Black Christmas: Review By Moviejunkie4

Black Christmas(2006) definitely comes off as one of the absolute worst horror remakes I ever seen. That is certainly no small feat, considering the fact that I've also seen the equally horrific revisions of The Hitcher (2007), Pulse (2006), Psycho (1998), The Wicker Man (2006), The Fog (2005), Prom Night (2008), When a Stranger Calls (2006), Halloween (2007) and The Haunting (1999).

The plot is essentially the same as the 1974 film of the same name, with several sorority sisters (including Mary Elizabeth Winstead's Heather and Michelle Trachtenberg's Melissa) terrorized by a Christmas-obsessed psychopath named Billy Lenz. However the director Glen Morgan augments the story of the film with an unnecessary backstory for Billy Lenz. But that's the least of the film's problems; the lacking of character development among the female leads makes it impossible to keep track of who's dead and who's still alive (and to actually care). The disturbing repulsively gory in-your-face visuals ensues Black Christmas' standing as a very nasty piece of work that's entirely devoid of any positive qualities.