Black Christmas

2006

1h 32m

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5.1/10

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As the residents of sorority house Pi Kappa Sigma prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins a series of obscene phone calls with dubious intentions...

Directors

Glen Morgan

Writers

Roy Moore(author by)

Glen Morgan(screenplay by)

Stars

Katie Cassidy

Kristen Cloke

Andrea Martin

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Top cast

Katie Cassidy

Kelli Presley

Kristen Cloke

Leigh Colvin

Andrea Martin

Barbara 'Ms. Mac' MacHenry

Yan-Kay Crystal Lowe

Lauren Hannon

Michelle Trachtenberg

Melissa Kitt

Oliver Hudson

Kyle Autry

Robert Mann

Billy Lenz - 20 & 35 Years

Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Heather Fitzgerald

Lacey Chabert

Dana Mathis

Dean Friss

Agnes - 16 & 22 Years

Karin Konoval

Billy's Mother

Cainan Wiebe

Billy Lenz - 5 & 12 Years

Megan Helms

Clair Crosby

Agnes - 8 Years

Eve Agnew

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Frank Lenz

Directors

Glen Morgan

Writers

Roy Moore(author by)

Glen Morgan(screenplay by)

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_**More entertaining than the original, but marred by a ridiculous tacked-on ending**_ During Christmas Eve at a sorority house in New Hampshire, the students & housemother are harassed by a killer who likes to gouge out eyes. For some strange reason the mad slasher knows all the inner rooms and crawlspaces of the house (attic, basement, etc.). “Black Christmas” (2006) is the first of two remakes of the original film from 1974 (the other being released in 2019 and is a remake-in-name-only). This version is more colorful and entertaining than the original, but also more twisted, highlighted by a superior cast of women, including Michelle Trachtenberg (Melissa), Lacey Chabert (Dana), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Heather), Jessica Harmon (Megan), Leela Savasta (Clair) and Katie Cassidy (Kelli). Written & directed by Glen Morgan, the film is inventive with its backstory and the way the killer haunts the innards of the house, spying & preying on the girls. This is genuinely compelling stuff. Unfortunately, the film's tone and ending were marred by the interference of studio exec Bob Weinstein, who wanted a more over-the-top horror flick with cartoonish embellishments. The preposterous ending in particular seems tacked-on and (almost) ruins the movie. Thankfully some versions of the film are closer to Morgan’s original vision, at least as far as the climax goes. The movie runs about 1 hour, 30 minutes, with a couple other versions longer or shorter by 4-5 minutes (depending on which ending was used). The film was shot in Vancouver, British Columbia, with the hospital scenes done at Riverview Hospital in nearby Coquitlam. GRADE: B

Wuchak21 Mar, 2021