
Don’t ask me why; there is something about this movie that I just LOVE! By far, one of the most fun movies!
Certainly not “good”, but am willing to say that this movie is “fun”. Clearly not being able to have anywhere near as much of an impact as the original film did, this remake had to go another way, and that way was the way of the weird. Introduced new characters and backstory for no real reason, but is entertaining enough of a B-Movie. More information here:
http://thewolfmancometh.com/2011/12/25/black-christmas-2006-2/
It’s without a doubt the worst horror remake ever made alongside Gus Van Sant’s Psycho. The acting, directing, and script is awful. Someone actually dies from an icicle falling 2 feet above them. That is actually physically impossible. Also, Billy sucks here whereas he was scary in the 1974 classic. You know what, no, I shouldn’t even compare the 2 because that would be an insult to Bob Clark. Why was Billy’s sister killing people too? The fuck? “Oh, she got stabbed earlier in the movie so I guess that means we can have her go around killing people”. Also, why does Billy die. One of the things that made the original scary was that Billy was still in the attic hiding 2 dead bodies when the credits started rolling. So, why take a plot point that is unique and instead have Billy get impaled by a Christmas tree? Oh, and there are so many damn plot-holes. Why are all the characters annoying? Why are we given a back-story that makes us feel sorry for Billy? Actually, the back story was pretty cool. But that’s the only good aspect. Fuck this movie. 1/10
Just like the original, I loved it.
A good horror remake. I liked it. Katie Cassidy is a good actress and does a good job playing the heroin. The other girls in the group do good to. Its a FUN, GOREY, SEXY, SLASHER flick. If you love horror movies its a good movie to add to your collection.