Rival11

Don't worry, no poll here I'm guessing most of you die hards of the original could not stand this flick but I personally loved it. It stays pretty nasty throughout and goes pretty damn over the top.

I started this thread because of a family gathering I was at tonight. pretty much the whole night I had to suffer through goofy Christmas movies playing in the background (I'm talking the wrost of the worst here with the worst starring Tim Meadows (from SNL - I think he was a ghost) trying to bring a prissy ritz couple back together - Man, I wanted to puke.

I first brought up the original Black Christmas and to my suprise (def. a suprise) some of my family members really like it - I mentioned this remake and they never knew it was remade (not so suprising).

Long story short, I thought the movie was effective in the shock, gore, & laugh department but thought it could have been shorter and should have had a much better ending I was just satisfied after watching it and it made me want to watch it again....which I haven't yet but will be soon.

Your thoughts?

Adam Tyner

I dug it too.

Rival11

Ah yes, Mr. Tyner - please forgive me as I did mean to mention your review in my original post (honestly!!) - I was surpised to see a DVD Talk reviewer give this one praise....only because of how sacred people hold the original.

Seantn

I like the original - but I would have been open to a good remake, so that didn't affect my judgement. I thought that the remake was a horrible piece of crap. The violence didn't strike me as "nasty", it struck me as "trying too hard". The script was sloppy (and a victim of the usual Weinstein re-editing), the acting bad (which might be sort of forgivable if the movie was any fun at all), the new plot elements un-interesting.... I really did not like this movie.

DarthVong

It was just ok. I liked the idea of a remake for this film. If they wouldn't have went so over the top with it it could have been better then the original.
Don't get me wrong the original is a classic, but it is dated.

EdTheRipper

I thought it was alright.

riotinmyskull

i'm a fan of the original but i actually liked the remake except for the whole backstory of the killer. you have to admit it probably has the best collection of hot girls in a horror movie in years.

HE Pennypacker

Dreadful from beginning to end. Hated every minute of it. As I said elsewhere, it ranks up there with Hostel 2 as my most hated horror films in recent memory.

DRG

I agree with everything in your post. I hated the whole cheesy backstory bits and wished the killer would've either been . But I liked the sense of Christmas abandonment the film built, and thought the kills were loaded with enough fun creativity the movie could have been Friday the 25th: Jason Takes Christmas.

Giles

I have to say it surprised me, I thought I'd really not like it, but it was quite enjoyable actually.

starseed1981

Absolutley positivley one of the worst movies I've seen in recent years. I love the making of documentary where even the director admits not to be excited by making the movie.

kilcher

Worst "horror" movie ever.

Perkinsun Dzees

toxie321

Haha I was gonna put the exact same picture!

Fincher Fan

Absolute rubbish.

Ghostface180

Hated it except for the gore and girls

MartinBlank

90 minutes of your life that you'll NEVER get back.

LiquidSky

It was a piece of shit.

matome

Liked them both.