X-mas slasherathon day 2: Black Xmas

Director:Glen Morgan

Writer:Glen Morgan,Roy Moore

Cast:Mary Elizabeth Winstead,Lacey Chabert,Katie Cassidy,Michelle Trachtenberg

Acting:C

Entertainment:C

Rewatchability:D

Overall:C-

When I heard Black Christmas(74) was getting remade..I had my doubts,I mean not many horror remakes are done right,yet the trailers for it made it seem like at the very least it could be a fun holiday themed slasher.It was neither fun,scary or anything like the original,gone was the suspense,creepiness,mystery and intrigue of the original..replaced by over-the-top antics and a ridiculous backstory.

The Plot:Much like the original,a group of girls decide to spend the Holiday at their sorority house with Ms Mac rather than track home. The tree is up and the presents are ready to be opened plus a huge snowstorm has blanketed the town. Soon they start receiving disturbing phone calls from Billy,the kid who used to live at this sorority house and who killed his mother and stepfather before being locked up in a mental institution.Of course he escapes from the institution using a broken candy cane as a weapon..wow...really?yes really.....and decides to go home to his favorite house for the Holiday.

The original Black Christmas was so scary cause you never really know who the killer was,though we are led to believe it may or may not be a certain someone.Also the fact that we have no idea why they are doing it or any clue about their origins which is far scarier than making some ridiculous back-story which is exactly what did Black Xmas did. Billy watched his real dad get murdered and was forced to have sex with his own mother..which in turn got her pregnant with his unborn sister/daughter.Soon Agnes is born(the inbred)..Billy kills his mom and stepdad and makes cookies out of his moms skin.pulls Agnes's eye out with his bare-hands....wow..really?yes really...That whole storyline and way its played out is far more comical than anything.Add to this that Billy has some liver condition that makes his skin look Yellow.And before long Agnes and Billy are working together like a tag-team..awww so cute.

Now to this sorority sisters,boring,boring and boring.The only one who was somewhat respectable was Katie Cassidy's character.The rest looked like they just mailed in their performances.

The scares were non-existant,no tension what-so-ever..just kills.Even the phone calls which were so terrying and creepy in the original were done poorly here.The only thing this film had that the original didn't was gore,and it wasn't needed in the original cause everything else was done so perfectly.Here we have eye-balls pulled out and people being eaten and you can't help but laugh...or cry.

It's a shame this film was done so poorly and over-the-top because there was potential to make a decent remake but they forgot everything that made the original so great.It's completely forgettable..I am ashamed I even own it.I'm sorry Bob Clark.

She is hot

Lacey Chabert