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Black Christmas *
by Nick Schager on January 5, 2007 Jump to Comments (0) or Add Your Own
Glen Morgan's update of Bob Clark's 1974 slasher flick Black Christmas is an exemplar of how to screw up a modern horror film remake: ignore the original's distinctively creepy elements, pile on obligatory gore and illogical red herrings, and make sure that every facet of the mysterious killer's motivation is explained via deflating exposition. Clark's seminal film remains largely noteworthy for establishing genre tropes (shots from the villain's POV, phallic instruments of death) that were later refined by Halloween and DVD Review: Black Christmas-->
- Director(s): Glen Morgan
- Screenplay: Glen Morgan
- Cast: Katie Cassidy, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Lacey Chabert, Kristen Cloke, Andrea Martin, Crystal Lowe, Karin Konoval, Dean Friss, Robert Mann
- Distributor: Dimension Films
- Runtime: 84 min.
- Rating: R
- Year: 2006
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