Black Christmas'
UK Rated:15
Runtime: 84min 27secs
Tagline: On the 25th day. Of the 12th month. One man will creep around your house. And leave... no one alive.
Directed by: George Miller

Plot Outline
Remake of a cult horror by the same title from 1974, where the original was written by Roy Moore, The story of a young boy named Billy. who is locked in the attic of his home by his mother and her lover. One day Billy breaks out of his musty attic and murders them. In the present day, 8 girls, and their house mother, find themselves living in Billy's old home, now a sorority house. Billy decides to come home for the Holiday season, and hides away in his familiar attic. Through the night, the house receives obscene phone calls, and the sorority girls start to go missing die.

Overall Impressions:
My only reason to see this was that it had cool publicity, the poster & trailer though told us nothing as such, they did make it look like it could be a decent slasher. I mean I'm no huge fan of horror, but I can appreciate a good one. Alas, this one does not fit the bill. I only found out it was a remake quite recently & I'd now be interested to watch the original (since it carries an over 7 rating on IMDb).

This one however, *shakes-head* no sense of horror or thrill past the first scene which was decent enough, from there onwards, nothing, makes me wonder what the hell they were thinking making it. Anyway as the girls start dying you simply want them to hurry it all up, when its all almost done with, its not, we still have a scene or 2 to wonder about the last two in the cast, will they won't they? - just lame & long. For a flick less than 90 minutes, I shouldn't really have the chance to feel so restless.

As for the cast, I only recognised Michelle Trachtenberg (the Key/Buffy's Sister) and that's about it. No hidden talent outshining the terrible here I'm afraid. They were merely pretty girls to the slaughter. If you fancy a decent slasher flick, watch Scream again.

Absolutely dire. I've wasted my time on it. Save yours. (3 out of 10)